Teemu Selänne

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FinlandFinland  Teemu Selänne Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2017
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2017
Teemu Selänne
Date of birth 3rd July 1970
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
Nickname The Finnish Flash
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
number #8th
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 1st lap, 10th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
until 1992 Jokerite
1992-1996 Winnipeg Jets
1994-1995 Jokerite
1996-2001 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2001-2003 San Jose Sharks
2003-2004 Colorado Avalanche
2005-2014 Anaheim Ducks

Teemu Ilmari Selänne (born July 3, 1970 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player . As "The Finnish Flash" (dt .: The Finnish Flash ) known winger is one of the top scorers in the history of the NHL . In his total of 21 seasons in the highest North American league, he was mainly on the ice for the Anaheim Ducks , with whom he won the Stanley Cup and also holds the franchise records for the most goals and scorer points. With the Finnish national team , he won the silver medal at both the World Cup and the Olympic Games. In his honor, both the Anaheim Ducks and the national team blocked his jersey number 8. He has been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame since 2017 .

Career

Teemu Selänne grew up with his twin brother Paavo in Helsinki and Espoo . After initially working in a kindergarten, he played for Jokerit from 1988 to 1992 , with whom he was promoted to the SM-liiga in the 1988/89 season. During this time, Selänne was selected in the first round of the Winnipeg Jets in the first round in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft . There he played because he had to do his military service in Finland, but only from 1992 and reached 76 goals and 132 points as a rookie in his first season . Both set new rook records and Selänne replaced Peter Šťastný as the newcomer with the best points.

Together with the equally young players Keith Tkachuk and Alexei Schamnow, he formed a sensational trio there, which was also called the Olympic Line . During this time, Selänne was nicknamed the Finnish Flash because of its speed .

Teemu Selänne in the Anaheim Ducks dress (2006).

In February 1996, Selänne was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim together with Marc Chouinard and a four-round vote in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Chad Kilger , Oleg Twerdowski and a third-round vote in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft , where he was in the following formed the Dynamic Duo with Paul Kariya for five years . With the Finnish national team he won the bronze medal at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano .

From 2001 to 2003 he played with the San Jose Sharks . After a disappointing season there and then at Colorado Avalanche , he underwent knee surgery. He had to sit out the 2004/05 season to recover from the injury.

Since August 2005 Selänne has been playing again with the Anaheim Ducks, with which he initially signed a one-year contract. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin he lost three teeth after a stick blow from Derian Hatcher , but also won the silver medal. In the summer of 2006, Selänne extended his contract with the Ducks for another year.

On November 22, 2006, Selanne scored his 500th NHL goal as the 36th player in NHL history. After Jari Kurri, he is only the second Finn to reach this mark. On February 24, he made his 600th NHL assist.

With the Anaheim Ducks he finally won the Stanley Cup for the first time in the 2006/07 season . After the triumph, he did not extend his contract for the time being and did not take part in the Ducks training camp in the fall. In late January Selanne decided to return to the NHL and signed a contract with the Anaheim Ducks until the end of the season. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season he signed a 2-year contract with the Ducks.

On March 21, 2010 Selänne scored the 600th goal of his career with a hit in the power play against the Colorado Avalanche. Selänne is the 18th player in the history of the NHL to reach this mark.

In the course of the 2010/11 season , he improved several franchise records for the Ducks and achieved both the 400 career goals mark and the number of points of over 800. At the age of 40, on March 28, 2011, he achieved a five- Points game against the Colorado Avalanche and "the finnish flash" scored his 22nd career hat trick in this game. After the end of the 2010/11 season, the Californians did not extend his expiring contract, so Selänne became a free agent. In mid-September 2011, the Finn decided to wear the Ducks jersey for another season and signed a one-year contract. After the short lockout season in 2012, in which Teemu Selänne scored 24 scorer points in 46 games (12 goals, 12 assists), the “Finnish Flash” last extended for another season at the end of August 2013. At the 2014 Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.

At the end of the 2013/14 season, Selänne ended his active career. At this time he was on the overall list of the most successful goalscorers of the NHL (regular season) in 11th place is behind Jaromír Jágr second best European. In addition, he still holds the goals, assists and scorer points record of the Anaheim Ducks.

In January 2015, the Anaheim Ducks locked its jersey number 8 as the first in their franchise . The honor took place at a home game of the Ducks against the Winnipeg Jets , where Selänne had started his career in the NHL. The Finnish national team did the same in December 2015 when the 8 was banned from the 2016 U20 World Cup .

