Lauri Korpikoski
Lauri Korpikoski ( born July 28, 1986 in Turku ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League on the position of the center.
Career
Korpikoski played as a teenager in the youth team of TPS Turku. At the age of 18 he made his debut with the first team in the Finnish SM- liiga.
After Korpikoski had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 by the New York Rangers in the first round to 19th place, he brought them to the end of the 2005/06 season for the first time in their farm team in the American Hockey League. In the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Center led by three points in five games well and also spent the 2006 /07 and 2007/ 08 there. After Korpikoski could increase from season to season, he was called for the first time in the NHL squad of the New York Rangers during the 2008 playoffs. Overall, he came to a use in which he managed to score a goal. In the summer of 2008, the strikers won in training camp Rangers a place in the squad and played then 68 main round matches and the subsequent playoffs.
On 13 July 2009, the Rangers traded him to Enver Lisin of the Phoenix Coyotes.
At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 top scorer of the U18 World Youth Championship (together with Petteri Nokelainen, Lauri Tukonen and Roman Woloschenko )
- 2004 Best original donor of the Under-18 World Youth Championship (together with seven other players )
- 2008 Victoria Cup win with the New York Rangers
- 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics