Teemu SelÃ¤nne

Teemu Selanne Ilmari ( born July 3, 1970 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League since 2005. He was also owner of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association Salamat.

3.1 International

Career

Teemu Selanne grew up with his twin brother Paavo on in Helsinki and Espoo. After he first worked in a kindergarten, he played from 1988 to 1992 for Jokerit, with whom he reached the rise in the 1988/89 season in the SM- liiga. During this time Selanne has been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the first round in the tenth place of the Winnipeg Jets. There he played, because he had to do his military service in Finland, but only from 1992 onwards, reaching a rookie in his first season, 76 goals and 132 points. Both introduced new rookie records and Selanne broke Peter Šťastný off as the top scoring freshman.

Together with the young players Keith Tkachuk and also Alexei Schamnow he formed there a sensational trio, which was also called the Olympic Line. During this period, Selanne was nicknamed Finnish Flash because of its speed.

In February 1996, Selanne was transferred along with Marc Chouinard and a fourth- round choice right in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 in exchange for Chad Kilger, Oleg Twerdowski and a third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, where he following in the five years with Paul Kariya that formed Dynamic Duo. With the Finnish national team, he won the bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.

2001 to 2003 he played with the San Jose Sharks. After a disappointing season and then at Colorado Avalanche, he underwent knee surgery. The 2004/05 season he had to stop in order to recover from the injury.

Since August 2005, Selanne is playing again at the Anaheim Ducks, where he initially signed a one - year contract. At the Olympic Games in Turin in 2006, he lost by a slashing of Derian Hatcher three teeth, but also won the silver medal. In summer 2006, Selanne extended his contract with the Ducks for another year.

On 22 November 2006 Selanne scored as 36 players in the NHL history his 500th NHL goal. He is Jari Kurri after just the second Finn, who reached that mark. On 24 February, he scored his 600th NHL assist.

With the Anaheim Ducks, he finally won in the 2006/07 season for the first time the Stanley Cup. After the triumph he did not renew his contract for the time being and also did not participate in fall training camp on the Ducks. End of January, Selanne opted for a return to the NHL and signed a contract until the end of the season at the Anaheim Ducks. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season he signed a two -year contract with the Ducks.

March 21, 2010 Selanne with a goal on the powerplay against the Colorado Avalanche scored the 600th goal of his career. Selanne, making it the 18th player in the history of the NHL, who reached that mark. With 637 goals in the regular season is on the second place of Europe's best goal scorers of all time in the NHL behind Jaromir Jagr (646 results) from the Czech Republic.

During the 2010/11 season he improved some franchise records of the Ducks and both reached the milestone of 400 career goals for the Californians and the number of points over 800 At the age of 40 years on 28 March 2011 he had a five- point game against the Colorado Avalanche and "the finnish flash" scored his 22nd career hat-trick in this game. After the end of the season 2010/11 the Californians did not renew his expiring contract, so Selanne became a free agent. In mid-September 2011, the Finnish victory again for another season in the Ducks jersey dranzuhängen and put his signature under a one year contract. After the short lockout season in 2012, Teemu Selanne in the 46 games in 24 scorer points scored ( 12 goals, 12 assists), the end of August 2013 extended the "Finnish Flash" last time around another season. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.

Teemu Selanne is married (wife Sirpa ) and has four children.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

2004 Silver medal at the World Cup of Hockey
2006 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
2006 top scorer at the Olympic Winter Games (together with Olli Jokinen )
2006 top scorer at the Olympic Winter Games
2006 Best Forward of the Olympic Winter Games
2006 All- Star team for the Olympic Winter Games
2008 bronze medal at the World Championships
2010 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
2014 Most Valuable Player of the Olympic Winter Games
2014 All- Star team for the Olympic Winter Games

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented Finland at:

U18 European Junior Championships 1988
U20 World Junior Championships 1989
World Cup 1991
Canada Cup 1991
1992 Winter Olympic Games
World Cup 1996
World Cup of Hockey 1996
1998 Winter Olympics

1999 World Cup
2002 Winter Olympics
2003 World Cup
World Cup of Hockey 2004
2006 Winter Olympics
World Championship 2008
2010 Winter Olympics
2014 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 )

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