Ville Sirén

Ville Sirén
Date of birth	February 11, 1964
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	188 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1983 , 2nd lap, 23rd position Hartford Whalers
Career stations
until 1984	Ilves Tampere
1984-1988	Pittsburgh Penguins
1988-1990	Minnesota North Stars
1990-1991	HPK Hämeenlinna
1991-1992	Ilves Tampere
1992-1994	Luleå HF
1994-1995	VIK Västerås HK
1995-1996	EHC Olten
1996-1998	SC Bern
1998	SG Cortina
1998-1999	HIFK Helsinki

Ville Sirén (born February 11, 1964 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League from 1981 to 1999 .

Career

Ville Sirén began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth field of Ilves Tampere , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga from 1982 to 1985 . With Ilves he won the Finnish Championship for the first and only time in his career in the 1984/85 season . During his time at Ilves, the defender was also selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1983 in the second round as a total of 23 players by the Hartford Whalers , for whom he never played. On November 16, 1984 Hartford gave the rights to the Finns in exchange for Pat Boutette to the Pittsburgh Penguins on, for which he in three years National Hockey League was on the ice before it on December 17, 1988 along with Steve Gotaas in Exchange for Gord Dineen and Scott Bjugstad was given to the Minnesota North Stars . After one and a half years with the Minnesota North Stars in the NHL, Sirén returned to his Finnish homeland in the summer of 1990, where he received a contract with HPK Hämeenlinna from the SM-liiga. There he stayed for a season as well as then with his league rivals and his ex-club Ilves Tampere.

From 1992 to 1995, the left shooter ran in the Swedish Elitserien for Luleå HF and VIK Västerås HK , where he was defeated in the 1992/93 season with Luleå only in the final for the championship Brynäs IF . After the former national player started the 1995/96 season at EHC Olten in National League B , he moved to SC Bern from National League A shortly before the end of the season . With Bern, for which he was on the ice for a total of two years, he won the Swiss championship in the 1996/97 season . The 1997/98 season ended Sirén at SG Cortina from the Italian Serie A , for which he only played two games, in which he scored one goal and gave two assists. Following the 1998/99 season, in which he was under contract with the reigning Finnish champions HIFK Helsinki , the two-time Olympian ended his career at the age of 35.

International

For Finland Sirén took part in the Junior World Championships in 1983 and 1984 , as well as the World Championships in 1985 , 1991 and 1993 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and 1992 in Albertville .

Achievements and Awards

• 1984 silver medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1985 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
• 1992 SM-liiga Second All-Star Team
• 1993 Swedish runner-up with Luleå HF
• 1997 Swiss champion with SC Bern

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	290	14th	68	82	276
Playoffs	2	7th	0	0	0	6th

Web links

• Ville Sirén at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ville Sirén at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ville Sirén at eurohockey.com