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Ossi Vaananen

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 18, 1980 in Vantaa, Finland

Drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2nd round (43rd overall) of the 1998 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
2000-01 20 PHX NHL 81 4 12 16 5 9 90 4 0 0 2 69 5.8 1552 19:09
2001-02 21 PHX NHL 76 2 12 14 4 6 74 1 0 1 0 41 4.9 1536 20:13
2002-03 22 PHX NHL 67 2 7 9 3 1 82 2 0 0 0 49 4.1 1290 19:15
2003-04 23 TOT NHL 79 2 4 6 2 -14 89 2 0 0 1 45 4.4 1520 19:14
2003-04 23 PHX NHL 67 2 4 6 2 -10 87 2 0 0 1 39 5.1 1297 19:21
2003-04 23 COL NHL 12 0 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 223 18:36
2005-06 25 COL NHL 53 0 4 4 1 10 56 0 0 0 0 34 0.0 719 13:34
2006-07 26 COL NHL 74 2 6 8 3 6 69 2 0 0 1 32 6.3 1060 14:20
2008-09 28 TOT NHL 49 1 10 11 3 8 22 1 0 0 0 20 5.0 878 17:55
2008-09 28 PHI NHL 46 1 9 10 3 7 22 1 0 0 0 18 5.6 849 18:28
2008-09 28 VAN NHL 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 28 9:28
Career NHL 479 13 55 68 22 26 482 12 0 1 4 290 4.5 8554 17:52

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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
2000-01 20 PHX NHL 81 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.07 1.11 0.85 4 13 17 6 69 7 72 19 9 0.4 4.0 4.4
2001-02 21 PHX NHL 76 0.03 0.16 0.18 0.06 0.97 0.54 2 14 16 5 59 8 76 31 6 0.1 3.2 3.3
2002-03 22 PHX NHL 67 0.03 0.10 0.13 0.04 1.22 0.73 2 8 10 3 29 0 53 25 1 -0.2 2.6 2.4
2003-04 23 TOT NHL 79 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.03 1.13 0.57 2 5 7 2 41 0 88 33 -14 -0.8 1.9 1.1
2003-04 23 PHX NHL 67 0.03 0.06 0.09 0.03 1.30 0.58 2 5 7 2 38 0 79 31 -10 -0.6 1.8 1.2
2003-04 23 COL NHL 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.50 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 2 -4 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
2005-06 25 COL NHL 53 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.02 1.06 0.64 0 4 4 1 33 0 28 5 10 -0.5 2.2 1.7
2006-07 26 COL NHL 74 0.03 0.08 0.11 0.04 0.93 0.43 2 6 8 3 45 0 39 0 6 -0.2 2.4 2.2
2008-09 28 TOT NHL 49 0.02 0.20 0.22 0.07 0.45 0.41 1 10 11 3 37 0 46 17 8 0.3 2.2 2.5
2008-09 28 PHI NHL 46 0.02 0.20 0.22 0.07 0.48 0.39 1 9 10 3 35 0 45 17 7 0.2 2.1 2.2
2008-09 28 VAN NHL 3 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.09 0.00 0.67 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Career NHL 479 0.03 0.11 0.14 0.05 1.01 0.61 13 60 73 23 313 15 402 130 26 -0.9 18.5 17.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 21 PHX NHL 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 103 20:33
2003-04 23 COL NHL 11 0 1 1 3 18 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 243 22:06
2005-06 25 COL NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 14 13:58
2008-09 28 VAN NHL 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 9:14
Career NHL 20 0 1 1 3 26 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 388 19:23

