Saku Koivu

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Saku Koivu Facts

Date of BirthNov 23, 1974
Age50
Place of BirthTurku, FIN
Nation
Finland
Youth TeamTPS
PositionC
Height178 cm / 5'10"
Weight82 kg / 181 lbs
ShootsL
StatusRetired

Player Type
Leader
Playmaker
Two-Way Forward
Drafted
1993 round 1 #21 overall by Montréal Canadiens
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Father: Jukka Koivu
Brother: Mikko Koivu
Son: Aatos Koivu

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Saku Koivu Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1990-91	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	24	20	28	48	26	-
	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	12	3	7	10	6	-
1991-92	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	34	25	28	53	57	-	Playoffs	8	5	9	14	6	-
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	3	5	8	18	-
1992-93	TPS	SM-liiga	46	3	7	10	28	-5	Playoffs	11	3	2	5	2	5
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	1	8	9	6	9
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	16	4	15	19	14	-
	Finland	WC	6	0	1	1	2	-3
	Finland (all)	International	10	2	3	5	2	-
	Finland II (all)	International	2	2	1	3	0	-
1993-94	TPS	SM-liiga	47	23	30	53	42	27	Playoffs	11	4	8	12	16	2
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	3	6	9	12	4
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	12	7	7	14	14	-
	Finland	OG	8	4	3	7	12	3
	Finland	WC	8	5	6	11	4	14
	Finland (all)	International	23	11	12	23	28	14
1994-95	TPS"A"	SM-liiga	45	27	47	74	73	33	Playoffs	13	7	10	17	16	16
	Finland"A"	WC	8	5	5	10	18	9
	Finland (all)	International	15	6	10	16	20	-
1995-96	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	82	20	25	45	40	-7	Playoffs	6	3	1	4	8	2
1996-97	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	50	17	39	56	38	7	Playoffs	5	1	3	4	10	1
	Finland	WCup	4	1	3	4	4	-1
	Finland	WC	6	2	2	4	2	1
	Finland (all)	International	10	3	5	8	6	0
1997-98	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	69	14	43	57	48	8	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	2	4
	Finland"C"	OG	6	2	8	10	4	1
	Finland (all)	International	6	2	8	10	4	1
1998-99	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	65	14	30	44	38	-7
	Finland"C"	WC	10	4	12	16	4	8
	Finland (all)	International	10	4	12	16	4	8
1999-00	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	24	3	18	21	14	7
2000-01	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	54	17	30	47	40	2
2001-02	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	3	0	2	2	0	0	Playoffs	12	4	6	10	4	2
2002-03	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	82	21	50	71	72	5
	Finland"C"	WC	7	1	10	11	4	3
	Finland (all)	International	7	1	10	11	4	3
2003-04	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	68	14	41	55	52	-5	Playoffs	11	3	8	11	10	1
2004-05	TPSLockout	SM-liiga	20	8	8	16	28	11	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	30	-2
	Finland"C"	WCup	6	3	1	4	2	-
	Finland (all)	International	6	3	1	4	2	-
2005-06	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	72	17	45	62	70	1	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	1
	Finland"C"	OG	8	3	8	11	12	5
2006-07	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	81	22	53	75	74	-21
2007-08	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	77	16	40	56	93	-4	Playoffs	7	3	6	9	4	1
	Finland	WC	6	0	3	3	4	-3
	Finland (all)	International	6	0	3	3	4	-3
2008-09	Montréal Canadiens"C"	NHL	65	16	34	50	44	4	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	2	-1
2009-10	Anaheim Ducks"A"	NHL	71	19	33	52	36	14
	Finland"C"	OG	6	0	2	2	6	1
	Finland (all)	International	6	0	2	2	6	1
2010-11	Anaheim Ducks"A"	NHL	75	15	30	45	36	-8	Playoffs	6	1	6	7	6	-2
2011-12	Anaheim Ducks"A"	NHL	74	11	27	38	50	7
2012-13	Anaheim Ducks"A"	NHL	47	8	19	27	18	4	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	6	-4
2013-14	Anaheim Ducks"A"	NHL	65	11	18	29	46	3	Playoffs	13	0	1	1	8	-3

Saku Koivu Tournament Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1994-95	TPS	European Cup	4	3	5	8	8	4
	Finland	Izvestia Cup	4	1	4	5	0	6

