Teemu Laine

Teemu Laine ( born August 9, 1982 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is under contract with HK Donbass Donetsk in the Kontinental Hockey League since May 2013.

Career

Teemu Laine began his career in the youth of Jokerit Helsinki, for whom he made ​​his debut in the SM- liiga in the season 1999/2000. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2000 in the second round than a total of 39 players from the New Jersey Devils, for whom he never played, however. With Jokerit of the attackers was Finnish Champion in the 2001/ 02 season for the first time. A year later he won with his team the IIHF Continental Cup. In summer 2004, Laine joined Jokerits League rivals Tappara Tampere, for which he was three years active in the SM liiga. After a season with TPS Turku of the Finnish signed prior to the 2008/ 09 season, a contract in the Swedish Elitserien the reigning champion HV71, with whom he subsequently defeated in the final series the Färjestad BK.

In the 2009/10 season, he reached the final of the HV71 Elitserien playoffs and defeated in this Djurgårdens IF 4-2. It Laine scored the game - and series -winning goal in extra time of the sixth game of the finals. Overall, he contributed to the championship win 29 points scorer in the main round and another 13 points in the playoffs at.

In May 2011, Laine was hired by the HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League and completed in the next two years playing over 100 KHL games for the club. After his contract expires in spring 2013, he was obliged by HK Donbass Donetsk.

Internationally

For Laine Finland took part in the U18 World Youth Championship in 2000, as well as the U20 World Youth Championship in the same year in part. In the U18 World Championships he won the gold medal with his team.

Awards and achievements

  • 2000 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2002 Finnish Champion with Jokerit Helsinki
  • 2003 IIHF Continental Cup win with Jokerit Helsinki
  • 2009 Swedish Vice- Champion with HV71
  • 2010 Swedish Champion with HV71
2000 NHL Entry Draft 1999–2000 SM-liiga season 2001–02 SM-liiga season 2008–09 Elitserien season Swedish Hockey League 2009–10 Elitserien season Finland men's national ice hockey team 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2013–14 KHL season Michael Leighton Oleg Piganovich Clay Wilson Tuomas Kiiskinen Randy Robitaille Petteri Wirtanen Andrei Nazarov
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