Olli Jokinen

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Olli Jokinen
Date of birth 5th December 1978
place of birth Kuopio , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 98 kg
position center
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 1st round, 3rd position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 1996 KalPa Kuopio
1996-1998 HIFK Helsinki
1998-1999 Los Angeles Kings
1999-2000 New York Islanders
2004 Kloten Flyers
2004-2005 Södertälje SK
2005 HIFK Helsinki
2000-2008 Florida panthers
2008-2009 Phoenix Coyotes
2009-2010 Calgary Flames
2010 New York Rangers
2010–2012 Calgary Flames
2012-2014 Winnipeg Jets
2014-2015 Nashville Predators
2015 Toronto Maple Leafs
St. Louis Blues

Olli Veli Pekka Jokinen (born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player . The center forward played 1,237 games in the National Hockey League in 17 seasons , most of them for the Florida Panthers . With the Finnish national team , he won several silver and bronze medals at world championships and Olympic Winter Games .

Career

Olli Jokinen began his career in the youth division of KalPa Kuopio and made his debut in the 1995/96 season for the men's team of the same club in the top Finnish league, the SM-liiga . In the summer of 1996 he left his hometown club and was signed by HIFK Helsinki , for which he went on the ice in the following years. During the 1997 NHL Entry Draft , Jokinen was selected in the first round as third by the Los Angeles Kings . The Kings then brought him to Los Angeles, but after eight NHL games without scorer points, he left North America and returned to the HIFK. There he found his way back to his old level of performance and scored 39 scorer points in the remaining 30 games. The HIFK reached the playoffs and advanced to the finals of the Finnish championship. There Jokinen's team defeated Ilves Tampere 3-0 and reached the club's first championship in 15 years. Jokinen's accomplishments were rewarded with two awards after the season when he received the Matti Keinonen Trophy and Jari Kurri Trophy .

After these successes, Jokinen tried again to gain a foothold in the NHL. He completed much of the 1998/99 season for the Los Angeles Kings and scored 21 points. In June 1999, the Kings sent together with Josh Green and Mathieu Biron to the New York Islanders , who in return gave up Žigmund Pálffy , Bryan Smolinski and Marcel Cousineau . For the Islanders he reached 21 points and 80 penalty minutes in 82 NHL games before he was sent to the Florida Panthers in late June 2000 in exchange for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kwascha . With the Panthers he developed into a leading player in the following years and increased his points yield from year to year. During the 2002/03 season he was nominated to replace the injured Saku Koivu for the 53rd NHL All-Star Game and scored a goal during the game. He also achieved a total of 65 points scorer in 81 games this season, setting new personal records and strengthening his status as the center of the first row of attacks. With the beginning of the following season he was appointed captain of the Panthers and held this office until 2008.

Jokinen in the jersey of the Winnipeg Jets

During the NHL strike season 2004/05 he returned to Europe and first went on the ice in the Swiss National League A for the Kloten Flyers . After eight games for Kloten, he left Switzerland and was signed by Södertälje SK from the Swedish Elitserien . Jokinen played 23 games in the Elitserien for Södertälje before moving to HIFK Helsinki in his home country. With his home club from Helsinki he reached the playoffs in 2005 , but retired in the first round with 1: 4 against Lukko Rauma . With the conclusion of a new NHL collective agreement , the game operation in the NHL was resumed in the fall of 2005 and Jokinen returned to the Florida Panthers. During the 2005/06 season he collected 89 scorer points in 82 games and again achieved personal bests, which he improved in the following season with 91 points. In addition, he set new internal team records for the Panthers for game-winning goals, career goals and points.

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season , Jokinen was out of shape - still he scored 34 goals and 37 assists in 82 games for Florida. On February 10, 2008, Jokinen accidentally injured Richard Zedník when he slit Zedník's neck with his skate and Zedník was admitted to hospital.

During the NHL Entry Draft 2008 , the Finn was given in exchange for Nick Boynton , Keith Ballard and a draft pick to the Phoenix Coyotes . With the Coyotes he was one of the top performers with 42 scorer points from 57 NHL games in the 2008/09 season . Since the Coyotes did not reach the playoffs, they sent Jokinen to the Calgary Flames on the day of the Trade Deadline , March 4, 2009 . In return, Matthew Lombardi and Brandon Prust switched to the Coyotes. In his first game for the Flames, Jokinen scored two goals against the Philadelphia Flyers . A year later, Jokinen was again the object of a swap - he was handed over to the New York Rangers on February 1, 2010 together with Prust , who swapped Christopher Higgins and Aleš Kotalík for it. After the season, he joined the Calgary Flames for a second time.

After playing the 2012/13 season and the following season with the Winnipeg Jets , he signed a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators in July 2014 .