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on team	Notes
2007-08	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner	Became a part owner
2008-09	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner
2009-10	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner
2010-11	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner
2011-12	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner
2012-13	TPS	SM-liiga	Franchise Owner
2013-14	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2014-15	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2015-16	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2016-17	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	Finland	WCup	Team Consultant
2017-18	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	TPS	Liiga	Dir. of Player Development
2018-19	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	TPS	Liiga	Dir. of Player Development
2019-20	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
2020-21	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	TPS	Liiga	Senior Advisor
2021-22	TPS	Liiga	Franchise Owner
	TPS	Liiga	Senior Advisor
2022-23	TPS	Liiga	Senior Advisor
2023-24	TPS	Liiga	Senior Advisor

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Saku Koivu Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
EJC-18	1	6	3	5	8	1.33	18	-	0
European Cup	1	4	3	5	8	2.00	8	4	0
International	10	101	34	67	101	1.00	80	24*	0
International-Jr	2	28	11	22	33	1.18	28	-	0
Izvestia Cup	1	4	1	4	5	1.25	0	6	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	2	46	28	35	63	1.37	63	-	1	8	5	9	14	1.75	6	-
NHL	18	1124	255	577	832	0.74	809	10	11	80	18	41	59	0.74	62	2
OG	4	28	9	21	30	1.07	34	10	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	4	158	61	92	153	0.97	171	66	4	41	17	22	39	0.95	64	21
U18 SM-sarja	1	24	20	28	48	2.00	26	-	0
WC	7	51	17	39	56	1.10	38	29	0
WCup	2	10	4	4	8	0.80	6	-1*	0
WJC-20	2	14	4	14	18	1.29	18	13	0

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Saku Koivu Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1992-1993	SM-liiga Champion
1993-1994	European Cup Champion Finnish Player of the Year SM-liiga Most Points by Junior (53) Liiga Most Power Play Goals (11) SM-liiga Silver Medal Olympic Bronze Medal World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1994-1995	Finnish Player of the Year SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Player in Playoffs (Jari Kurri Award) SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) SM-liiga Champion SM-liiga Golden Helmet SM-liiga Most Assists (47) SM-liiga Most Points (Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy) (74) Liiga Most Power Play Goals (11) SM-liiga Player of the Month (November) World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Best Forward World Championship Gold Medal
1997-1998	NHL All-Star Game Olympic Bronze Medal Olympic Most Assists (8)
1998-1999	World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Best Forward World Championship Most Assists (12) World Championship Most Points (16) World Championship Silver Medal
2001-2002	NHL Sportsmanship Award (Bill Masterton Trophy)
2004-2005	World Cup All-Star Team World Cup Runner Up
2005-2006	Olympic All-Star Team Olympic Most Assists (8) Olympic Silver Medal
2006-2007	NHL Leadership-Humanitarian Award (King Clancy Trophy)
2007-2008	World Championship Bronze Medal
2009-2010	Olympic Bronze Medal
2015-2016	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#228)
2016-2017	IIHF Hall of Fame

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Saku Koivu Connections

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Player	Period	Years	Teams
Teemu Selänne (F)	1996-2014	12	Anaheim Ducks, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all)
Craig Rivet (D)	1995-2007	12	Montréal Canadiens, TPS
Kimmo Timonen (D)	1991-2010	11	Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Finland U18, Finland U20, Finland U20 (all), TPS
Ville Peltonen (F)	1992-2010	11	Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Finland II (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all)

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Date	Status	From	To
09/10/2014	confirmed	Anaheim Ducks	Retired
07/05/2013	extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
05/09/2012	extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
07/01/2010	extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
07/08/2009	confirmed	Montréal Canadiens	Anaheim Ducks

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Saku Koivu Biography and Trivia

Number 11 retired by TPS
Number 11 retired by Finland
Number 11 retired by Finland
Number 11 retired by Finland
Cult/Star player for Anaheim Ducks
Cult/Star player for Finland
Cult/Star player for Montréal Canadiens
Cult/Star player for TPS

Career transactions
- 2009-07-08 • Signed as a free agent by Anaheim
- 2004-10-21 • Signed as a free agent by Turku (Finland)
- 2001-09-06 • Missed majority of 2001-02 due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- 1999-10-30 • Missed majority of 1999-2000 due to shoulder injury vs. NY Rangers, October 30, 1999

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