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Sami Kapanen

KalPa / Liiga - 13/14

Player Facts

Date of Birth

Jun 14, 1973
Age

45
Place of Birth

Vantaa, FIN
Nation

Finland
Youth Team

KalPa

Position

LW
Height

5'10" / 178 cm
Weight

181 lbs / 82 kg
Shoots

L
Status

Retired

Drafted

1995 round 4 #87 overall by Hartford Whalers
Highlights

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Son: Kasperi Kapanen
Father: Hannu Kapanen
Brother: Kimmo Kapanen
Uncle: Jari Kapanen

Team Staff profile of Sami Kapanen also available

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1988-89	KalPa U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	19	13	15	28	4		\|
1989-90	KalPa U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	30	14	13	27	4		\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	-	-	-	-	-		\|
1990-91	KalPa U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	31	9	27	36	10		\|
	KalPa	Liiga	14	1	2	3	2	3	\|	Playoffs	8	2	1	3	2	-7
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	6	4	10	0		\|
1991-92	KalPa U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	3	0	0	0	2		\|	Relegation	5	1	3	4	10
	KalPa	Liiga	42	15	10	25	8	4	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	1	5	6	8		\|
1992-93	KalPa U20	Jr. A I-divisioona	1	0	2	2	0		\|	Qualification	7	11	14	25	2
	KalPa	Liiga	37	4	17	21	12	-7	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	1	2	3	2	2	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	3	4	7	8		\|
	Finland II (all)	International	4	1	0	1	2		\|
1993-94	KalPa	Liiga	48	23	32	55	16	12	\|
	HC Kometa Brno	Czech2	0	0	0	0	0		\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
	Finland	OG	8	1	0	1	2	2	\|
	Finland	WC	8	4	2	6	0	11	\|
	Finland (all)	International	36	14	5	19	2	16	\|
1994-95	HIFK	Liiga	49	14	28	42	42	23	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-1
	Finland	WC	8	2	2	4	6	6	\|
1995-96	Hartford Whalers	NHL	35	5	4	9	6	0	\|
	Springfield Falcons	AHL	28	14	17	31	4	10	\|	Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0	-2
	Finland	WCup	3	0	1	1	4		\|
	Finland	WC	8	2	2	4	6	-1	\|
1996-97	Hartford Whalers	NHL	45	13	12	25	2	6	\|
1997-98	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	81	26	37	63	16	9	\|
	Finland	OG	6	0	1	1	0	-4	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	10	4	3	7	2	-2	\|
	Finland (all)	International	16	4	4	8	2		\|
1998-99	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	81	24	35	59	10	1	\|	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0	-2
1999-00	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	76	24	24	48	12	10	\|
2000-01	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	82	20	37	57	24	-12	\|	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0	-7
	Finland	WC	8	7	4	11	8	5	\|
2001-02	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	77	27	42	69	23	9	\|	Playoffs	23	1	8	9	6	-2
	Finland	OG	4	1	2	3	4	-2	\|
	Finland (all)	International	4	1	2	3	4	-2	\|
2002-03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	43	6	12	18	12	-17	\|
	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	28	4	9	13	6	-1	\|	Playoffs	13	4	3	7	6	2
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	74	12	18	30	14	9	\|	Playoffs	18	3	7	10	6	5
2004-05	KalPa	Mestis	10	6	3	9	2	4	\|	Playoffs	9	5	3	8	4	4
2005-06	Philadelphia Flyers “A”	NHL	58	12	22	34	12	-9	\|	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	2	-4
2006-07	Philadelphia Flyers “A”	NHL	77	11	14	25	22	-21	\|
2007-08	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	74	5	3	8	16	-12	\|	Playoffs	16	2	0	2	2	-4
2008-09	KalPa “C”	Liiga	55	21	24	45	18	8	\|	Playoffs	12	4	5	9	4	2
	Finland	EHT	6	1	1	2	2	-3	\|
	Finland “C”	WC	7	2	3	5	2	0	\|
2009-10	KalPa “C”	Liiga	49	15	31	46	58	-6	\|	Playoffs	13	6	7	13	0	1
	Finland	EHT	2	1	1	2	2	2	\|
	Finland “C”	WC	7	1	1	2	0	2	\|
2010-11	Did not play								\|
2011-12	KalPa “A”	Liiga	35	13	12	25	33	0	\|	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	0
2012-13	KalPa “A”	Liiga	38	7	11	18	14	1	\|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-1
2013-14	KalPa	Liiga	35	7	6	13	26	-6	\|

