Jere Lehtinen

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Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Nickname Lehts
Height
Weight
ft 0 in (1.83 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams
Dallas Stars
Minnesota North Stars
Nationality Flag of Finland 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

[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:

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

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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
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