Petteri Nummelin

Petteri Nummelin
Born (1972-11-25) November 25, 1972
Turku, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams		 HC TPS
NHL
Minnesota Wild
Columbus Blue Jackets
SM-liiga
Reipas
Lukko
Elitserien
Frölunda HC
NLA
HC Davos
HC Lugano
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 133rd overall, 2000
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 1992–present
Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
Men's ice hockey
European Junior Championships
1989 Soviet Union
World Championships
1995 Sweden
1998 Switzerland
1999 Norway
2001 Germany
2007 Russia
2000 Russia
2006 Latvia
Winter Olympics
2006 Turin

Timo Petteri Nummelin (born November 25, 1972) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, and a former NHL defenceman for the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets. He currently plays for HC TPS in Finland. He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets as their fifth-round pick, #133 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Nummelin debuted with Finland's team in the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships where Finland won their first gold medal and has since represented his country in each consecutive year except 2008 and 2011. His total tournaments played count up to 15 at this date, an all-time record for most appearances in World Championships, which he held alone until 2013 when Mathias Seger tied this record.

Nummelin is the son of Timo Nummelin, a Finnish ice hockey hall of famer.

Playing career

Career in Finland

Petteri Nummelin started playing ice hockey in his hometown Turku and played for a-junior team of TPS for 3 seasons after which he played for Kiekko-67 in the 1. Division. Nummelin debuted in the SM-Liiga during the 1992–93 Season which he spent playing partly for TPS and Reipas. Nummelin also played in Kiekko-67 and TPS A-Junior team during the season. After the 1992–93 season Nummelin stayed in TPS for 2 more seasons (93–95) and moved to play in Sweden after winning the world championship for Finland.

Career in Sweden

After successful World Championship tournament in 1995 Nummelin attracted some international publicity and was contracted by Frölunda HC, a Swedish team playing in the Elitserien. Nummelin spent total of 2 seasons in Sweden.

Career in Switzerland

In 1997 Nummelin joined HC Davos, one of the most successful Swiss teams to date. Nummelin played in HC Davos for 3 seasons (1997–2000) during the time Nummelin established himself as a star in Switzerland and at the end of 1999–2000 Season Nummelin received an offer from the NHL. Nummelin Played in NHL for Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2000–2001 season and returned to Switzerland and joined HC Lugano for 2001–2002 season. Nummelin played in Lugano for 5 seasons (2001–06) and won several honors during that time, such as the overall points ranking in 2004 and the Swiss championship in 2003 and 2006. Since the season of 2008–2009, he comes back to Switzerland for HC Lugano.

NHL career

Nummelin has played for one season in the NHL during the 2000–2001 NHL Season for the Columbus Blue Jackets In 2006, after spending 5 seasons in Switzerland, Nummelin returned to the NHL and signed with the Minnesota Wild, partially due to strong encouragement by Minnesota Wild teammate, fellow countryman and friend Mikko Koivu, whom he babysat as a child. Known as Nummy by fans and Petu on the ice, Nummelin has enjoyed a resurgence in his NHL career in the early stages of the 2006–07 NHL season.

Although Nummelin has displayed both strong offensive and defensive contribution during regulation play, many consider his strongest asset his ability to score in the overtime shootout. As of 7 December 2006, Nummelin has converted six shootout goals in all six of his attempts, beating some of the NHL's best goalies including Nikolai Khabibulin, Roberto Luongo and Vezina winner Miikka Kiprusoff. Nummelin's success is credited to what Wild fans have dubbed "The Shoulder Shake," a deke in which Nummelin shifts his shoulders back and forth without actually moving the puck, forcing the goaltender to move first, Nummelin then reacts to the goalie's movement putting the puck in the net with the backhand or forehand. Nummelin's opportunity in the shootout initially came as a shock to fans and teammates when Minnesota Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire listed him third in the shootout lineup against the Vancouver Canucks on 10 October 2006, in the place normally given to Marian Gaborik (the first three shooters are often reserved for the team's best goal scorers). Nummelin's conversion was the deciding goal to end the shootout and win the game for the Wild. Nummelin is currently the all-time NHL shoot-out conversion leader for players with more than two attempts, with a rate of 80% (8 for 10).

