Raimo Helminen

#41 Ilves / SM-liiga - 07/08

Date of Birth: Mar 11, 1964
Age: 62
Place of Birth: Tampere, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Koovee
Position: C
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Raimo Helminen Facts

Player Type: Cerebral TacticianPlaymakerTwo-Way Forward
Drafted: 1984 round 2 #35 overall by New York Rangers

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Raimo Helminen Statistics

									Post
1981-1982	Ilves U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	30	28	31	59	22	-	Playoffs	4	4	2	6	0	-
1981-1982	Finland U18	EJC-18	5	0	3	3	2	-
1982-1983	Ilves	SM-liiga	31	2	3	5	0	-8	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0	-
1982-1983	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	5	5	0	-
1983-1984	Ilves	SM-liiga	37	17	13	30	14	-8	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	-
1983-1984	Olympiajoukkue Loan	SM-liiga	1	0	1	1	0	2
1983-1984	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	11	13	24	4	-
1983-1984	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	2	2	2	1
1984-1985	Ilves	SM-liiga	36	21	36	57	22	22	Playoffs	9	2	4	6	10	1
1984-1985	Finland (all)	International	28	11	-	-	-	-
1984-1985	Finland	WC	10	4	5	9	2	6
1985-1986	New York Rangers	NHL	66	10	30	40	10	-1	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
1986-1987	New York Rangers	NHL	21	2	4	6	2	-8
1986-1987	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	6	0	2	2	0	-
1986-1987	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	6	0	1	1	0	-3
1987-1988	Ilves	SM-liiga	31	20	23	43	42	2	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	10	-4
1987-1988	Finland	CC	5	0	3	3	0	-6
1987-1988	Finland Olympics	OG	7	2	8	10	4	5
1988-1989	New York Islanders	NHL	24	1	11	12	4	-15
1988-1989	Springfield Indians	AHL	16	6	11	17	0	-
1989-1990	Malmö IF	Division 1	29	26	30	56	16	-	Qualification	3	2	1	3	2	-
1989-1990	Finland	WC	4	0	0	0	0	-2
1990-1991	Malmö IF	Elitserien	33	12	18	30	14	-	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4	-
1991-1992	Malmö IF	Elitserien	40	9	18	27	24	-	Playoffs	10	1	3	4	4	-
1991-1992	Finland Olympics	OG	8	1	2	3	0	-2
1992-1993	Malmö IF	Elitserien	40	9	33	42	59	-	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	8	-
1993-1994	Malmö IF	Elitserien	38	20	34	54	26	-	Playoffs	11	1	7	8	8	-
1993-1994	Finland Olympics	OG	8	1	5	6	8	4
1993-1994	Finland	WC	8	1	5	6	0	10
1993-1994	Finland (all)	International	27	5	13	18	8	14
1994-1995	Malmö IF	Elitserien	35	10	19	29	50	-	Playoffs	7	3	3	6	4	-
1994-1995	Finland	WC	8	1	7	8	2	11
1995-1996	Malmö IF "A"	Elitserien	40	8	19	27	55	-	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	12	-
1995-1996	Finland	WC	6	0	4	4	0	0
1996-1997	Ilves "A"	SM-liiga	49	11	39	50	54	13	Playoffs	8	1	5	6	2	-1
1996-1997	Finland "A"	WCup	3	0	1	1	0	0
1996-1997	Finland (all)	International	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-1997	Finland	WC	8	0	6	6	0	-1
1997-1998	Ilves	SM-liiga	46	12	36	48	42	4	Playoffs	9	3	5	8	10	5
1997-1998	Finland Olympics	OG	6	2	0	2	2	-2
1997-1998	Finland	WC	10	2	9	11	0	0
1997-1998	Finland (all)	International	28	6	19	25	2	-
1998-1999	Ilves	SM-liiga	53	12	38	50	44	14	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	2	0
1998-1999	Finland	WC	12	1	3	4	2	-2
1999-2000	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	51	7	38	45	68	-11	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	12	-3
1999-2000	Finland "C"	WC	9	2	2	4	0	-3
2000-2001	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	56	9	37	46	28	12	Playoffs	9	1	6	7	2	1
2000-2001	Finland "A"	WC	9	1	5	6	0	5
2001-2002	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	56	7	34	41	12	7	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-4
2001-2002	Finland Olympics	OG	4	0	1	1	0	2
2001-2002	Finland "C"	WC	9	0	2	2	2	-1
2001-2002	Finland (all)	International	20	0	3	3	4	-2
2002-2003	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	53	10	21	31	77	-15
2003-2004	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	56	9	34	43	46	10	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	2	0
2004-2005	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	53	7	21	28	45	-7	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	2	-5
2005-2006	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	46	7	18	25	34	-4	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0	-1
2006-2007	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	43	5	12	17	47	1	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	12	-5
2007-2008	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	53	5	16	21	53	-6	Playoffs	9	3	2	5	2	-1
2007-2008	Finland (all)	International	1	0	1	1	0	-

