Kai Nurminen

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FinlandFinland  Kai Nurminen Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 29, 1969
place of birth Turku , Finland
size 186 cm
Weight 94 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 8th round, 193rd position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 1994 TPS Turku
1994-1995 HPK Hämeenlinna
1995-1996 HV 71 Jönköping
1996-1997 Los Angeles Kings
1997-1998 Västra Frölunda
Jokerit Helsinki
1998-1999 HC Davos
1999-2000 TPS Turku
2000-2001 Minnesota Wild
2001-2007 TPS Turku
2007-2008 HPK Hämenlinna
2008 Herlev Hornets

Kai Nurminen (born March 29, 1969 in Turku ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who has played for the Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League and TPS Turku and HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM-liiga was active.

Career

Kai Nurminen began his career as a hockey player in 1992 with TPS Turku in the SM-liiga , for which he had already played in his youth. Nurminen became Finnish champion for the first time in his rookie year . After the runner-up in the following season, the attacker switched to TPS league rivals HPK Hämeenlinna , which he left after only one year to play for HV 71 Jönköping in the Swedish Elitserien . In the 1996 NHL Entry Draft , the Finn was finally selected in the eighth round as a total of 193rd player by the Los Angeles Kings , for whom he scored 27 scorer points in 67 games in the 1996/97 season , including 16 goals. Although Nurminen was regularly on the ice for Los Angeles, he returned to Europe in 1997, where he was on the ice for Västra Frölunda from Sweden and Jokerit Helsinki from Finland.

After a season at HC Davos in the Swiss National League A , Nurminen was Finnish champion for the second time with TPS Turku in 2000 and reached third place in the European Hockey League with his team . Before the 2000/01 season , the winger ventured a second time into the NHL, but only came twice for the Minnesota Wild and spent most of the season with their farm team , the Cleveland Lumberjacks from the International Hockey League . After the season he returned one more time to TPS, for which he was active in the SM-liiga until 2007 and with which he was runner-up in 2004 for the second time. After a year at HPK Hämeenlinna, Nurminen was signed by Herlev Hornets from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen before the 2008/09 season , where he ended his career in December 2008.

International

For Finland Nurminen took part in the A-World Championships in 1996 and 1997 , as well as the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 2 69 17th 11 28 24
Playoffs - - - - - -

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personal data
SURNAME Nurminen, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku , Finland