After the 2007–08 NHL season, Nummelin's contract with the Wild expired, and at 35 years of age he signed a 3-year contract with his former Swiss team HC Lugano.[1](Finnish)

He currently plays in his former Finnish team HC TPS.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 TPS U18 Fin-U18 9 4 10 14 12 — — — — —
1988–89 TPS Jr. Fin-Jr. 11 2 3 5 2 — — — — —
1989–90 TPS Jr. Fin-Jr. 33 6 14 20 45 — — — — —
1990–91 TPS Jr. Fin-Jr. 35 20 16 36 28 — — — — —
1990–91 Kiekko-67 I-Div 2 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
1991–92 Kiekko-67 Jr. Fin-Jr. 13 16 15 31 28 — — — — —
1991–92 Kiekko-67 I-Div 41 12 24 36 36 — — — — —
1992–93 TPS Jr. Fin-Jr. 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1992–93 TPS SM-l 3 0 0 0 8 — — — — —
1992–93 Kiekko-67 I-Div 28 14 15 29 18 — — — — —
1992–93 Reipas Lahti SM-l 14 3 4 7 18 — — — — —
1993–94 TPS SM-l 44 14 24 38 20 11 0 3 3 4
1994–95 TPS SM-l 48 10 17 27 32 11 4 3 7 0
1995–96 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 32 7 11 18 26 12 2 7 9 4
1996–97 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 44 20 14 34 39 2 0 1 1 0
1997–98 HC Davos NDA 33 13 17 30 24 17 8 14 22 2
1998–99 HC Davos NDA 44 11 42 53 22 4 0 2 2 2
1999–2000 HC Davos NLA 40 15 23 38 20 5 0 3 3 0
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 61 4 12 16 10 — — — — —
2001–02 HC Lugano NLA 35 4 18 22 6 13 6 9 15 2
2002–03 HC Lugano NLA 43 18 39 57 12 8 3 6 9 2
2003–04 HC Lugano NLA 48 20 39 59 59 16 6 19 25 4
2004–05 HC Lugano NLA 36 13 34 47 18 3 1 0 1 2
2005–06 HC Lugano NLA 38 13 30 43 22 17 9 20 29 10
2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL 51 3 17 20 22 3 1 1 2 0
2007–08 Minnesota Wild NHL 27 2 7 9 2 4 0 1 1 0
2008–09 HC Lugano NLA 41 21 41 62 16 7 4 4 8 2
2009–10 HC Lugano NLA 34 7 16 23 10 4 0 3 3 2
2010–11 HC Lugano NLA 29 5 13 18 18 1 0 1 1 0
2011–12 HC Lugano NLA 36 7 24 31 20 6 0 1 1 2
2012–13 TPS SM-l 8 3 1 4 2 — — — — —
2012–13 HC Lugano NLA 11 4 5 9 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Lukko SM-l 37 5 17 22 6 10 3 7 10 2
SM-l totals 117 30 46 76 80 22 4 6 10 4
NDA/NLA totals 468 149 343 492 247 101 37 82 119 30
NHL totals 139 9 36 45 34 7 1 2 3 0

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Finland EJC 6 1 1 2 18
1992 Finland WJC 6 0 1 1 4
1995 Finland WC 5 0 0 0 6
1996 Finland WC 5 0 0 0 2
1996 Finland WCH 1 0 0 0 2
1997 Finland WC 8 0 2 2 10
1998 Finland WC 1 0 0 0 0
1999 Finland WC 10 0 0 0 4
2000 Finland WC 9 2 4 6 0
2001 Finland WC 9 1 12 13 0
2002 Finland WC 7 1 0 1 2
2003 Finland WC 7 2 2 4 4
2004 Finland WC 7 2 2 4 2
2005 Finland WC 7 0 2 2 0
2006 Finland OLY 8 0 2 2 2
2006 Finland WC 9 3 11 14 2
2007 Finland WC 7 3 5 8 4
2009 Finland WC 5 0 3 3 0
2010 Finland WC 6 1 6 7 0
Junior totals 12 1 2 3 22
Senior totals 111 15 51 66 40

References

  1. ↑ Lugano vahvisti Petteri Nummelinin paluun Sveitsiin - Urheilu - Ilta-Sanomat

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Preceded by
Erik Hämäläinen		 Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy
1993–94 1994-1995 		Succeeded by
Mika Strömberg
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