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 15 Jokerit Helsinki U18 Fin-U18 8 0 0 0 2
1996-97 16 Jokerit Helsinki U18 Fin-U18 18 1 2 3 43
1996-97 16 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 1 0 0 0 0
1997-98 17 Jokerit Helsinki U18 Fin-U18 7 3 3 6 8
1997-98 17 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 31 0 6 6 24
1997-98 17 Finland EJC-A 6 0 0 0 20
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 12 1 6 7 16
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 48 0 1 1 42
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki EuroHL 5 0 0 0 2
1998-99 18 Finland WJC-A 6 0 2 2 8
1999-00 19 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 49 1 6 7 46
1999-00 19 Finland WJC-A 7 0 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 0
2000-01 20 Finland WC-A 9 0 2 2 9 16 0 0 0 0
2001-02 21 Finland Olympics 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2002-03 22 Finland WC-A 7 0 4 4 8
2004-05 24 Finland W-Cup 4 1 2 3 0
2004-05 24 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 28 2 2 4 30
2004-05 24 Finland WC-A 7 0 1 1 8
2007-08 27 Djurgardens IF Stockholm Sweden 45 7 8 15 102
2007-08 27 Finland WC-A 9 0 1 1 -2 8 0 0 0 0
2009-10 29 Dynamo Minsk Rus-KHL 52 0 6 6 76
2010-11 30 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 60 2 11 13 79
2010-11 30 Finland WC-A 9 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 0 0 0 20
Career 1 Season EuroHL 5 0 0 0 2
Career 3 Seasons Fin-Jr. 44 1 12 13 40
Career 3 Seasons Fin-U18 33 4 5 9 53
Career 4 Seasons Finland 185 5 20 25 197
Career 1 Season Olympics 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Rus-KHL 52 0 6 6 76
Career 1 Season Sweden 45 7 8 15 102
Career 1 Season W-Cup 4 1 2 3 0
Career 5 Seasons WC-A 41 0 8 8 10 44 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 13 0 2 2 1 24 0 0 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 15 Jokerit Helsinki U18 Fin-U18 2 0 0 0 0
1997-98 17 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 7 0 2 2 16
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 6 1 0 1 12
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 3 0 1 1 2
1998-99 18 Jokerit Helsinki EuroHL 1 0 1 1 2
1999-00 19 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 11 1 1 2 2
2004-05 24 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 12 0 0 0 26
2007-08 27 Djurgardens IF Stockholm Sweden 5 0 0 0 2
2010-11 30 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 7 1 2 3 2
Career 1 Season EuroHL 1 0 1 1 2
Career 2 Seasons Fin-Jr. 13 1 2 3 28
Career 1 Season Fin-U18 2 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons Finland 33 2 4 6 32
Career 1 Season Sweden 5 0 0 0 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 7 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ossi Vaananen 4.4 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.1
Vitaly Vishnevski 94.2 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.7 0.9
Bob Boughner 91.2 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.2
Bryan Maxwell 91.1 3.9 3.2 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.5 0.9
Fred Barrett 89.2 4.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.1
Ric Nattress 89.1 4.1 3.3 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.6 0.2
Allen Pedersen 89.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.0
Kevin Dean 88.5 3.9 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.1
Tracy Pratt 87.7 5.1 4.5 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.1
Grant Jennings 87.6 4.0 3.1 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.2 0.8
Philippe Boucher 87.3 5.0 3.6 3.2 2.2 1.5 1.2 0.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ossi Vaananen 4.4 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.1
Vitaly Vishnevski 90.3 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.9
Bryan Maxwell 89.0 3.9 3.2 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.5 0.9 0.5
Larry Melnyk 88.8 4.7 3.4 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.7 -0.1
Kevin Dean 88.5 3.9 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.1
Allen Pedersen 88.4 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.0 0.2
Dave Farrish 86.7 4.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.4 1.7
Grant Jennings 86.6 4.0 3.1 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.2
Brian Glynn 86.6 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0
Bob Stewart 86.0 3.7 3.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.8 0.5 0.1
Pavel Trnka 85.9 4.1 3.7 3.3 2.8 1.7 1.6 1.3

Transactions

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March 9, 2004: Traded to Colorado by Phoenix with Chris Gratton and Phoenix's 2nd round choice (Paul Stastny) in 2005 Entry Draft for Derek Morris and Keith Ballard, March 9, 2004.

December 1, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Jokerit Helsinki (Finland), December 1, 2004.

September 26, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Djurgarden (Sweden), September 26, 2007.

July 1, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 1, 2008.

February 27, 2009: Claimed on waivers by Vancouver from Philadelphia, February 27, 2009.

July 31, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Minsk (Russia-KHL), July 31, 2009.

May 4, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Jokerit Helsinki (Finland), May 4, 2010.

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