Sami Kapanen
Date of birth | June 14, 1973 |
place of birth | Vantaa , Finland |
size | 175 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | Right wing |
number | # 24 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1995 , 4th lap, 87th position Hartford Whalers |
Career stations | |
1990-1994 | KalPa Kuopio |
1994-1995 | HIFK Helsinki |
1995-1997 | Hartford Whalers |
1997-2003 | Carolina Hurricanes |
2004-2005 | KalPa Kuopio |
2003-2008 | Philadelphia Flyers |
2008-2014 | KalPa Kuopio |
Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen (born June 14, 1973 in Vantaa ) is a Finnish ice hockey coach, official and former player who was active in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers , Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers . In Finland he played for KalPa Kuopio , of which he is co-owner.
Career
Kapanen started his career in his home country in 1990 with Kalevan Pallo in the SM-liiga and played there until 1994 . Then he moved to the Finnish club HIFK from Helsinki .
At the 1994 Winter Olympics Kapanen played for the Finnish national team and won the bronze medal with it.
In the 1995 NHL Entry Draft , Kapanen was selected in the fourth round as 87th by the Hartford Whalers . His first NHL season was 1995-96, in which he played 35 games for the Whalers. In 1997, the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes , for which Kapanen ran for six seasons.
At the 1998 Winter Olympics , Kapanen returned to the Finnish national team and won another bronze medal.
He also took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics with Finland. This time it was only enough for a sixth place.
On February 7, 2003 Kapanen was exchanged with Ryan Bast for Pavel Brendl and Bruno St. Jacques from the Philadelphia Flyers . In Philadelphia he could not continue the good performance he showed in Carolina.
During the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season he played again for the Finnish team KalPa, this time in the Mestis . After the lockout ended, Kapanen returned to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Kapanen played for KalPa between 2008 and 2014 before ending his career in 2014.
As early as 2003, he became the owner of the KalPa club, where he also worked as a youth coach in the 2015/16 season, as an assistant coach in the following season and as head coach of the professional team from 2017 to 2019. In December 2018 he led the team to win the Spengler Cup in Davos . At the beginning of April 2019 he signed a contract as coach of the Swiss team HC Lugano .
Achievements and Awards
- Bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- played in the first all-star game of the SM-liiga (1993-94)
- Bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 2000 and 2002
- 2014 admission to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
- 2018 Spengler Cup win with KalPa Kuopio (as head coach)
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1990-91 | KalPa | SM-liiga | 14th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
1991-92 | KalPa | SM-liiga | 42 | 15th | 10 | 25th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992-93 | KalPa | SM-liiga | 37 | 4th | 17th | 21st | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993-94 | KalPa | SM-liiga | 48 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994-95 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 49 | 14th | 28 | 42 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1995-96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 28 | 14th | 17th | 31 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1995-96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 35 | 5 | 4th | 9 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996-97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 45 | 13 | 12 | 25th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997-98 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 26th | 37 | 63 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998-99 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1999-00 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 76 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000-01 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 20th | 37 | 57 | 24 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
2001-02 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 77 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 8th | 9 | 6th | ||
2002-03 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 43 | 6th | 12 | 18th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002-03 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 28 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 6th | 13 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 6th | ||
2003-04 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 74 | 12 | 18th | 30th | 14th | 18th | 3 | 7th | 10 | 6th | ||
2004-05 | KalPa | Mestis | 10 | 6th | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 4th | ||
2005-06 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 58 | 12 | 22nd | 34 | 12 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
NHL overall | 680 | 173 | 252 | 425 | 137 | 71 | 11 | 22nd | 33 | 20th |
( 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 )
Web links
- Sami Kapanen at eurohockey.com
- Sami Kapanen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Sami Kapanen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Sami Kapanen retires from hockey. March 14, 2014, accessed June 11, 2018 .
- ↑ KalPa Kuopio in the penalty thriller to triumph. In: spenglercup.ch. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The Finn Sami Kapanen is the new trainer in Lugano. In: volksblatt.li. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
Goalkeeper:
Stefan Müller |
Niklas Schlegel |
Sandro Zurkirchen
Defender:
Alessandro Chiesa ( C ) |
Benoît Jecker |
Romain Loeffel |
Paul Postma |
Elia Riva |
Massimo Ronchetti |
Thomas Wellinger |
Bernd Wolf
Attacker:
Alessio Bertaggia |
Dario Bürgler |
Luca Fazzini |
Timo Haussener |
Raphael Herburger |
Mauro Jörg |
Linus Klasen |
Jani Lajunen |
Dominic Lammer |
Giovanni Morini |
Matteo Romanenghi |
Raffaele Sannitz ( A ) |
Reto Suri |
Loic Vedova |
Julian Walker |
Sandro Zangger
Head coach: Sami Kapanen Assistant coach: Stefan Nyman General manager: Hnat Domenichelli
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kapanen, Sami |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kapanen, Sami Hannu Antero |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vantaa , Finland |