Raimo Helminen Tournament Statistics

									Post
1991-1992	Malmö IF	Spengler Cup	4	0	0	0	-	-
1992-1993	Malmö IF	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	Finland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0	0
1993-1994	Malmö IF	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-1995	Malmö IF	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	Ilves	Continental Cup	3	1	5	6	2	-1
1998-1999	Ilves	Euro HL	6	0	3	3	0	4	Playoffs	6	3	7	10	0	-4
2006-2007	Ilves	Continental Cup	2	0	1	1	2	-2
2007-2008	Finland	EHT	1	0	1	1	0	1

Raimo Helminen Career Totals by League


AHL	2	22	6	13	19	0.86	0	-	0
CC	1	5	0	3	3	0.60	0	-6	0
Continental Cup	2	5	1	6	7	1.40	4	-3	0
Deutschland Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Division 1	1	29	26	30	56	1.93	16	-	1	3	2	1	3	1.00	2	-
EHT	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
EJC-18	1	5	0	3	3	0.60	2	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	6	226	68	141	209	0.92	228	-	6	41	7	17	24	0.59	40	-
Euro HL	1	6	0	3	3	0.50	0	4	1	6	3	7	10	1.67	0	-4
European Cup	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
International	6	104*	22*	36*	58*	0.56*	14*	12*	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	1	30	28	31	59	1.97	22	-	1	4	4	2	6	1.50	0	-
NHL	3	117	13	46	59	0.50	16	-27	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
OG	6	39	6	18	24	0.62	16	8	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	16	751	161	420	581	0.77	628	28	15	91	14	31	45	0.49	68	-17*
Spengler Cup	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	0
WC	11	93	12	48	60	0.65	8	23	0
WCup	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	0	0
WJC-20	2	14	11	18	29	2.07	4	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Raimo Helminen Career Totals by Team


Finland	11	93	12	48	60	0.65	8	23	0
Finland (CC)	1	5	0	3	3	0.60	0	-6	0
Finland (WCup)	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	0	0
Finland (EHT)	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
Finland (Cup)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Finland (all)	6	104*	22*	36*	58*	0.56*	14*	12*	0
Finland Olympics	6	39	6	18	24	0.62	16	8	0
Finland U18	1	5	0	3	3	0.60	2	-	0
Finland U20	2	14	11	18	29	2.07	4	-	0
Ilves	16	761	162	428	590	0.78	632	27	15	97	17	38	55	0.57	68	-21*
Ilves U20	1	30	28	31	59	1.97	22	-	1	4	4	2	6	1.50	0	-
Malmö IF	7	259*	94*	171*	265*	1.02*	244*	-	7	44	9	18	27	0.61	42	-
Minnesota North Stars	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	0	-3	0
New Haven Nighthawks	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	0	-	0
New York Islanders	1	24	1	11	12	0.50	4	-15	0
New York Rangers	2	87	12	34	46	0.53	12	-9	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Olympiajoukkue	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	2	0
Springfield Indians	1	16	6	11	17	1.06	0	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Raimo Helminen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1978-1979	U16 Pohjola Camp MVP U16 Pohjola Camp Roster
1983-1984	U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Best Forward U20 WJC Most Assists (13) U20 WJC Most Goals (11) U20 WJC Most Points (24) U20 WJC Silver Medal
1984-1985	SM-liiga Champion
1987-1988	SM-liiga All-Star Team Olympic Silver Medal
1989-1990	Division 1 to Elitserien Promotion (Malmö)
1991-1992	Elitserien Champion
1992-1993	Elitserien Most Assists
1993-1994	Olympic Bronze Medal Elitserien Champion Elitserien Championship Clinching Goal Elitserien Most Points World Championship Silver Medal
1994-1995	World Championship Gold Medal World Championship Most Assists (7)
1996-1997	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Most Assists (39)
1997-1998	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) SM-liiga Golden Helmet SM-liiga Silver Medal Olympic Bronze Medal World Championship Most Assists (9) World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999	European Hockey League (EHL) Playoffs Most Assists (7) European Hockey League (EHL) Playoffs Most Points (10) SM-liiga All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1999-2000	World Championship Bronze Medal
2000-2001	SM-liiga Bronze Medal World Championship Silver Medal
2001-2002	Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (4) SM-liiga Player of the Month (October)
2008-2009	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#192)
2011-2012	IIHF Hall of Fame

Raimo Helminen Biography and Trivia

Number 14 retired by Finland
Number 14 retired by Finland Olympics
Number 14 retired by Finland
Number 41 retired by Ilves
Cult/Star player for Finland
Cult/Star player for Ilves
Cult/Star player for KOOVEE
Cult/Star player for Malmö Redhawks