Jyrki Lumme

Jyrki Lumme
Date of birth	July 16, 1966
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	185 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1986 , 3rd lap, 57th position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1985-1988	Ilves Tampere
1988-1990	Montréal Canadiens
1990-1998	Vancouver Canucks
1994-1995	Ilves Tampere
1998-2001	Phoenix Coyotes
2001	Dallas Stars
2001-2003	Toronto Maple Leafs
2005-2007	Ilves Tampere

Jyrki Olavi Lumme (* 16th July 1966 in Tampere ) is a retired Finnish ice hockey player , who in his playing career from 1985 to 2007, among other things for the Montreal Canadiens , Vancouver Canucks , Phoenix Coyotes , Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Jyrki Lumme began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with Ilves Tampere , for whom he was active in the SM-liiga from 1985 to 1988 . During this time he was selected in the third round of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft as the 57th player by the Montréal Canadiens , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1988/89 season . He also ran this season for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Sherbrooke Canadiens . On March 6, 1990, the defense attorney was given a second-round suffrage to the Vancouver Canucks , for which he was on the ice for the following eight years. Only the 1994/95 season he began due to the lockout at his ex-club Ilves Tampere. Due to his popularity with Canucks fans, the left-handed shooter received the team-internal Babe Pratt Trophy as best defender in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1997 .

In the summer of 1998 Lumme received a contract as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes , for which he was active for the following three seasons. He was then given on June 23, 2001 for Tyler Bouck to the Dallas Stars , which he left after only 15 games during the 2001/02 season in exchange for Dave Manson to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs . For the Leafs, he brought it in the following two years to a total of 124 games in the regular season, in which he scored a total of 29 points scorer, including ten goals. In addition, the Finn ran in 21 playoff games for the Maple Leafs, in which he gave two templates.

After a two-year break, Lumme decided before the 2005/06 season to make a comeback in the Finnish SM-liiga, in which he ended his career at Ilves Tampere in 2007 at the age of 40, where he had also started it in 1985.

International

For Finland Lumme took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1986 , as well as the World Championships in 1990 , 1991 , 1996 , 1997 and 2000 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , 1998 in Nagano , and 2002 in Salt Lake City , as well as the 1996 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

• 1988 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 2000 bronze medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	985	114	354	468	620
Playoffs	10	105	9	35	44	52

Web links

• Jyrki Lumme at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jyrki Lumme at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jyrki Lumme at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jyrki Lumme at eurohockey.com
• Jyrki Lumme in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )