Lasse Kukkonen
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Lasse Kukkonen | |||
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Born | Oulu, Finland |
September 18, 1981 ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
Liiga team Former teams |
Oulun Kärpät Chicago Blackhawks Philadelphia Flyers Avangard Omsk Rögle BK |
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National team | Finland | ||
NHL Draft | 151st overall, 2003 Chicago Blackhawks |
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Playing career | 2004–present |
Lasse Juhani Kukkonen (born September 18, 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, He currently plays for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. He previously played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers.
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Playing career
Kukkonen was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks as their fifth-round pick, 151st overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He played ten National Hockey League games during the 2003–04 NHL season, after which he returned to his hometown Kärpät in the SM-liiga. Kukkonen won the SM-liiga gold medal with Kärpät in 2005.
In the 2006-07 season, Kukkonen returned to the Chicago Blackhawks and played in 54 games before he was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers along with a 3rd round draft pick in a three-way deal with the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings on February 26, 2007. With the Flyers, Kukkonen was put on a defensive pairing with Joni Pitkänen, also a native of Oulu. The two were also a pairing for 4 years in Finland. On May 17, 2007 he signed a two-year contract with the Flyers.
On June 24, 2009, Kukkonen signed a two-year deal with Russian team, Avangard Omsk of the KHL.[1]
International play
Medal record | ||
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Representing Finland | ||
Ice hockey | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2014 Sochi | ||
2010 Vancouver | ||
2006 Turin | ||
World Championships | ||
2011 Slovakia | ||
2007 Russia | ||
2006 Latvia | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
2001 Russia |
He was named to the Finnish Olympic team at the 2006 Winter Olympics after defenceman Sami Salo was injured, and played in both the semifinal match versus Russia and the gold medal match versus Sweden.
Awards
- 2005–06 Pekka Rautakallio trophy
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2000–01 | Kärpät | SM-l | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
2001–02 | Kärpät | SM-l | 55 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
2002–03 | Kärpät | SM-l | 56 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
2003–04 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 59 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
2004–05 | Kärpät | SM-l | 55 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
2005–06 | Kärpät | SM-l | 56 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | ||
2006–07 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
2008–09 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 26 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
2009–10 | Avangard Omsk | KHL | 53 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 37 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 51 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
NHL totals | 159 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
KHL totals | 141 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 72 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1999 | Finland | WJ18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2001 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2005 | Finland | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2006 | Finland | Oly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | Finland | WC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
2007 | Finland | WC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2009 | Finland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2010 | Finland | Oly | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2010 | Finland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Junior int'l totals | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Senior int'l totals | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Lasse Kukkonen on nhlfinns.com
- Brooklynite Hockey - Lasse Kukkonen
Preceded by | Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy 2005–06 |
Succeeded by Cory Murphy |
- Use mdy dates from August 2015
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Avangard Omsk players
- Chicago Blackhawks draft picks
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Finnish ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
- Norfolk Admirals players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Oulun Kärpät players
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- Philadelphia Phantoms players
- Sportspeople from Oulu