Teppo Numminen
Teppo Kalevi Numminen ( born July 3, 1968 in Tampere ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player and current coach, who played from 1988 to 2009 for the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. His father, Kalevi and his brother Teemu were also professional hockey players.
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Career
Numminen began his career in the Finnish SM- liiga in Tappara Tampere. NHL Entry Draft 1986, the leaders of the Winnipeg Jets secured the transfer rights of the shooters, as they selected him in the second round by a total of 29 positions. The Finn then remaining until the end of the season 1987/88 in Tampere and subsequently joined in the summer of 1988 in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets. During the lockout in the 1994/95 season, he completed 12 games for TuTo Turku, at that time still played in the SM -Liiga. After the resumption of gaming operations in the National Hockey League, however, he returned back to North America.
When the Jets moved to Arizona in 1996 and from then on there as Phoenix Coyotes played in the NHL, Numminen followed the club and remained until 2002 /03 when the Coyotes. He spent the following season with the Dallas Stars, before it in the summer of 2005, the Buffalo Sabres joined, where he continues to have a contract. In summer 2006, Numminen had to undergo due to cardiac arrhythmia surgery. He received a contract for another year with the Sabres.
After the 2005 /06 Numminen was only 17 games away from breaking the record of his compatriot Jari Kurri on the most NHL games played by a European's during the regular season, Kurri graduated in 1251 games in the regular season. The Finnish defender was the European record holder at NHL games in the following season. He denied the 7-4 victory for the Buffalo Sabres Carolina at night on 15 November 2006 its 1252. NHL game. Thus, the 38 -year-old overtook his 1998 resigned countryman Jari Kurri. After MA Numminen End of career his record during the 2009/10 season was broken by Nicklas Lidstrom.
Numminen played a total of 20 NHL seasons, which also means a European record. He played for eight years in Winnipeg, seven years for the successor franchise Phoenix, a year in Dallas and four years in Buffalo. On January 30, 2010 and jersey number 27 has been blocked by the Phoenix Coyotes.
For the 2012/13 season he was hired as an assistant coach at his former NHL team Buffalo Sabres.
Internationally
Numminen was of the Finnish national team in 1987 and 1991 at the Canada Cup, 1996, 1997 and 2004 at the World Ice Hockey Championship, 1996 and 2004 at the World Cup of Hockey, as well as 1988, 1998 and 2006 at the Olympic Winter Games.