Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born 29 March 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.
| Kai Nurminen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
29 March 1969 Turku, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
TPS HPK HV71 Los Angeles Kings Jokerit Frölunda HC HC Davos Cleveland Lumberjacks Minnesota Wild Herlev Hornets | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL draft |
193rd overall, 1996 Los Angeles Kings | ||
| Playing career | 1992–2009 | ||
Career
editNurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-liiga. He has also played for two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien.
During the 1994–1995 season, he played successfully with Esa Keskinen for HV71, together making up a fearsome duo.[1]
For the 1996–97 season, he was contracted by Los Angeles Kings in NHL.[2] After only one season in NHL with 67 matches played (scoring 16 goals and 11 assists) he returned to Scandinavia. In the 2000–01 season, he played two games for the Minnesota Wild and registered one goal.
Nurminen also played for HPK and Jokerit in SM-liiga; HC Davos in Nationalliga A; and Frölunda HC and HV71 in Elitserien.
Nurminen won the Finnish Championship twice. He also won the 1993 European Champions Cup with TPS.
Nurminen scored 7 goals in 12 games in World Championships and 243 goals in SM-liiga. During the 1999–2000 season he played 64 games and scored 46 goals in SM-liiga.
Nurminen ended his active playing career with the Danish team Herlev Hornets.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | TPS | FIN U18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | TPS | FIN U20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | TPS | FIN U20 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | TPS | FIN U20 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | TuTo | FIN.2 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Kiekko-67 | FIN.2 | 44 | 44 | 19 | 63 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Kiekko-67 | FIN.2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | TPS | SM-l | 31 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | TPS | SM-l | 45 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | HPK | SM-l | 49 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HV71 | SEL | 40 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 67 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Västra Frölunda HC | SEL | 23 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Jokerit | SM-l | 20 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Davos | NDA | 42 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | TPS | SM-l | 54 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 74 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | TPS | SM-l | 52 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | TPS | SM-l | 56 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | TPS | SM-l | 52 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33 | ||
| 2004–05 | TPS | SM-l | 54 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | TPS | SM-l | 55 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | TPS | SM-l | 44 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | HPK | SM-l | 26 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Herlev Hornets | DNK | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | PaKa | FIN.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SM-l totals | 538 | 232 | 219 | 451 | 369 | 74 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 57 | ||||
| SEL totals | 63 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| NHL totals | 69 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Finland | WC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1996 | Finland | WCH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | Finland | WC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
References
edit- ^ Peter Gustafsson (29 May 2011). "Bergman blev "Kung Sune" med hela Jönköping" (in Swedish). Jnytt. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Nurminen till Los Angeles" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 29 June 1996. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database