Jarkko Ruutu

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Jarkko Ruutu
Date of birth 23rd August 1975
place of birth Vantaa , Finland
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Right wing
number # 25
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 3rd round, 68th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
until 1995 HIFK Helsinki
1995-1996 Michigan Technological University
1996-1999 HIFK Helsinki
1999-2006 Vancouver Canucks
2006-2008 Pittsburgh Penguins
2008-2011 Ottawa Senators
2011 Anaheim Ducks
2011-2014 Jokerite

Jarkko Samuli Ruutu (born August 23, 1975 in Vantaa ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for many years with the Vancouver Canucks , Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League . With the Finnish national team , he won several medals at ice hockey world championships . He is the older brother of Mikko and Tuomo Ruutu .

Career

Jarkko Ruutu began his professional ice hockey career in 1996 at HIFK Helsinki in the Finnish SM-liiga , after he had run through the youth teams at the same club and played for a year with the Michigan Technological University team. He was selected in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the third round as 68th by the Vancouver Canucks .

In the 1999/2000 season he made his NHL debut, but spent most of the season with the Canucks farm team , the Syracuse Crunch . In the following season he completed 21 games in the NHL, in which he scored three goals and taxed three assists . From season to season he was able to improve his statistics during his time in Vancouver, but he also spent many minutes in the penalty box. During the lockout season 2004/05 Ruutu played again for his hometown club HIFK and set a new league record for penalty minutes in the main round (with 215 penalty minutes), which was later broken by Matt Nickerson . For the 2005/06 season he returned to the Canucks. On the one hand, Jarkko Ruutu is known as the agitator of the team who cheers and carries the other players along - on the other hand, he is considered a tough player, which shows his penalty statistics. Nevertheless, in his last season in Vancouver he often played in the front row and also in power play because of his physical presence.

Jarkko Ruutu in the jersey of the Ottawa Senators

In July 2006, Ruutu signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins before moving to the Ottawa Senators as a free agent in July 2008 , with whom he signed a three-year contract for $ 3.9 million.

In the 2008/09 season Ruutu was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL after he had bitten his opponent Andrew Peters in the game against the Buffalo Sabers on January 6, 2009 . In February 2011, the Ottawa Senators gave him in exchange for a six- round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft to the Anaheim Ducks . At the end of the 2010/11 season , the Californians did not extend his expiring contract, so Ruutu became a free agent. In September 2011 he returned to his homeland and was signed by Jokerit .

International

Jarkko Ruutu played at several world championships for his home country, also at the World Cup of Hockey . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal with the Finnish national team . Four years later at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

Jarkko Ruutu (2014)

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Michigan Technological University NCAA 38 12 10 22nd 96 - - - - -
1996/97 HIFK Helsinki FNL 48 11 10 21st 155 - - - - -
1997/98 HIFK Helsinki FNL 37 10 10 20th 166 9 7th 4th 11 10
1998/99 HIFK Helsinki FNL 25th 10 4th 14th 136 9 0 2 2 43
1999/00 Syracuse crunch AHL 65 26th 32 58 164 4th 3 1 4th 8th
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2000/01 Kansas City Blades IHL 46 11 18th 29 111 - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 21st 3 3 6th 32 4th 0 1 1 8th
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 2 7th 9 74 1 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 36 2 2 4th 66 13 0 2 2 14th
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 6th 8th 14th 133 6th 1 0 1 10
2004/05 HIFK Helsinki FNL 50 10 18th 28 215 3 0 0 0 41
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 10 7th 17th 142 - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 7th 9 16 125 5 0 0 0 10
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 71 6th 10 16 138 20th 2 1 3 26th
2008/09 Ottawa Senators NHL 78 7th 14th 21st 144 - - - - -
2009/10 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 12 14th 26th 121 6th 2 1 3 34
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 50 2 8th 10 59 - - - - -
2010/11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 23 1 1 2 38 3 0 0 0 12
NHL overall 652 58 84 142 1078 58 5 5 10 114

International

year event Sp T V Pt SM
1998 WM 10 1 0 1 16
2001 WM 9 1 0 1 10
2002 Olympia 4th 0 0 0 4th
2004 WM 6th 0 0 0 20th
2004 WCup 4th 0 0 0 6th
2005 WM 7th 1 0 1 4th
2006 Olympia 8th 0 0 0 31
2006 WM 9 0 3 3 34
2007 WM 9 0 1 1 29
2009 WM 6th 0 2 2 10
2010 Olympia 6th 2 1 3 14th

( 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 Ruutu, Jarkko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruutu, Jarkko Samuli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Vantaa , Finland