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Raimo Helminen

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: March 11, 1964 in Tampere, Finland

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 66 10 30 40 14 -1 10 6 4 0 2 125 8.0
1986-87 22 TOT NHL 27 2 5 7 2 -11 2 1 1 0 0 30 6.7
1986-87 22 NYR NHL 21 2 4 6 2 -8 2 1 1 0 0 24 8.3
1986-87 22 MNS NHL 6 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1988-89 24 NYI NHL 24 1 11 12 4 -15 4 0 1 0 0 22 4.5
Career NHL 117 13 46 59 20 -27 16 7 6 0 2 177 7.3

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 66 0.15 0.45 0.61 0.21 0.15 1.89 8 23 31 11 62 26 37 0 -1 0.9 0.9 1.8
1986-87 22 TOT NHL 27 0.07 0.19 0.26 0.09 0.07 1.11 2 4 6 2 15 9 18 1 -11 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
1986-87 22 NYR NHL 21 0.10 0.19 0.29 0.10 0.10 1.14 2 3 5 2 12 7 14 1 -8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1986-87 22 MNS NHL 6 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.00 1.00 0 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 -3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1988-89 24 NYI NHL 24 0.04 0.46 0.50 0.15 0.17 0.92 1 9 10 3 18 12 26 5 -15 0.0 -0.1 0.0
Career NHL 117 0.11 0.39 0.50 0.17 0.14 1.51 11 36 47 16 95 47 81 6 -27 0.5 0.8 1.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Career NHL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 17 Ilves Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 30 28 31 59 22
1981-82 17 Finland EJC-A 5 0 3 3 2
1982-83 18 Ilves Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 13 7 20 27 20
1982-83 18 Ilves Tampere Finland 31 2 3 5 0
1982-83 18 Finland WJC-A 7 0 5 5 0
1983-84 19 Finland Nat-Tm 8 2 0 2 0
1983-84 19 Finland WJC-A 7 11 13 24 4
1983-84 19 Finland Olympics 6 0 2 2 2
1983-84 19 2 Teams Finland 38 17 14 31 14
1983-84 19 Olympia Finland 1 0 1 1 0
1983-84 19 Ilves Tampere Finland 37 17 13 30 14
1984-85 20 Ilves Tampere Finland 36 21 36 57 20
1984-85 20 Finland Nat-Tm 18 7 6 13 0
1984-85 20 Finland WEC-A 10 4 5 9 2
1986-87 22 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6 0 2 2 0
1987-88 23 Finland Can-Cup 5 0 3 3 0
1987-88 23 Ilves Tampere Finland 31 20 23 43 42
1987-88 23 Finland Nat-Tm 22 5 5 10 12
1987-88 23 Finland Olympics 7 2 8 10 4
1988-89 24 Springfield Indians AHL 16 6 11 17 0
1989-90 25 Malmo IF Sweden-2 29 26 30 56 16
1989-90 25 Finland WEC-A 4 0 0 0 0
1989-90 25 Finland Nat-Tm 12 8 8 16 6
1990-91 26 Malmo IF Sweden 33 12 18 30 14
1990-91 26 Finland Nat-Tm 10 0 6 6 2
1991-92 27 Malmo IF Sweden 40 9 18 27 24
1991-92 27 Finland Nat-Tm 4 0 3 3 0
1991-92 27 Finland Olympics 8 1 2 3 0
1992-93 28 Malmo IF Sweden 40 9 33 42 59
1993-94 29 Malmo IF Sweden 38 20 34 54 26
1993-94 29 Finland Nat-Tm 11 3 3 6 0
1993-94 29 Finland Olympics 8 1 5 6 8
1993-94 29 Finland WC-A 8 1 5 6 0
1994-95 30 Malmo IF Sweden 35 10 19 29 55
1994-95 30 Finland Nat-Tm 12 0 5 5 0
1994-95 30 Finland WC-A 8 1 7 8 2
1995-96 31 Malmo IF Sweden 40 8 19 27 53
1995-96 31 Finland Nat-Tm 17 0 8 8 8
1995-96 31 Finland WC-A 6 0 4 4 0
1996-97 32 Finland W-Cup 3 0 1 1 0
1996-97 32 Ilves Tampere Finland 49 11 39 50 54
1996-97 32 Finland Nat-Tm 21 1 13 14 4
1996-97 32 Finland WC-A 8 0 6 6 0
1997-98 33 Ilves Tampere Finland 46 12 36 48 42
1997-98 33 Finland Nat-Tm 12 2 10 12 0
1997-98 33 Finland Olympics 6 2 0 2 2
1997-98 33 Finland WC-A 10 2 9 11 0
1998-99 34 Ilves Tampere Finland 53 12 38 50 44
1998-99 34 Finland WC-A 10 1 3 4 2
1999-00 35 Ilves Tampere Finland 51 7 38 45 68
1999-00 35 Finland WC-A 9 2 2 4 -3 0 1 1 0 0
2000-01 36 Ilves Tampere Finland 56 9 37 46 28
2000-01 36 Finland WC-A 9 1 5 6 5 0 0 1 0 0
2001-02 37 Ilves Tampere Finland 56 7 34 41 12
2001-02 37 Finland Olympics 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001-02 37 Finland WC-A 9 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
2002-03 38 Ilves Tampere Finland 53 10 21 31 77
2003-04 39 Ilves Tampere Finland 56 9 34 43 46
2004-05 40 Ilves Tampere Finland 53 7 21 28 45
2005-06 41 Ilves Tampere Finland 46 7 18 25 34
2006-07 42 Ilves Tampere Finland 43 5 12 17 47
2007-08 43 Ilves Tampere Finland 53 5 16 21 53
Career 2 Seasons AHL 22 6 13 19 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 5 0 3 3 0
Career 1 Season EJC-A 5 0 3 3 2
Career 2 Seasons Fin-Jr. 43 35 51 86 42
Career 16 Seasons Finland 751 161 420 581 626
Career 11 Seasons Nat-Tm 147 28 67 95 32
Career 6 Seasons Olympics 39 6 18 24 2 16 0 0 0 0
Career 6 Seasons Sweden 226 68 141 209 231
Career 1 Season Sweden-2 29 26 30 56 16
Career 1 Season W-Cup 3 0 1 1 0
Career 9 Seasons WC-A 77 8 43 51 1 6 1 2 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 14 4 5 9 2
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 11 18 29 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 17 Ilves Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 4 4 2 6 0
1982-83 18 Ilves Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 3 1 5 6 2
1982-83 18 Ilves Tampere Finland 6 0 0 0 2
1983-84 19 Ilves Tampere Finland 2 0 0 0 2
1984-85 20 Ilves Tampere Finland 9 2 4 6 10
1987-88 23 Ilves Tampere Finland 4 1 1 2 10
1989-90 25 Malmo IF Sweden-2 3 2 1 3 2
1990-91 26 Malmo IF Sweden 2 0 1 1 4
1991-92 27 Malmo IF Sweden 10 1 3 4 4
1992-93 28 Malmo IF Sweden 6 1 0 1 8
1993-94 29 Malmo IF Sweden 11 1 7 8 8
1994-95 30 Malmo IF Sweden 7 3 3 6 4
1995-96 31 Malmo IF Sweden 5 1 3 4 12
1996-97 32 Ilves Tampere Finland 8 1 5 6 2
1997-98 33 Ilves Tampere Finland 9 3 5 8 10
1998-99 34 Ilves Tampere Finland 4 0 3 3 2
1999-00 35 Ilves Tampere Finland 3 1 0 1 12
2000-01 36 Ilves Tampere Finland 9 1 6 7 2
2001-02 37 Ilves Tampere Finland 3 0 0 0 0
2003-04 39 Ilves Tampere Finland 7 1 3 4 2
2004-05 40 Ilves Tampere Finland 7 0 1 1 2
2005-06 41 Ilves Tampere Finland 4 1 1 2 0
2006-07 42 Ilves Tampere Finland 7 0 0 0 12
2007-08 43 Ilves Tampere Finland 9 3 2 5 2
Career 2 Seasons Fin-Jr. 7 5 7 12 2
Career 15 Seasons Finland 91 14 31 45 70
Career 6 Seasons Sweden 41 7 17 24 40
Career 1 Season Sweden-2 3 2 1 3 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 3 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3
Raimo Helminen 1.8 0.0 -0.4
Hartland Monahan 85.5 1.9 0.0 -0.2
Derek Smith 85.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.4
Dean McAmmond 85.0 2.0 0.0 -0.2
Jean-Guy Gendron 84.3 1.6 -0.1 -0.4
Warren Miller 83.5 1.8 0.0 -0.2
Earl Balfour 82.4 1.8 -0.1 -0.3
Yvon Corriveau 81.7 1.6 -0.1 -0.3
Danny Bolduc 81.0 2.0 0.0 -0.2
Gary Sampson 80.3 1.8 -0.1 -0.1
Stan Drulia 80.0 1.9 -0.1 -0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4
Raimo Helminen 1.8 0.0 -0.4
Danny Bolduc 81.0 2.0 0.0 -0.2
Stan Drulia 80.0 1.9 -0.1 -0.2
Vitali Prokhorov 79.4 1.8 0.0 0.0
Danny Geoffrion 77.9 2.1 0.0 -0.5
Dan Snyder 77.0 1.8 0.0 0.0
Tim Kennedy 67.6 2.0 0.0 0.0
Ivan Huml 66.5 1.6 0.2 -0.2
Leo Gaudreault 64.5 1.8 -0.1 -0.4
Jean Savard 63.0 1.5 0.0 -0.3
Jay Mazur 62.0 1.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.2

Transactions

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March 10, 1987: Traded to Minnesota by NY Rangers for future considerations, March 10, 1987.

June 1, 1988: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, June 1, 1988.

June 30, 2002: Officially announced retirement June 30, 2002.

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