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-94	Finland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Finland	Izvestia Trophy	4	2	0	2	0	5	\|
	Finland	Nissan Cup	3	4	1	5	0		\|
2011-12	KalPa “C”	ET	7	1	3	4	8		\|
2012-13	KalPa “A”	ET	4	2	1	3	2		\|
2013-14	KalPa	ET	7	0	1	1	0		\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team
2003-04	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2004-05	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2005-06	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2006-07	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2007-08	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2008-09	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2009-10	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2010-11	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	KalPa	Liiga	General Manager
2011-12	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2012-13	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2013-14	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2014-15	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2015-16	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	KalPa	Liiga	Chairman
	KalPa U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	Head Coach
2016-17	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	KalPa	Liiga	Chairman
	KalPa	Liiga	Asst. Coach
2017-18	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	KalPa	Liiga	Chairman
	KalPa	Liiga	Head Coach
2018-19	KalPa	Liiga	Chairman
	KalPa	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	KalPa	Liiga	Head Coach

Player Career Totals

League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	28	14	17	31	1.11	4	10	\|	3	1	2	3	1.00	0	-2
Czech2	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	\|	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	\|
EHT	8	2	2	4	0.50	4	-1	\|
EJC-18	6	6	4	10	1.67	0	0	\|
ET	18	3	5	8	0.44	10	0	\|
International	60	20	11	31	0.52	10	14	\|
International-Jr	15	3	4	7	0.47	8	0	\|
Izvestia Trophy	4	2	0	2	0.50	0	5	\|
Jr. A I-divisioona	1	0	2	2	2.00	0	0	\|	7	11	14	25	3.57	2	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	64	23	40	63	0.98	16	0	\|	5	1	3	4	0.80	10	0
Jr. C SM-sarja	19	13	15	28	1.47	4	0	\|
Liiga	402	120	173	293	0.73	229	32	\|	43	13	14	27	0.63	8	-6
Mestis	10	6	3	9	0.90	2	4	\|	9	5	3	8	0.89	4	4
NHL	831	189	269	458	0.55	175	-28	\|	87	13	22	35	0.40	22	-12
Nissan Cup	3	4	1	5	1.67	0	0	\|
OG	18	2	3	5	0.28	6	-4	\|
WC	56	22	17	39	0.70	24	21	\|
WCup	3	0	1	1	0.33	4	0	\|
WHC-17	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	\|
WJC-20	14	2	7	9	0.64	10	2	\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1989-1990
- U17 WHC Gold Medal
1990-1991
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
- U18 EJC Bronze Medal
1993-1994
1994-1995
- World Championship Gold Medal
1997-1998
- Olympic Bronze Medal
- World Championship Silver Medal
1999-2000
- NHL All-Star Game
2000-2001
2001-2002
- Finnish Player of the Year
2004-2005
- Finland2 (Mestis) Champion
- Finland2 (Mestis) Player of the Month (December)
- Finland2 (Mestis) to SM-Liiga Promotion (KalPa)
2008-2009
2009-2010
- SM-liiga All-Star Team
2014-2015
- Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (Jääkiekkoleijona) (#224)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
03/13/2014
03/13/2014	Confirmed	KalPa	Retired
04/19/2013
04/19/2013	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
04/07/2011
04/07/2011	Confirmed	No team	KalPa

Player Biography and Trivia

Number 24 retired by KalPa

Cult/Star player for Carolina Hurricanes

Cult/Star player for Finland

Cult/Star player for HIFK

Cult/Star player for KalPa

Cult/Star player for Philadelphia Flyers

Career transactions
- 2014-03-13 • Announced his retirement
- 2008-06-02 • Signed by KalPa
- 2004-11-17 • Signed to a lockout contract by KalPa
- 2003-02-07 • Traded to the Philadelphia Flyers with Ryan Bast for Pavel Brendl & Bruno St-Jacques
- 1997-06-25 • Rights transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes after the Hartford Whalers franchise relocated
- 1995-07-08 • Drafted by the Hartford Whalers

Memorable dates
- 2014-03-13 • Played his last SM-liiga game. His son Kasperi scored a goal in the same game. The game clock stopped on the 24th minute and 24th second to mark the goal. Coincidentally 24 was the number worn by Kapanen throughout his career.
- 2013-01-12 • Played alongside his son Kasperi Kapanen, marking the 2nd occasion that a father and son have played together in an SM-liiga game.

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