Jere Lehtinen

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Lehts
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Dallas Stars Minnesota North Stars
Nationality	Finland
Born	June 24, 1973, Espoo, FIN
NHL Draft	88th overall, 1992 Minnesota North Stars
Pro Career	1992 – present

Jere Lehtinen (born June 24, 1973 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He plays as a left winger, but was a right winger before moving to NHL.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 International play 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Jere Lehtinen was drafted 88th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars. After the franchise moved to Dallas, he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy three times as the league's best defensive forward, and the Stanley Cup in 1999.

He has also represented Finland in international tournaments, winning one silver and two bronze Olympic medals, a silver medal at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and was part of the renowned first line of Team Finland dubbed by Finnish fans the "Ankkalinnan pojat" ("The boys of Duckburg", a reference to their nicknames "Tupu, Hupu, Lupu"; "Huey, Dewey, Louie") line in the 1995 world championships with Saku Koivu and Ville Peltonen, winning Finland's only IIHF World Championship gold medal to date. The three also made up the tournament's all-star line.

To date, Lehtinen is the only Finnish player to have won both a World Championships gold medal and a Stanley Cup.

[edit] Awards

• Played in SM-liiga All-Star Game - 1995
• Raimo Kilpiö Trophy - 1995
• Played in NHL All-Star Game - 1998
• Frank J. Selke Trophy - 1998, 1999, 2003
• Stanley Cup - 1999

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992-93	Kiekko-Espoo	SM-l		45	13	14	27	6		--	--	--	--	--
1993-94	TPS	SM-l		42	19	20	39	6		11	11	2	13	2
1994-95	TPS	SM-l		39	19	23	42	33		13	8	6	14	4
1995-96	Michigan K-Wings	IHL		1	1	0	1	0		--	--	--	--	--
1995-96	Dallas Stars	NHL		57	6	22	28	16		--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	Dallas Stars	NHL		63	16	27	43	2		7	2	2	4	0
1997-98	Dallas Stars	NHL		72	23	19	42	20		12	3	5	8	2
1998-99	Dallas Stars	NHL		74	20	32	52	18		23	10	3	13	2
1999-00	Dallas Stars	NHL		17	3	5	8	0		13	1	5	6	2
2000-01	Dallas Stars	NHL		74	20	25	45	24		10	1	0	1	2
2001-02	Dallas Stars	NHL		73	25	24	49	14		--	--	--	--	--
2002-03	Dallas Stars	NHL		80	31	17	48	20		12	3	2	5	0
2003-04	Dallas Stars	NHL		58	13	13	26	20		5	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Dallas Stars	NHL		80	33	19	52	30
SM-liiga Totals				126	51	57	108	46		24	19	8	27	6
NHL Totals				648	190	203	393	164		86	23	18	41	5

[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Bronze	1994 Lillehammer	Ice hockey
Bronze	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey
Silver	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Played for Finland in:

• 1992 World Championships
• 1994 World Championships
• 1994 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)
• 1995 World Championships (gold medal)
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey
• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey (silver medal)
• 2006 Winter Olympics (silver medal)

International statistics

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Finland	WCH		6	1	3	4	4
2006	Finland	Oly		8	3	5	8	0

[edit] External links

• Jere Lehtinen on the official Dallas Stars website
• Statistics from Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by: Tero Lehterä	Winner of the Raimo Kilpiö trophy 1994-95	Succeeded by: Waltteri Immonen
Preceded by: Michael Peca	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 1998, 1999	Succeeded by: Steve Yzerman
Preceded by: Michael Peca	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 2003	Succeeded by: Kris Draper