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 right winger.
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[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 |
Categories: 1973 births | Dallas Stars players | Espoo Blues players | Finnish ice hockey players | Finnish ice hockey world championship gold medalists | Frank Selke Trophy winners | Hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Living people | Minnesota North Stars draft picks | National Hockey League All-Stars | Olympic bronze medalists for Finland | Olympic silver medalists for Finland | People from Espoo | Stanley Cup champions | TPS players | Winter Olympics medalists
