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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Kari Takko
Selected in fifth round
No. 97 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Born June
23, 1962
 | Position:
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 | | 1981-82 |
Pori | Finland |
14 | n/a |
4.28 | 0 |
n/a | | 1982-83 |
Pori | Finland |
21 | n/a |
3.66 | 0 |
n/a | | 1983-84 |
Pori | Finland |
32 | n/a |
3.19 | 3 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Olympics: 1984
(sixth place)
World Championships: 1983
(seventh place)
World Junior Championships: 1981 (silver), 1982 (bronze)
European
Junior Championships: 1979 (silver medal)
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL
draft despite being
eligible. .... Was eligible for the draft at age 21 due to NHL rule that all
Europeans, regardless of age, had to enter the league through the entry
draft rather than as unrestricted free agents. ... Was not offered a
contract by Quebec prior to the 1982-83 season, therefore making him
eligible to enter the NHL with another team. |
| 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
PREVIOUS DRAFT: 1981
(Quebec, No. 200 overall in Round 10)
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. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Pori (Finland); Springfield
(AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); Jonkoping (Sweden)
Canada Cup: 1987 (sixth
place)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (fifth place)
World Championships:
1985 (fifth place), 1991 (fifth place)
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 |
| TRADE: Minnesota traded Takko to Edmonton in
exchange for Bruce Bell and a conditional draft choice on November 22, 1990.
The trade was forever dubbed "The Takko-Bell
Deal." |
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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 |
| Picks Traded: |
39 |
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