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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Ari Haanpaa
Selected in
fourth round
No. 83 overall by New York Islanders
Born
November 28, 1965
 | Position:
Right Wing / Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Tampere Ilves (Finland)
Birthplace:
Nokia, Finland
Hometown: Nokia, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-82 |
Tampere Tappara | Finland Jr. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1982-83 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
21 | 9 |
9 | 18 |
54 | | 1983-84 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
7 | 4 |
2 | 6 |
19 | | |
Tampere Ilves | Finland |
27 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
8 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Jr. Championships: 1983 (sixth place), 1984 (silver medal)
European Junior Championships: 1982 (fourth), 1983 (silver) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1985 (N.Y. Islanders at
Los Angeles)
Numbers: 25 (N.Y. Islanders)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1988 |
N.Y. Islanders | 60 |
6 | 11 |
17 | 37 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1987 |
N.Y. Islanders | 6 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 10 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1985-86 season with sprained shoulder, suffered when he was checked by Al MacInnis during N.Y. Islanders'
Nov. 5, 1985, game vs. Calgary. He did not return to action until he was
assigned to Springfield (AHL) for a conditioning stint in late January 1986.
... Played left wing for N.Y. Islanders in 1986-87. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with bruised right thigh, an injury suffered during N.Y.
Islanders' Dec. 7, 1986, game at Boston. He did not return to action until
N.Y. Islanders' Dec. 30, 1986, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of
1986-87 season with sore back, an injury suffered during N.Y. Islanders'
Feb. 22, 1987, game at New Jersey. He did not return to action until N.Y. Islanders'
March 8, 1987, game at Chicago. ... Released by N.Y. Islanders in June 1988. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Tampere Ilves (Finland); Springfield (AHL); Rauma (Finland); Team Finland;
Jyvaskyla, Tampere Tappara (Finland); Vienna (Austria); Nordhorn (Germany)
Reims (France); Valkeakoski (Finland)
World Junior Championships: 1985 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finland Championship:
1985 (Tampere Ilves)
Finland
Playoffs MVP: 1991 (Jyvaskyla)
Finland All-Star First Team: 1990-91 (Jyvaskyla)
Coaching Career: Named Tampere Tappara (Finland) assistant coach
prior to 2003-04 season and held position until February 2004.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1984-85 season with knee injury. ... Came out of retirement to play three
games for Valkeakoski (Finland) during 2001-02 season. ... Coached youth
hockey in Tampere Tappara system in 2004-05.
Personal: Full name is Ari Eerik
Haanpaa. ... Also known as Ari Eerik Haanpaa during his playing days. |
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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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