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Ville Nieminen

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: April 6, 1977 in Tampere, Finland

Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

* Complete sweater numbers are currently available for the 1998-99 through 2007-08 seasons.
39
Colorado Avalanche
2000-2001		 10
Colorado Avalanche
2002		 10
Pittsburgh Penguins
2002-2003		 20
Chicago Blackhawks
2004		 24
Calgary Flames
2004		 10
New York Rangers
2006		 15
San Jose Sharks
2006-2007		 32
St. Louis Blues
2007

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1999-00 22 Colorado Avalanche NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0 10 10:12
2000-01 23 Colorado Avalanche NHL 50 14 8 22 0.44 9 0.19 37 9 20 0 8 38 12 2 0 3 68 1.36 20.6 622 12:26
2001-02 24 2 Teams NHL 66 11 16 27 0.41 10 0.15 45 15 31 0 -1 38 10 1 0 5 83 1.26 13.3 882 13:22
2001-02 24 Colorado Avalanche NHL 53 10 14 24 0.45 9 0.17 37 15 21 0 1 30 9 1 0 5 72 1.36 13.9 672 12:41
2001-02 24 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 13 1 2 3 0.23 1 0.08 8 0 10 0 -2 8 1 0 0 0 11 0.85 9.1 210 16:10
2002-03 25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 9 12 21 0.28 8 0.11 25 5 60 15 -25 93 7 0 2 1 86 1.15 10.5 1061 14:08
2003-04 26 2 Teams NHL 79 5 16 21 0.27 7 0.09 36 7 47 9 -9 58 4 1 0 1 83 1.05 6.0 983 12:26
2003-04 26 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 60 2 11 13 0.22 4 0.07 23 6 40 8 -15 40 1 1 0 0 56 0.93 3.6 706 11:46
2003-04 26 Calgary Flames NHL 19 3 5 8 0.42 3 0.16 13 1 7 1 6 18 3 0 0 1 27 1.42 11.1 277 14:36
2005-06 28 2 Teams NHL 70 8 16 24 0.34 9 0.12 36 1 42 14 7 63 7 0 1 2 114 1.63 7.0 897 12:49
2005-06 28 New York Rangers NHL 48 5 12 17 0.35 6 0.12 26 1 20 5 10 53 5 0 0 2 73 1.52 6.8 559 11:38
2005-06 28 San Jose Sharks NHL 22 3 4 7 0.32 3 0.12 10 0 22 9 -3 10 2 0 1 0 41 1.86 7.3 338 15:23
2006-07 29 2 Teams NHL 44 1 1 2 0.05 1 0.02 7 0 17 2 -8 43 1 0 0 0 43 0.98 2.3 387 8:47
2006-07 29 San Jose Sharks NHL 30 1 1 2 0.07 1 0.03 4 0 12 1 -7 14 1 0 0 0 30 1.00 3.3 259 8:38
2006-07 29 St. Louis Blues NHL 14 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 5 1 -1 29 0 0 0 0 13 0.93 0.0 128 9:09
Career NHL 385 48 69 117 0.30 44 0.11 186 37 217 40 -28 333 41 4 3 12 479 1.24 10.0 4841 12:35

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
2000-01 23 Colorado Avalanche NHL SC 23 4 6 10 0.43 -1 20 1 3 0 1 39 1.70 10.3 326 14:10
2003-04 26 Calgary Flames NHL 24 4 4 8 0.33 0 55 3 1 0 0 41 1.71 9.8 391 16:17
2005-06 28 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 0 2 2 0.18 -1 24 0 0 0 0 18 1.64 0.0 172 15:39
Career NHL 1 58 8 12 20 0.34 -2 99 4 4 0 1 98 1.69 8.2 889 15:19

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 16 Tappara Tampere U18 Fin-U18 29 13 20 33 1.14 66
1994-95 17 Tappara Tampere U18 Fin-U18 15 14 18 32 2.13 68
1994-95 17 Tappara Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 16 11 21 32 2.00 47
1994-95 17 Tappara Tampere Finland 16 0 0 0 0.00 0
1995-96 18 Tappara Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 20 20 23 43 2.15 63
1995-96 18 Tappara Tampere Finland 4 0 1 1 0.25 8
1995-96 18 KooVee Tampere Finland-2 7 2 1 3 0.43 4
1996-97 19 Tappara Tampere Jr. Fin-Jr. 2 2 7 9 4.50 2
1996-97 19 Tappara Tampere Finland 49 10 13 23 0.47 120
1996-97 19 Finland WJC-A 6 2 5 7 1.17 2
1997-98 20 Hershey Bears AHL 74 14 22 36 0.49 6 85 12 2 0 4 150 2.03 9.3
1998-99 21 Hershey Bears AHL 67 24 19 43 0.64 1 127 17 7 0 4 156 2.33 15.4
1999-00 22 Hershey Bears AHL 74 21 30 51 0.69 -11 54 17 4 0 4 194 2.62 10.8
2000-01 23 Hershey Bears AHL 28 10 11 21 0.75 -2 48 5 4 1 1 80 2.86 12.5
2001-02 24 Finland Olympics 4 0 1 1 0.25 2
2004-05 27 Finland W-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
2004-05 27 Tappara Tampere Finland 26 14 13 27 1.04 32
2005-06 28 Finland Olympics 8 0 1 1 0.13 4
Career AHL 243 69 82 151 0.62 -6 314 51 17 1 13 580 2.39 11.9
Career Fin-Jr. 38 33 51 84 2.21 112
Career Fin-U18 44 27 38 65 1.48 134
Career Finland 95 24 27 51 0.54 160
Career Finland-2 7 2 1 3 0.43 4
Career Olympics 12 0 2 2 0.17 6
Career W-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career WJC-A 6 2 5 7 1.17 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 16 Tappara Tampere U18 Fin-U18 5 1 2 3 0.60 0 0 0 0.00
1994-95 17 Tappara Tampere U18 Fin-U18 7 2 16 18 2.57 0 22 0 0.00
1996-97 19 Tappara Tampere Finland 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 8 0 0.00
1998-99 21 Hershey Bears AHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0
1999-00 22 Hershey Bears AHL 9 2 4 6 0.67 6 1 1 0 1
2004-05 27 Tappara Tampere Finland 8 2 4 6 0.75 0 12 0 0.00
Career AHL 12 2 5 7 0.58 6 1 1 0 1
Career Fin-U18 12 3 18 21 1.75 0 22 0 0.00
Career Finland 11 3 4 7 0.64 0 20 0 0.00

Transactions

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March 19, 2002: Traded to Pittsburgh by Colorado with Rick Berry for Darius Kasparaitis, March 19, 2002.

July 29, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, July 29, 2003.

February 24, 2004: Traded to Calgary by Chicago for Jason Morgan and Calgary's 6th round choice (Joseph Fallon) in 2005 Entry Draft, February 24, 2004.

July 22, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Tappara Tampere (Finland), July 22, 2004.

August 4, 2005: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 4, 2005.

March 8, 2006: Traded to San Jose by NY Rangers for San Jose's 3rd round choice (later traded to Anaheim - Anaheim selected John DeGray) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 8, 2006.

February 27, 2007: Traded to St. Louis by San Jose with Jay Barriball and New Jersey's 1st round choice (previously acquired, St. Louis selected David Perron) in 2007 Entry Draft for Bill Guerin, February 27, 2007.