Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen Petteri ( born April 1, 1983 in Kalajoki ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since April 2013 in the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Jokinen was represented in the Finnish Junior League, where in 2000 he was voted the best U -17 players. His professional career started in 2001 in Oulu Kärpät in the Finnish SM- liiga, where he played until 2005. In the NHL Entry Draft in 2001, the Dallas Stars were in place 192 secured the rights to him. With the Kärpät he was in 2004 and 2005 Finnish Hockey - Champion in 2005 it reached second place in the IIHF European Champions Cup.
In the season 2004/ 05 Jokinen was able to record 23 goals and 24 assists, which he made it into the top six strikers in the SM -Liiga. From the 2005/06 season he played for the Dallas Stars.
As Shootout king he made in his first season with the Dallas Stars talked about, when he turned nine out of nine shootouts. Only one other Finn, the goalkeeper Vesa Toskala (San Jose Sharks ) could end this run. Jokinen led the Shootout rankings of the regular season 2005/ 06 with ten goals in at thirteen attempts. Three of these gates were playing crucial. In his first season in the NHL, he scored 17 goals and 38 assists, in the play- offs were in five games two goals and one assist after Jokinen points could finish the season as the fourth- best rookie. For the Trade Deadline 2007/08 season he was transferred along with Jeff Halpern and Mike Smith of Dallas at the Tampa Bay Lightning. In return, Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist came to Texas.
A year later, on 4 February 2009 Jokinen was placed on the waiver list. Three days later, the Lightning traded it against Wade Brookbank, Josef Melichar and of the Carolina Hurricanes. On April 3, 2013, was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Internationally
2001 ( U18 ), 2002 ( U20) and 2003 ( U20 ) joined Jokinen to at the Junior World Ice Hockey Championships. In 2003, he was there top scorer of his team. Jokinen represented Finland in the Ice Hockey World Championship 2005 ( seventh place ) and 2006 (3rd place ) and at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 ( 2nd place). At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 Finnish runner with Kärpät Oulu
- 2004 Finnish Champion with Kärpät Oulu
- 2005 Finnish Champion with Kärpät Oulu
- 2007 NHL Young Stars Game
Internationally
- 2001 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2002 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2002 Best original donor of the U20 World Junior Championships (together with Aleš Hemský )
- 2003 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2003 Best scorer of the U20 World Junior Championships (together with Patrik Baertschi and Igor Grigorenko )
- 2006 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2008 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Finland at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge in 2000
- U18 Junior World Championship 2001
- U20 Junior World Cup 2002
- U20 Junior World Championship 2003
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2006
- World Cup 2008
- World Cup 2010
- World Cup 2012
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )