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Date of Birth

Nov 25, 1972

Position

Age

Height

5'10" / 178 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

194 lbs / 88 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

TPS

Status

Retired

Drafted

2000 round 5 #133 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets

Highlights

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: Kari Nummelin
Brother-in-law: Antti Niemi
Son: Rene Nummelin

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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	U20 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	U20 SM-liiga	1	1	0	1	0	-	\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	8	-3	\|
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	28	14	15	29	18	15	\|
	Reipas Lahti	SM-liiga	14	3	4	7	18	-17	\|	Relegation	6	2	4	6	10	6
1993-94	TPS	SM-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	SM-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	Elitserien	32	7	11	18	26	-	\|	Playoffs	12	2	7	9	4	-
	Finland	WC	5	0	0	0	2	4	\|
1996-97	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	44	20	14	34	39	-	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	-
	Finland	WCup	1	0	0	0	2	2	\|
	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 “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 “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	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 “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 “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 “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	SM-liiga	8	3	1	4	2	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 (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
2018-19	PKS	IV-divisioona	2	1	3	4	0	-	\|

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	-	\|
1998-99	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	5	2	2	4	0	2	\|
1999-00	HC Davos	Spengler Cup	3	0	1	1	0	-	\|
2001-02	TPS	Spengler Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
2002-03	Finland	EHT	6	1	5	6	6	-	\|
2003-04	Finland	EHT	8	3	5	8	4	-	\|
2004-05	Finland	EHT	6	2	3	5	0	-	\|
2005-06	Finland	EHT	9	0	3	3	6	-	\|
2008-09	Finland	EHT	6	3	2	5	2	1	\|
2009-10	Finland	EHT	2	1	0	1	0	-4	\|
2012-13	Finland “C”	EHT	3	1	1	2	0	-1	\|
2013-14	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
2014-15	TPS “C”	Champions HL	4	0	2	2	0	-1	\|
2015-16	TPS	Champions HL	9	2	4	6	2	1	\|
2017-18	Nikko Icebucks	Japan Cup	3	0	0	0	30	-	\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team
2018-19	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	Asst. Coach
2019-20	Storhamar	Norway	Asst. Coach
2020-21	Storhamar	Norway	Asst. Coach
2021-22	Storhamar	Norway	Asst. Coach

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Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Asia League	1	27	3	20	23	0.85	18	1	\|	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	-2
Champions HL	2	13	2	6	8	0.62	2	0	\|	0
EHT	8	42	11	19	30	0.71	18	-5	\|	0
EJC-18	1	6	1	1	2	0.33	18	-	\|	0
Euro HL	1	5	2	2	4	0.80	0	-	\|	0
European Cup	2	7	2	1	3	0.43	2	6	\|	0
I-divisioona	3	71	26	41	67	0.94	58	14	\|	0
International	5	38	3	8	11	0.29	6	0	\|	0
IV-divisioona	1	2	1	3	4	2.00	0	-	\|	0
Izvestia Trophy	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	\|	0
Japan Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	30	-	\|	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	3	67	24	26	50	0.75	50	-	\|	1	12	4	7	11	0.92	25	-
Liiga (SM-liiga)	7	197	42	85	127	0.64	119	27	\|	5	43	10	19	29	0.67	16	14
Mestis	1	5	1	4	5	1.00	0	3	\|	1	10	3	5	8	0.80	2	-4
NHL	3	139	9	36	45	0.32	34	-28	\|	2	7	1	2	3	0.43	0	0
Nissan Cup	1	3	0	2	2	0.67	2	-	\|	0
NLA (NL)	13	467	150	346	496	1.06	247	-12	\|	12	101	37	89	126	1.25	30	0
Norway	1	17	3	10	13	0.76	14	-3	\|	0
OG	1	8	0	2	2	0.25	2	4	\|	0
Elitserien (SHL)	2	76	27	25	52	0.68	65	-	\|	2	14	2	8	10	0.71	4	-
Spengler Cup	3	8	2	3	5	0.63	0	2	\|	0
U20 I-divisioona	1	13	16	15	31	2.38	28	-	\|	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	-	\|	0
WC	15	104	15	49	64	0.62	36	33	\|	0
WCup	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	\|	0
WJC-20	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	4	-	\|	0

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1993-1994
1994-1995
- SM-liiga Champion
- World Championship Gold Medal
1995-1996
- Elitserien SM Silver Medal
1996-1997
- Elitserien 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
- NL Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (39)
- NLA Most Assists Playoffs (20)
- 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
- NL Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NL Media Best Defenseman
- NL Media Most Valuable Player
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (36)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (47)
2005-2006
- NLA Champion (Lugano)
- NLA Most Assists by Defenseman (32)
- NLA Most Assists Playoffs (25)
- NLA Most Points by Defenseman (43)
- NLA Most Points Playoffs (33)
- Olympic Silver Medal
- World Championship All-Star Team
- World Championship Bronze Medal
- World Championship Most Assists (11)
- World Championship Most Assists by Defenseman (11)
- World Championship Most Points by Defenseman (14)
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2006-2007
2008-2009
- NL Media All-Star Team (Lugano)
- NL 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
- Liiga Bronze Medal
2016-2017
- Finland2 (Mestis) Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (8)
2017-2018
- Asia League First Team
2019-2020
- Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (Jääkiekkoleijona) (#253)

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Player Connections

Player	Period	YearsYr	Teams
Marko Kiprusoff (D)	1988-2006	15	Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Finland U18, Finland U20, Kiekko-67, TPS, TPS U20
Ville Peltonen (F)	1993-2010	14	Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Lugano
Tomi Kallio (F)	1997-2016	12	Finland, Finland, Finland (all), TPS
Kimmo Timonen (D)	1993-2014	11	Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Lugano, TPS
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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	HC Lugano	Lukko

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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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