Juha Lind
Juha Petteri Lind ( born January 2, 1974 in Helsinki ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1992 to 2010 among others for the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League.
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Career
Juha Lind began his career as a hockey player in his youth by Jokerit Helsinki, for the first team from 1992 to 1997, he was initially active in the SM- liiga. During this time he won with the team the championship in 1994 and 1996 respectively, and 1995 and 1996 the European Cup. In addition, the attacker in 1995 with Jokerit was runner-up in 1993 and reached the third place in the European Cup. During this time, Lind also been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 in the eighth round as the 178th overall player of the Minnesota North Stars.
This gave the rights to the player the following year her successor team that gave Dallas Stars, from, for Lind in the 1997/98 season his debut in the National Hockey League. In addition, he came into this season to eight inserts for their farm team, the Michigan K- Wings of the International Hockey League. In the season 1998/99 the links Sagittarius returned to Jokerit. After the Finn had the 1999/00 season with the Dallas Stars first started, he was made in the course of the season to the Montreal Canadiens for the NHL he was on the ice the following year and a half.
In summer 2001, Lind signed a contract with Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien, for whom he was three years running. Then he again played one season for Jokerit before he stood from 2005 to 2007 again in Europe under contract, where he won the Austrian championship with the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the 2006/07 season. Also in the 2007/ 08 season the winger was abroad when he was playing for Leksand IF in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second Swedish league. From 2008 to 2010 Lind was the fourth and last time for Jokerit Helsinki SM- liiga in on the ice. He then finished his career at the age of 36 years.
Internationally
For Finland Lind took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 1994, as well as the World Championships 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 in part. In addition, he was in the squad Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 2002 Salt Lake City.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
NHL stats
Trivia
- Juha's father, Arvi Lind, is a Finnish news anchor.