Jari Kurri

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FinlandFinland  Jari Kurri Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2000
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2001
Jari Kurri (2016)

Jari Kurri (2016)
Date of birth May 18, 1960
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 183 cm
Weight 90 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 4th lap, 69th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 1980 Jokerit Helsinki
1980-1990 Edmonton Oilers
1990-1991 HC Devils Milano
1991-1996 Los Angeles Kings
1996 New York Rangers
1996-1997 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1997-1998 Colorado Avalanche

Jari Pekka Kurri (born May 18, 1960 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current - functional . Between 1980 and 1998, the right winger played over 1200 games in the National Hockey League . He spent most of his active career with the Edmonton Oilers , with whom he won the Stanley Cup five times before playing in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Rangers , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Colorado Avalanche . With theFinnish national team he took part in numerous world championships as well as in the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 and 1998 , where he won the bronze medal with the team in 1998. Since 2013 he has been working as General Manager at his hometown club Jokerit Helsinki .

Kurri is considered one of the best attackers and one of the best European players of all time. He distinguished himself above all as an outstanding goalscorer, so he holds a number of NHL records in this regard to this day , while at the same time he recorded well over 1000 scorer points . He has been a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame since 2000 and the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2001 .

Career

Kurri during the 2002 Winter Olympics
Jari Kurri (1997)

Jari Kurri played ten years for the Edmonton Oilers , then moved to the Los Angeles Kings , where he played for three full and two half seasons, then played half a season for the New York Rangers and one season each for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and finally for the Colorado Avalanche , where he ended his career in 1998. Before his time in the NHL and for half a season in 1994/95 he played for his hometown club Jokerit Helsinki in the SM-liiga , as well as half a season with HC Devils Milano in Italy .

He won the Stanley Cup five times ( 1984 , 1985 , 1987 , 1988 and 1990 ) with the Oilers, of whom he was committed in round 4 in round 4 in 1980 . He was the first Finn to win the cup. No other player from Europe managed this more often. His best season was 1984/85 , in which he scored 135 points (71 goals, 64 assists ). That year he also scored 19 goals in 18 play-off games, setting an NHL record. In the Conference Finals he scored three hat tricks (three goals in one game), which is an NHL record. A year later he was the league's top scorer with 68 goals.

Kurri was best known as a partner of Wayne Gretzky , who prepared a total of 60% of his goals. After Wayne Gretzky, he is the Edmonton Oilers' second most successful scorer of all time. Kurri reached a total of 1398 scorer points in the NHL, the most points of a European at the time of his career end. He finished 20th in the points and 18th place in goals in the history of the NHL. In the meantime, he was named the best European by Jaromír Jágr in goals, assists and points; and overtaken by his Finnish compatriot, Teemu Selänne , at the goals and points.

In 2001 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 29 2 9 11 12 - - - - -
1978/79 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 33 16 14th 30th 12 - - - - -
1979/80 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 33 23 16 39 22nd - - - - -
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 75 32 43 75 40 9 5 7th 12 4th
1981/82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 71 32 54 86 32 5 2 5 7th 10
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 45 59 104 22nd 16 8th 15th 23 8th
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 64 52 61 113 14th 19th 14th 14th 28 13
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 71 64 135 30th 18th 19th 12 31 6th
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 68 63 131 22nd 10 2 10 12 4th
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 54 54 108 41 21st 15th 10 25th 20th
1987/88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 43 53 96 30th 19th 14th 17th 31 12
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 76 44 58 102 69 7th 3 5 8th 6th
1989/90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 33 60 93 48 22nd 10 15th 25th 18th
1990/91 HC Devils Milano Series A1 30th 27 48 75 6th - - - - -
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 23 37 60 24 4th 1 2 3 4th
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 27 60 87 38 24 9 8th 17th 12
1993/94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 31 46 77 48 - - - - -
1994/95 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 20th 10 9 19th 10 - - - - -
1994/95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 38 10 19th 29 24 - - - - -
1995/96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 57 17th 23 40 37 - - - - -
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 14th 1 4th 5 2 11 3 5 8th 2
1996/97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 82 13 22nd 35 12 11 1 2 3 4th
1997/98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 70 5 17th 22nd 12 4th 0 0 0 0
SM-liiga total 115 51 48 99 56 - - - - -
Series A1 overall 30th 27 48 75 6th - - - - -
NHL overall 1251 601 797 1398 545 200 106 127 233 123

International

Represented Finland at:

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1978 Finland U18 European Championship 4th 6th 2 8th 4th
1979 Finland U20 World Cup 6th 2 3 5 2
1980 Finland U20 World Cup 5 4th 7th 11 0
1980 Finland Olympia 7th 2 1 3 6th
1981 Finland Canada Cup 5 0 1 1 0
1982 Finland WM 7th 4th 3 7th 2
1987 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 1 1 2 0
1987 Finland Canada Cup 5 1 1 2 4th
1989 Finland WM 7th 5 4th 9 4th
1991 Finland WM 10 6th 6th 12 2
1991 Finland Canada Cup 6th 2 0 2 7th
1994 Finland WM 8th 4th 6th 10 2
1996 Finland World cup 4th 1 0 1 0
1998 Finland Olympia 6th 1 4th 5 2
Juniors overall 15th 12 12 24 6th
Men overall 67 26th 26th 52 29

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Kurri, Jari
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kurri, Jari Pekka (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland