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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Kari Takko
Selected in 10th round
No. 200 overall by Quebec Nordiques
Born June
23, 1962
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Goaltender
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Pori (Finland)
Birthplace: Uusikaupunki, Finland
Hometown:
Uusikaupunki, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1978-79 |
Pori | Finland |
2 | n/a |
1.00 | 0 |
n/a | | 1979-80 |
Pori | Finland |
2 | n/a |
4.00 | 0 |
n/a | | 1980-81 |
Pori | Finland |
4 | n/a |
4.00 | 0 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1981 (silver medal)
European
Junior Championships: 1979 (silver medal)
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL
draft despite being
eligible. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 8, 1986 (Winnipeg at Minnesota)
Numbers: 1 (Minnesota); 1 (Edmonton)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired
2000 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1986-1991 |
Minnesota, Edm. | 142 |
37-71-14 | 3.90 |
1 | .879 |
| | CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L |
GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1989-1990 |
Minnesota | 4 |
0-1 | 3.85 | 0 |
.873 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
DRAFT RE-ENTRY: 1984
(Minnesota, No. 97 overall in Round 5)
Minnesota KARE-TV Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1986-87
Scouting Career: Named Dallas amateur scout (for Finland) prior to
2001-02 season and remained in position through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous: Signed first NHL contract with Minnesota on
Sept. 3, 1985. ... Served as interpreter for NHL teammate Jari
Gronstrand when Gronstrand came to Minnesota for 1986-87 season. ... Missed
part of 1988-89 season with shingles in his ear, an illness diagnosed in
December 1988. He was taken out of Minnesota's Dec. 19, 1988, game at
Vancouver, complaining of symptoms that turned out to be shingles. He did
not return to action until Minnesota's Jan. 21, 1989, game at N.Y.
Islanders, after having sat on the bench as a backup to John Casey from Jan.
14-19, 1989. ... Missed start of Minnesota's 1989 training camp with broken
right ankle, suffered when he was hit by Basil McRae's slap shot during a
pre-camp workout on Aug. 31, 1989. ... Had postseason knee surgery in April
1990. ... Traded by Minnesota to Edmonton for Bruce Bell and a conditional
draft choice on Nov. 22, 1990. The trade was forever dubbed "The Takko-Bell
Deal." |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Pori (Finland); Springfield
(AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); Jonkoping (Sweden)
Olympics:
1984 (sixth place)
Canada Cup: 1987 (sixth
place)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (fifth place)
World Championships: 1983
(seventh), 1985 (fifth), 1991 (fifth)
World Junior Championships: 1982 (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finland Ylonen Trophy (Best Goaltender):
1984-85, 1993-94 (Pori)
Finland All-Star First Team: 1984-85 (Pori)
Springfield MVP: 1985-86
Springfield Rookie of Year:
1985-86
Springfield Most Popular Player: 1985-86
Miscellaneous: Was on Minnesota team that joined Montreal to compete in
the 1990 NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union.
Personal: Full name is Kari M. Takko. ... Father of Finnish player
Karri Takko. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| DRAFT RE-ENTRY: Quebec never signed Takko,
who remained in Finland. His draft rights lapsed after the 1983-84 season,
and he became eligible to re-enter the draft. He was selected by Minnesota in
the fifth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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