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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Raimo Helminen
Selected in
second round
No. 35 overall by New York Rangers
Born
March 11, 1964
 | Position:
Center
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Tampere Ilves (Finland)
Birthplace:
Tampere, Finland
Hometown: Tampere, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
30 | 28 |
31 | 59 |
22 | | 1982-83 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
13 | 7 |
20 | 27 |
20 | | |
Tampere Ilves | Finland |
31 | 2 |
3 | 5 |
0 | | 1983-84 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland |
37 | 17 |
13 | 30 |
14 | | |
Team Finland | Int'l |
8 | 2 |
0 | 2 |
0 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Olympics: 1984 (sixth place)
World Jr. Championships: 1983 (sixth place), 1984 (silver medal)
World Junior Championships Best Forward: 1984
World Junior
Championships All-Star First Team: 1984
Finland World Jr.
Championships MVP: 1984 (tri-winner)
World Junior Championships Points Leader: 1984 (22 points)
World Junior Championships Goals Leader: 1984 (11 goals)
World
Junior Championships Assists Leader: 1984 (11 assists)
Miscellaneous: Named best player at Tampere Ilves' training camp for
15-year-olds in 1979. ... Set World Jr. Championships single-tourney
records (since broken) for assists (11) and points (22) in 1984. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1985 (N.Y. Rangers at
Hartford)
Numbers: 23 (N.Y. Rangers); 15 (Minnesota); 40
(Islanders)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Active (Finland) |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1985-1988 |
NYR, MIN, NYI | 117 |
13 | 46 |
59 | 16 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1986 |
N.Y. Rangers | 2 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Attended N.Y. Rangers' 1984 training camp but did not make
team and returned to Finland for 1984-85 season. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with hip injury, suffered
during N.Y. Rangers' Oct. 19, 1985, game at N.Y. Islanders. He did not
return to action until N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 11, 1985, game vs. Chicago. ...
Missed start of 1986-87 season with broken left thumb, an injury suffered
during N.Y. Rangers' training camp in October 1986. He did not make his
1986-87 NHL regular-season debut until N.Y. Rangers' Oct. 29, 1986, game at
St. Louis. ... Returned from spending 1987-88 season in Finland to sign
with N.Y. Islanders as an unrestricted free agent on June 1, 1988. ...
Missed part of 1988-89 season with chronic pain in left hip and buttocks, an
injury he re-aggravated for the last time in N.Y.
Islanders' Dec. 22, 1988, game vs. Philadelphia. He was later assigned to
Springfield (AHL) on Feb. 3, 1989, and never played in the NHL again --
finishing his last North American season in the minor leagues. ... Had
contract bought out by N.Y. Islanders organization in May 1989. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Tampere Ilves (Finland); Team Finland; New Haven (AHL); Springfield (AHL);
Malmo (Sweden)
Olympics: 1988
(silver medal), 1992 (seventh place), 1994 (bronze medal), 1998 (bronze
medal), 2002 (5-8 place)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (fifth place)
Canada Cup: 1987
(sixth place)
World Championships: 1985
(fifth place), 1990 (sixth place),
1994 (silver medal), 1995 (gold medal), 1996 (fifth place), 1997 (fifth
place), 1998 (silver medal), 1999 (silver medal), 2000 (bronze medal), 2001
(silver medal), 2002 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
European Cup: 1992-93 (Malmo)
Finland Championship:
1985 (Tampere Ilves)
Sweden Championship: 1992, 1994 (Malmo)
IIHF Golden Stick (Europe Player of Year): 2001-02 (Tampere Ilves)
Finland Oksanen Trophy (Player of Year): 1997-98 (Tampere Ilves)
Finland
All-Star First Team: 1987-88, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 (Tampere Ilves)
Tampere Ilves Captain: 1999-00 to present
IIHF Records: Most games against international competition (320)
Olympic Records: Most career Olympic hockey tournaments (6)
Finland Records: Most career games against international competition (320),
most career international points (203), most career international assists
(151)
Tampere Ilves Records: Most career games (555), most career
assists (353)
Sweden Points Leader: 1993-94 (Malmo) (54 points)
Sweden
Assists Leader: 1992-93 (Malmo) (33 assists)
Finland Assists Leader: 1996-97 (Tampere Ilves) (39 assists)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1987-88 season with wrist injury, suffered in September 1987. ... Missed
part of 1988 Olympics with knee injury. ... Overcame chronic lower back
trouble to resurrect his career in Europe after injuries forced him to
leave North America and hampered his play for three more seasons. ... Became first
non-Swedish player to lead Swedish Elitserien in scoring when he
achieved feat with 54 points in 1993-94. ... Played on first
Finnish team to win a gold medal at the World Championships in 1995. ...
Named to 2002 Finland Olympic team as replacement for Saku Koivu, who had
been diagnosed with cancer. ... Switched sweater number from 14 to 41 so
that Tampere Ilves could retire the No. 14 in honor of Lasse Oksanen.
Personal:
Nicknamed "Raipe." ... Full name's Raimo Ilmari
Helminen. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Rangers traded Helminen to Minnesota in exchange for future
considerations on March 10, 1987. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
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