Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen Veli Pekka ( born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player on the position of the center, the Jets of the National Hockey League has since July 2012 at the Winnipeg under contract.
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Career
Olli Jokinen began his career at youth level of KalPa Kuopio and debuted in the 1995/ 96 for the men's team of the same club in the top Finnish league, the SM- liiga. In summer 1996, he left his hometown club and was taken from HIFK Helsinki under contract, for which he went in the following years on the ice. During the NHL Entry Draft 1997 Jokinen was selected in the first round as the third party of the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings then took him to Los Angeles, but after eight NHL games without points scorer, he left America and returned to HIFK. There he found his way back to its former power and achieved in the remaining 30 games 39 points scorer. The HIFK reached the playoffs and came down to the final of the Finnish championship before. There, the team of Jokinen Ilves Tampere defeated 3-0 and reached the first championship in 15 years for the club. Jokinens services were rewarded after the season with two awards, when he received the Matti - Keinonen trophy and Jari Kurri - trophy.
After these successes Jokinen again tried to gain a foothold in the NHL. He completed a large part of the season 1998/99 for the Los Angeles Kings, scoring 21 points. In June 1999, sent to the Kings along with Josh Green and Mathieu Biron to the New York Islanders, the charges in return Žigmund Palffy, Bryan Smolinski, Marcel Cousineau and. For the Islanders, he reached in 82 NHL games 21 points and 80 penalty minutes before he was sent end of June 2000 in exchange for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha to the Florida Panthers. For the Panthers, it developed in the following years to a leading player and increased its yield point from year to year. During the 2002/ 03 season he was nominated as a replacement for the injured Saku Koivu for the 53rd NHL All-Star Game and during the match scored a goal. He also totaled 65 points scorer in 81 games this season, which he set new personal records and his status as a center underpinned the first attack series. With the start of the following season, he was named captain of the Panthers and held this office until 2008.
During the NHL strike season 2004/ 05 he returned to Europe and was first in the Swiss National League A for the Kloten Flyers on the ice. After eight games for Kloten he left Switzerland and was committed from Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elitserien. Jokinen completed 23 games in the Elitserien for Södertälje before he moved to his home country for HIFK Helsinki. With his hometown club from Helsinki, he reached the playoffs in 2005, but retired in the first round with 1:4 against Lukko Rauma. With the completion of a new NHL collective bargaining agreement the matches in the NHL was resumed in the fall of 2005 and returned Jokinen to the Florida Panthers. During the season 2005/ 06 he collected in 82 games 89 points scorer and thereby retained personal best values , which he still improved in the following season, with 91 points. In addition, he set up new team-internal records of the Panthers for game-winning goals, career goals and points.
At the beginning of the 2007/ 08 Jokinen was out of shape - although he scored in 82 games for Florida 34 goals and 37 assists. 10 February 2008 Jokinen Richard Zedník injured unintentionally when he slashed the throat of Zedník with his skate and this was taken to a hospital.
During the NHL Entry Draft in 2008, the Finn in exchange for Nick Boynton, Keith Ballard and a draft pick to the Phoenix Coyotes have been made. For the Coyotes, he was one with 42 points scorer of 57 NHL games of the season 2008/ 09 to the service providers. Since the Coyotes did not reach the playoffs, these Jokinen sent on the day the Trade Deadline, March 4, 2009 to the Calgary Flames. In return, Matthew Lombardi and Brandon Prust switched to the Coyotes. In his first game for the Flames Jokinen scored two goals against the Philadelphia Flyers. A year later, Jokinen was again the object of a barter transaction - he was released on February 1, 2010 along with Prust to the New York Rangers, who for Christopher Higgins and Ales Kotalík bartered.
Internationally
Olli Jokinen began early in his career, to represent his native Finland in international tournaments. He won in 1996 with the U18 youth team silver medal at the European Championships and the gold medal at the U20 World Youth Championship in 1998. Starting in 1998, he was also responsible for the Men's National Team used and won since then, two silver and three bronze medals at the world championships.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, he reached with the Finnish team winning the silver medal. This success contributed Jokinen six goals and two assists in. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- 2004 Silver medal at the World Cup of Hockey
- 2006 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2006 Top Goalscorer of the Olympic Winter Games ( Teemu Selanne together with )
- 2006 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2008 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2010 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
- 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Finland at:
- U18 European Junior Championships 1996
- U20 World Junior Championships 1997
- World Cup 1997
- U20 Junior World Cup 1998
- World Cup 1998
- 1999 World Cup
- World Cup 2000
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2002
- 2003 World Cup
- World Cup 2004
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2006
- World Championship 2008
- 2010 Winter Olympics
( 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 )