In January 2017 Selänne was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame and a few months later into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Teemu Selänne is married and has four children.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 Jokerit Helsinki Fin Jr. 33 10 12 22nd 8th - - - - -
1986/87 Jokerit Helsinki Fin-U18 - - - - - 7th 10 3 13 2
1987/88 Jokerit Helsinki Fin Jr. 33 43 23 66 18th 5 4th 3 7th 2
1987/88 Jokerit Helsinki I-divisioona 5 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1988/89 PvUK Lahti Fin Jr. 3 3 1 4th 2 - - - - -
1988/89 Jokerit Helsinki Fin Jr. 3 8th 8th 16 4th - - - - -
1988/89 Jokerit Helsinki I-divisioona 35 36 33 69 14th 5 7th 3 10 4th
1989/90 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 11 4th 8th 12 0 - - - - -
1990/91 Jokerit Helsinki Fin Jr. 4th 3 2 5 10 - - - - -
1990/91 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 42 33 25th 58 12 - - - - -
1991/92 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 44 39 23 62 20th 10 10 7th 17th 18th
1992/93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 84 76 56 132 45 6th 4th 2 6th 2
1993/94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 51 25th 29 54 22nd - - - - -
1994/95 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 20th 7th 12 19th 6th - - - - -
1994/95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 45 22nd 26th 48 2 - - - - -
1995/96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 51 24 48 72 18th - - - - -
1995/96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 28 16 20th 36 4th - - - - -
1996/97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 78 51 58 109 34 11 7th 3 10 4th
1997/98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 73 52 34 86 30th - - - - -
1998/99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 75 47 60 107 30th 4th 2 2 4th 2
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 33 52 85 12 - - - - -
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 61 26th 33 59 36 - - - - -
2000/01 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 7th 6th 13 0 6th 0 2 2 2
2001/02 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 29 25th 54 40 12 5 3 8th 2
2002/03 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 28 36 64 30th - - - - -
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 16 16 32 32 10 0 3 3 2
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 80 40 50 90 44 16 6th 8th 14th 6th
2006/07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 82 48 46 94 82 21st 5 10 15th 10
2007/08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 26th 12 11 23 8th 6th 2 2 4th 6th
2008/09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 65 27 27 54 36 13 4th 2 6th 4th
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 54 27 21st 48 16 - - - - -
2010/11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 73 31 49 80 49 6th 6th 1 7th 12
2011/12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 82 26th 40 66 50 - - - - -
2012/13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 46 12 12 24 28 7th 1 2 3 6th
2013/14 Anaheim Ducks NHL 64 9 18th 27 12 12 2 4th 6th 4th
SM-liiga total 117 83 68 151 38 10 10 7th 17th 18th
NHL overall 1451 684 773 1457 660 130 44 44 88 62

International

Selänne in the jersey of the Finnish national team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games .

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Finland U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 6th 7th 9 16 8th
1989 Finland U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 5 5 10 10
1991 Finland WM 5th place 10 6th 5 11 2
1991 Finland Canada Cup 3rd place 6th 1 1 2 2
1992 Finland Olympia 7th place 8th 7th 4th 11 6th
1996 Finland WM 5th place 6th 5 3 8th 0
1996 Finland World cup 5th place 4th 3 2 5 0
1998 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 5 4th 6th 10 8th
1999 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 11 3 8th 11 2
2002 Finland Olympia 6th place 4th 3 0 3 2
2003 Finland WM 5th place 7th 8th 3 11 2
2004 Finland World cup 2nd place 6th 1 3 4th 4th
2006 Finland Olympia 2nd place, silver 8th 6th 5 11 4th
2008 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze 9 3 4th 7th 12
2010 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 0 2 2 0
2014 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 4th 2 6th 4th
Juniors overall 13 12 14th 26th 18th
Men overall 96 54 48 102 48

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c cbc.ca, Teemu Selanne: The Finnish Flash
  2. ↑ hhof.com, Records and Rankings - NHL Rookies ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hhof.com
  3. ↑ Statistics on nhl.com (accessed on May 19, 2014)
  4. ↑ Finland retires Teemu Selanne's No. 8 jersey from international competition. nhl.com, December 30, 2015, accessed December 31, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Selanne, Teemu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Selänne, Teemu Ilmari (full name); Selanne, Teemu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland