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NHL

VILLE NIEMINEN

April 6, 1977  (49 yrs)
Tampere, FI

Left wing  (Shoot left)
6'0"  (205 LBS)

Entry drafts	NHL - 1997 R3 #78 COLORADO AVALANCHE
NHL earnings	$ 3 525 000
Coupe Stanley	2001 COLORADO AVALANCHE

STATS

VILLE NIEMINEN

PER SEASON		SEASONS						PLAYOFFS
PER SEASON		GP	G	A	PTS	PM	+/-	GP	G	A	PTS	PM	+/-
1996-97	WJC-20 - FI	6	2	5	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	AHL - BEA	74	14	22	36	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	AHL - BEA	67	24	19	43	127	-	3	-	1	1	-	-
1999-00	NHL - COL	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	AHL - BEA	74	21	30	51	54	-	9	2	4	6	6	-
2000-01	NHL - COL	50	14	8	22	38	+8	23	4	6	10	20	-
	AHL - BEA	28	10	11	21	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	NHL - PIT	13	1	2	3	8	-2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	NHL - COL	53	10	14	24	30	+1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	OLYM - FI	4	-	1	1	2	+1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	NHL - PIT	75	9	12	21	93	-25	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	NHL - CHI	60	2	11	13	40	-15	-	-	-	-	-	-
	NHL - CGY	19	3	5	8	18	+6	24	4	4	8	55	-
2005-06	NHL - NYR	48	5	12	17	53	+10	-	-	-	-	-	-
	NHL - SJS	22	3	4	7	10	-3	11	-	2	2	24	-1
	OLYM - FI	8	-	1	1	4	+1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	NHL - STL	14	-	-	-	29	-1	-	-	-	-	-	-
	NHL - SJS	30	1	1	2	14	-7	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	KHL - SIB	53	12	23	35	62	+3	4	1	1	2	-	-3
2011-12	KHL - DIN	16	-	1	1	14	-7	-	-	-	-	-	-
	KHL - NEF	6	1	-	1	4	+1	-	-	-	-	-	-
PER LEAGUE		SEASONS						PLAYOFFS
PER LEAGUE		GP	G	A	PTS	PM	+/-	GP	G	A	PTS	PM	+/-
NHL		385	48	69	117	333	-28	58	8	12	20	99	-1
AHL		243	69	82	151	314	-	12	2	5	7	6	-
KHL		75	13	24	37	80	-3	4	1	1	2	-	-3
OLYM		12	-	2	2	6	+2	-	-	-	-	-	-
WJC-20		6	2	5	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

NHL SALARIES

VILLE NIEMINEN

NHL	AGE	SALAIRE	CAP HIT	TOTAL
2000-01	23	475 000	-	475 000
2001-02	24	500 000	-	975 000
2002-03	25	550 000	-	1 525 000
2003-04	26	600 000	-	2 125 000
2005-06	28	700 000	-	2 825 000
2006-07	29	700 000	-	3 525 000
TOTAL			3 525 000	-

AWARDS

VILLE NIEMINEN

2000-01	NHL	Stanley cup CHAMPION Colorado Avalanche
2005-06	OLYMPICS	Silver Finland
NHL TROPHIES

TRANSACTIONS

VILLE NIEMINEN

March 19, 2002

Ville Nieminen is traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Rick Berry. In return, the Colorado Avalanche acquired Darius Kasparaitis.

February 24, 2004

Ville Nieminen is traded to the Calgary Flames. In return, the Chicago Blackhawks acquired Jason Morgan and 6th round draft pick in 2005 (#167: Joseph Fallon).

March 8, 2006

Ville Nieminen is traded to the San Jose Sharks. In return, the New York Rangers acquired 3rd round draft pick in 2006 (#83: John de Gray).

February 27, 2007

Ville Nieminen is traded to the St-Louis Blues with Jay Barriball and 1st round draft pick in 2007 (#26: David Perron). In return, the San Jose Sharks acquired Bill Guerin.

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