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Petteri Nummelin

Nikko Icebucks / Asia League - 17/18

Player Facts

Date of Birth

Nov 25, 1972
Age

45
Place of Birth

Turku, FIN
Nation

Finland
Youth Team

TPS

Position

D
Height

5'10" / 178 cm
Weight

194 lbs / 88 kg
Shoots

L
Status

Retired

Drafted

2000 round 5 #133 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
Highlights

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A very talented and offensive defenseman. Nummelin reads the game well and has good puck control. He is useful as a leader on powerplay. Nummelin is not a very physical player and has some obvious weaknesses defensively but has established his position as one of the best offensive defensemen in Europe. (Matias Strozyk)

Father: Timo Nummelin
Brother-in-law: Antti Niemi

Team Staff profile of Petteri Nummelin also available

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1988-89	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	11	2	3	5	2		\|
1989-90	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	21	2	7	9	20		\|	Relegation	12	4	7	11	25
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	1	1	2	18		\|
1990-91	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	35	20	16	36	28		\|
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	2	0	2	2	4		\|
1991-92	Kiekko-67 U20	Jr. A I-divisioona	13	16	15	31	28		\|
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	41	12	24	36	36	-1	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	0	1	1	4		\|
1992-93	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	1	1	0	1	0		\|
	TPS	Liiga	3	0	0	0	8	-3	\|
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	28	14	15	29	18	15	\|
	Reipas Lahti	Liiga	14	3	4	7	18	-17	\|	Relegation	6	2	4	6	10	6
1993-94	TPS	Liiga	44	14	24	38	20	33	\|	Playoffs	11	0	3	3	4	2
	Finland (all)	International	10	0	2	2	2		\|
1994-95	TPS	Liiga	48	10	17	27	32	22	\|	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	0	6
	Finland	WC	5	0	0	0	6	5	\|
1995-96	Västra Frölunda HC	SHL	32	7	11	18	26		\|	Playoffs	12	2	7	9	4
	Finland	WCup	1	0	0	0	2		\|
	Finland	WC	5	0	0	0	2	4	\|
1996-97	Västra Frölunda HC	SHL	44	20	14	34	39		\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
	Finland	WC	8	0	2	2	10	2	\|
1997-98	HC Davos “C”	NLA	33	13	17	30	24		\|	Playoffs	17	8	14	22	2
	Finland	WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Finland (all)	International	10	1	3	4	2		\|
1998-99	HC Davos “C”	NLA	44	11	42	53	22		\|	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	2
	Finland “A”	WC	12	0	0	0	4	-1	\|
1999-00	HC Davos	NLA	40	15	23	38	20		\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
	Finland “A”	WC	9	2	4	6	0	7	\|
2000-01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	61	4	12	16	10	-11	\|
	Finland “C”	WC	9	1	12	13	0	4	\|
2001-02	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	34	5	19	24	6		\|	Playoffs	13	6	8	14	2
	Finland	WC	7	1	0	1	2	1	\|
	Finland (all)	International	13	1	2	3	2	2	\|
2002-03	HC Lugano “C”	NLA	43	18	39	57	12		\|	Playoffs	8	3	7	10	2
	Finland	EHT	6	1	5	6	6		\|
	Finland “A”	WC	7	2	2	4	4	-1	\|
2003-04	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	48	20	39	59	59		\|	Playoffs	16	7	20	27	4
	Finland	EHT	8	3	5	8	4		\|
	Finland “A”	WC	7	2	2	4	2	4	\|
2004-05	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	36	13	36	49	18		\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2
	Finland	EHT	6	2	3	5	0		\|
	Finland	WC	7	0	2	2	0	-1	\|
2005-06	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	38	13	32	45	22		\|	Playoffs	17	8	25	33	10
	Finland	OG	8	0	2	2	2	4	\|
	Finland	EHT	9	0	3	3	6		\|
	Finland “A”	WC	9	3	11	14	2	-1	\|
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	NHL	51	3	17	20	22	-15	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	1
	Finland “A”	WC	7	3	5	8	4	3	\|
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	NHL	27	2	7	9	2	-2	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	-1
2008-09	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	41	21	39	60	16		\|	Playoffs	7	4	5	9	2
	Finland	EHT	6	3	2	5	2	1	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	5	0	3	3	0	2	\|
2009-10	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	34	7	16	23	10		\|	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	2
	Finland	EHT	2	1	0	1	0	-4	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	6	1	6	7	0	5	\|
2010-11	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	29	3	15	18	18	-16	\|	Relegation	1	0	1	1	0	0
2011-12	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	36	7	24	31	20	-1	\|	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	2	0
2012-13	HC Lugano “A”	NLA	11	4	5	9	0	5	\|
	TPS	Liiga	8	3	1	4	2	1	\|
	Finland “C”	EHT	3	1	1	2	0	-1	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3	1	1	2	0	-1	\|
2013-14	Lukko “A”	Liiga	37	5	17	22	6	-6	\|	Playoffs	10	3	7	10	2	2
	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
	Finland (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
2014-15	TPS “C”	Liiga	16	2	8	10	31	-5	\|
2015-16	TPS “A”	Liiga	27	5	14	19	2	2	\|	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0	-2
2016-17	Storhamar	Norway	17	3	10	13	14	-3	\|
	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	5	1	4	5	0	3	\|	Playoffs	10	3	5	8	2	-4
2017-18	Nikko Icebucks	Asia League	27	3	20	23	18	1	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	-2

