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Ville Nieminen

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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Cédric Desruisseaux	40	42	36	78
2.	Thomas Casey	38	34	40	74
3.	Brett Budgell	40	15	43	58
4.	Lukas Cormier	39	16	38	54
5.	Mathieu Desgagnés	31	24	28	52

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Date of Birth

Apr 06, 1977

Position

LW/RW

Age

Height

6'0" / 183 cm

Place of Birth

Tampere, FIN

Weight

207 lbs / 94 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

Tappara

Status

Retired

Drafted

1997 round 3 #78 overall by Colorado Avalanche

Highlights

Nieminen is a hard workinger winger who plays a very gritty game. Provides energy and tenacity, and is a strong forechecker.
- Ulf Andersson, EP

Father: Esa Nieminen
Mother-in-law: Anne Nurmi
Son: Viljami Nieminen
Niece: Linnea Melotindos

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1992-93	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja	37	32	29	61	72		\|
1993-94	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	29	13	20	33	66		\|	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	3	1	0	1	6		\|
1994-95	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	15	14	18	32	58		\|	Playoffs	7	2	16	18	22
	Tappara U20	U20 I-divisioona	12	10	17	27	30		\|	Qualification	4	1	4	5	27	2
	Tappara	SM-liiga	16	0	0	0	0	-7	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	1	1	2	0		\|
1995-96	Tappara U20	U20 I-divisioona	6	9	10	19	29		\|	Qualification	14	11	13	24	34
	Tappara	SM-liiga	4	0	1	1	8	0	\|
	KOOVEE	I-divisioona	7	2	1	3	4		\|
1996-97	Tappara	SM-liiga	49	10	13	23	120	-14	\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	8	0
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	2	5	7	2		\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	11	3	7	10	22		\|
1997-98	Hershey Bears	AHL	74	14	22	36	85	6	\|
1998-99	Hershey Bears	AHL	67	24	19	43	127	1	\|	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	3
1999-00	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Hershey Bears	AHL	74	21	30	51	54	-11	\|
2000-01	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	50	14	8	22	38	8	\|	Playoffs	23	4	6	10	20	-1
	Hershey Bears	AHL	28	10	11	21	48	-2	\|
2001-02	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	53	10	14	24	30	1	\|
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	13	1	2	3	8	-2	\|
	Finland	OG	4	0	1	1	2	1	\|
	Finland (all)	International	4	0	1	1	2	1	\|
2002-03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	75	9	12	21	93	-25	\|
2003-04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	60	2	11	13	40	-15	\|
	Calgary Flames	NHL	19	3	5	8	18	6	\|	Playoffs	24	4	4	8	55	0
2004-05	Tappara	SM-liiga	26	14	13	27	32	3	\|	Playoffs	8	2	4	6	12	0
	Finland	WCup	2	0	0	0	0		\|
2005-06	New York Rangers	NHL	48	5	12	17	53	10	\|
	San Jose Sharks	NHL	22	3	4	7	10	-3	\|	Playoffs	11	0	2	2	24	-1
	Finland	OG	8	0	1	1	4	1	\|
2006-07	San Jose Sharks	NHL	30	1	1	2	14	-7	\|
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	14	0	0	0	29	-1	\|
2007-08	Malmö Redhawks	HockeyAllsvenskan	34	9	15	24	124	4	\|	Kvalserien SHL	10	2	4	6	10	4
2008-09	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	55	22	20	42	82	-7	\|	Relegation	3	3	2	5	2	3
2009-10	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	50	15	14	29	142	7	\|	Playoffs	9	3	3	6	16	2
2010-11	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	53	12	23	35	62	3	\|	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	0	-3
2011-12	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	6	1	0	1	4	1	\|
	Dinamo Riga	KHL	16	0	1	1	14	-7	\|
	Örebro HK	HockeyAllsvenskan	15	4	5	9	16	-1	\|	Kvalserien SHL	6	0	0	0	2	0
2012-13	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	57	22	28	50	132	17	\|	Playoffs	15	3	3	6	41	0
2013-14	Tappara “C”	Liiga	55	7	15	22	115	13	\|	Playoffs	17	3	3	6	12	0
2014-15	Lukko “A”	Liiga	50	4	10	14	28	-3	\|	Playoffs	13	0	3	3	2	3

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2012-13	Tappara “A”	ET	5	1	1	60		\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4
2013-14	Tappara	ET	8	1	1	18		\|
2014-15	Lukko	Champions HL	7	0	0	4	-1	\|

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
2015-16	KeuPa HT	Mestis	Head Coach
2016-17	Jukurit	Liiga	Asst. Coach
2017-18	Jukurit	Liiga	Asst. Coach
2018-19	Pelicans	Liiga	Head Coach
2019-20	Pelicans	Liiga	Head Coach	Replaced by Jesse Welling on Nov 30th
2020-21	MODO Hockey	HockeyAllsvenskan	Head Coach	Resigned Nov. 3

Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	4	243	69	82	151	0.62	314	-6	\|	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	3
Champions HL	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	4	-1	\|	0
ET	2	13	0	2	2	0.15	78	-	\|	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	4	-
HockeyAllsvenskan	2	49	13	20	33	0.67	140	3	\|	2	16	2	4	6	0.38	12	4
I-divisioona	1	7	2	1	3	0.43	4	-	\|	0
International	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	2	1	\|	0
International-Jr	3	17	5	8	13	0.76	28	-	\|	0
KHL	2	75	13	24	37	0.49	80	-3	\|	1	4	1	1	2	0.50	0	-3
Liiga (SM-liiga)	9	362	94	114	208	0.57	659	9	\|	7	68	15	18	33	0.49	93	8
NHL	7	385	48	69	117	0.30	333	-28	\|	3	58	8	12	20	0.34	99	-2
OG	2	12	0	2	2	0.17	6	2	\|	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	37	32	29	61	1.65	72	-	\|	0
U18 SM-sarja	2	44	27	38	65	1.48	124	-	\|	2	12	3	18	21	1.75	22	-
U20 I-divisioona	2	18	19	27	46	2.56	59	-	\|	2	18	12	17	29	1.61	61	2
WCup	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	\|	0
WJC-20	1	6	2	5	7	1.17	2	-	\|	0

Career Highlights

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1992-1993
- U16 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2000-2001
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2004-2005
- World Cup Runner Up
2005-2006
- Olympic Silver Medal
2012-2013
- SM-liiga Playoffs Most Penalized Player (41min)
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2013-2014
- SM-liiga Silver Medal

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DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
04/19/2015
04/19/2015	Confirmed	Lukko	Retired
05/28/2014
05/28/2014	Confirmed	Tappara	Lukko
05/20/2013
05/20/2013	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
05/02/2012
05/02/2012	Confirmed	Örebro HK	Tappara
01/02/2012
01/02/2012	Confirmed	Dinamo Riga	Örebro HK
11/01/2011
11/01/2011	Confirmed	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Dinamo Riga
05/06/2011
05/06/2011	Confirmed	Sibir Novosibirsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
06/15/2010
06/15/2010	Confirmed	Tappara	Sibir Novosibirsk

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