However, the Predators gave him to the Toronto Maple Leafs after six months, including Brendan Leipsic and a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft , who in return transferred Mike Santorelli and Cody Franson to Nashville. For the Maple Leafs, however, the Finn only made six appearances until he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in March of the same year and Joakim Lindström and a success-based six- round voting right for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft moved to Toronto. In St. Louis, he ended the season, but received no new contract beyond.

Finally, in March 2017, Jokinen officially announced the end of his active career and was signed for a day by the Florida Panthers, who then honored him with a ceremony before a game.

International

Olli Jokinen started to represent his home country Finland in international tournaments early in his career. In 1996 he won the silver medal at the European Championships with the U18 junior selection and the gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship in 1998 . From 1998 he was also used for the men's national team and has since won two silver and three bronze medals at world championships.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he and the Finnish team won the silver medal. Jokinen contributed six goals and two assists to this success. At the 2014 Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 KalPa Kuopio B-Jun.-SM-sarja 30th 22nd 28 50 92 - - - - -
1994/95 KalPa Kuopio A-Jun.-SM-liiga 6th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
1995/96 KalPa Kuopio B-Jun.-SM-sarja 9 9 13 22nd 4th - - - - -
1995/96 KalPa Kuopio A-Jun.-SM-liiga 25th 20th 14th 34 47 7th 4th 4th 8th 20th
1995/96 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 15th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Finland International 12 4th 3 7th 4th
1996/97 HIFK Helsinki A-Jun.-SM-liiga 2 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
1996/97 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 50 14th 27 41 88 - - - - -
1997/98 Finland International 5 1 1 2 33
1997/98 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 30th 11 28 39 32 9 7th 2 9 2
1997/98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 8th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
1998/99 Springfield Falcons AHL 9 3 6th 8th 6th - - - - -
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 66 9 12 21st 44 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 82 11 10 21st 80 - - - - -
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 78 6th 10 16 106 - - - - -
2001/02 Florida panthers NHL 80 9 20th 29 98 - - - - -
2002/03 Florida panthers NHL 81 36 29 65 79 - - - - -
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 82 26th 32 58 81 - - - - -
2004/05 Kloten Flyers NLA 8th 6th 1 7th 14th - - - - -
2004/05 Södertälje SK Elitserien 23 13 9 22nd 52 - - - - -
2004/05 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 14th 9 8th 17th 10 5 2 0 2 24
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 82 38 51 89 88 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 82 39 52 91 78 - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 82 34 37 71 67 - - - - -
2008/09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 57 21st 21st 42 49 - - - - -
2008/09 Calgary Flames NHL 19th 8th 7th 15th 18th 6th 2 3 5 4th
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 56 11 24 35 53 - - - - -
2009/10 New York Rangers NHL 26th 4th 11 15th 22nd - - - - -
2010/11 Calgary Flames NHL 79 17th 37 54 44 - - - - -
2011/12 Calgary Flames NHL 82 23 38 61 54 - - - - -
2012/13 Winnipeg Jets NHL 45 7th 7th 14th 14th - - - - -
2013/14 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 18th 25th 43 62 - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 48 3 3 6th 26th - - - - -
2014/15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2014/15 St. Louis Blues NHL 8th 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
SM-liiga total 109 35 64 99 132 14th 9 2 11 26th
NHL overall 1231 321 429 750 1071 6th 2 3 5 4th

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1996 Finland U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 5 5 2 7th 2
1997 Finland U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 5 0 5 12
1997 Finland WM 5th place 8th 4th 2 6th 6th
1998 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 4th 6th 10 6th
1998 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 0 1 1 6th
1999 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 3 1 4th 14th
2000 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze 9 1 3 4th 6th
2002 Finland Olympia 6th place 4th 2 1 3 0
2002 Finland WM 4th Place 9 1 1 2 4th
2003 Finland WM 5th place 7th 1 2 3 8th
2004 Finland WM 6th place 7th 5 3 8th 6th
2004 Finland World cup 2nd place 6th 2 1 3 6th
2005 Finland WM 7th place 7th 1 4th 5 2
2006 Finland Olympia 2nd place, silver 8th 6th 2 8th 2
2006 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze 5 2 1 3 27
2008 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 1 4th 5 29
2010 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 3 1 4th 2
2014 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 2 2 4th 2
2014 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 2 3 5 4th
Juniors overall 18th 14th 8th 22nd 20th
Men overall 120 36 32 68 124

( 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 )

family

His older brother Ville Jokinen (* 1976) was also a professional ice hockey player; however, he is not related to Jussi Jokinen .

Jokinen is married and has three daughters.

Web links

Commons : Olli Jokinen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement on the Predators homepage , accessed on July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Predators add Franson, Santorelli from Maple Leafs. nhl.com, February 15, 2015, accessed February 15, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Olli Jokinen Announces Retirement. nhl.com, March 7, 2017, accessed March 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Jokinen, Olli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jokinen, Olli Veli Pekka (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuopio , Finland