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-94	TPS	European Cup	3	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Finland	Izvestia Trophy	4	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
	Finland	Nissan Cup	3	0	2	2	2		\|
1994-95	TPS	European Cup	4	2	1	3	2	6	\|
1996-97	Västra Frölunda HC	Euro HL	5	2	2	4	0		\|
2014-15	TPS “C”	Champions HL	4	0	2	2	0	-1	\|
2015-16	TPS	Champions HL	9	2	4	6	2	1	\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
2018-19	TPS U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	Asst. Coach

Player Career Totals

League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Asia League	27	3	20	23	0.85	18	1	\|	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	-2
Champions HL	13	2	6	8	0.62	2	0	\|
EHT	42	11	19	30	0.71	18	-5	\|
EJC-18	6	1	1	2	0.33	18	0	\|
Euro HL	5	2	2	4	0.80	0		\|
European Cup	7	2	1	3	0.43	2	6	\|
I-divisioona	71	26	41	67	0.94	58	14	\|
International	38	3	8	11	0.29	6	0	\|
Izvestia Trophy	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	\|
Jr. A I-divisioona	13	16	15	31	2.38	28	0	\|
Jr. A SM-liiga	1	1	0	1	1.00	0		\|
Jr. A SM-sarja	67	24	26	50	0.75	50	0	\|	12	4	7	11	0.92	25	0
Liiga	197	42	85	127	0.64	119	27	\|	43	10	19	29	0.67	16	14
Mestis	5	1	4	5	1.00	0	3	\|	10	3	5	8	0.80	2	-4
NHL	139	9	36	45	0.32	34	-28	\|	7	1	2	3	0.43	0	0
Nissan Cup	3	0	2	2	0.67	2	0	\|
NLA	467	150	346	496	1.06	247	-12	\|	101	37	89	126	1.25	30	0
Norway	17	3	10	13	0.76	14	-3	\|
OG	8	0	2	2	0.25	2	4	\|
SHL	76	27	25	52	0.68	65		\|	14	2	8	10	0.71	4
WC	104	15	49	64	0.62	36	33	\|
WCup	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	\|
WJC-20	6	0	1	1	0.17	4		\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1993-1994
1994-1995
- SM-liiga Champion
- World Championship Gold Medal
1995-1996
- SHL SM-silver Medal
1996-1997
- SHL Most Goals by Defenseman (20)
1997-1998
- NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (13)
- World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
- Spengler Cup All-Star Team
- Spengler Cup MVP
2002-2003
- NLA Champion (Lugano)
- NLA Most Assists (39)
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (39)
- NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (18)
- NLA Most Points (57)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (57)
- NLA Most Valuable Player
- Spengler Cup All-Star Team
2003-2004
- NLA Defenseman of the Year
- NLA Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (39)
- NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (20)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (59)
- NLA Most Points Playoffs (27)
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2004-2005
- NLA Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NLA Media Best Defenseman
- NLA Media Most Valuable Player
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (36)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (47)
2005-2006
2006-2007
2008-2009
- NLA Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NLA Media Best Defenseman
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (39)
- NLA Most Goals by Defenseman (21)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (60)
2009-2010
2013-2014
- SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2016-2017
- Finland2 (Mestis) Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (8)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/03/2018
09/03/2018	Confirmed	Nikko Icebucks	Retired
08/09/2017
08/09/2017	Confirmed	TUTO Hockey	Nikko Icebucks
02/09/2017
02/09/2017	Confirmed	Storhamar	TUTO Hockey
05/18/2016
05/18/2016	Confirmed	TPS	Storhamar
05/05/2014
05/05/2014	Confirmed	Lukko	TPS
05/04/2013
05/04/2013	Confirmed	Lugano	Lukko

Player Biography and Trivia

Number 33 retired by Lugano

Cult/Star player for Davos

Cult/Star player for Finland

Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC

Cult/Star player for Lugano

Cult/Star player for TPS

- 2009-08-26 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by Lugano
- 2008-05-08 • Signed to a three-year contract by Lugano
- 2006-06-14 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Minnesota Wild
- 2006-06-14 • NHL rights traded to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional draft pick in 2006 or 2007
- 2002-12-02 • Traded to the Atlanta Thrashers with Chris Nielsen for Tomi Kallio and Pauli Levokari

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