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National team
Finland
NHL draft
35th overall, 1984 New York Rangers
Playing career
1982–2008
Website
http://www.raipe.fi
Raimo Ilmari Helminen (born 11 March 1964 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans. He is the world record holder for most international games played by a hockey player, as well as for tied for being the hockey player in the most Olympic Games,[1][2] and his 26 seasons as a professional is one of the longest careers in professional hockey history. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2012.
In the 2022-23 season he is serving as the assistant coach of Ilves. Helminen is credited with invention of the saucer pass.
^Klein, Jeff Z. (November 22, 2008). "Hockey Night in Europe: Helminen's No. 41 Raised to the Rafters".
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championship. Along with Risto Jalo, the key players of that team were RaimoHelminen, Mikko Mäkelä, Ville Siren, and Jukka Tammi. Repeating this success...
format was hosted in Salt Lake City, United States. Finnish centre RaimoHelminen became the first ice hockey player to compete in six tournaments. In...
the saucer pass is commonly credited as the Finnish ice hockey legend RaimoHelminen. According to the book Raipe - vaatimattomuuden lyhyt oppimäärä, he...
Olympics after Udo Kießling, Petter Thoresen, RaimoHelminen, Dieter Hegen and Denis Perez (at the time, Helminen was the only ice hockey player to compete...
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi and ice hockey player RaimoHelminen. Notes Satu Mäkelä-Nummela's victory in women's trap was Finland's first...
Sergei Svetlov Sergei Yashin Finland (1) Timo Blomqvist Kari Eloranta RaimoHelminen Iiro Järvi Esa Keskinen Erkki Laine Kari Laitinen Erkki Lehtonen Jyrki...
Matti Keinonen trophy 1984–85 Succeeded by Harry Nikander Preceded by Saku Koivu Winner of the President's trophy 1999–2000 Succeeded by RaimoHelminen...
Federation Hall of Fame. He was named alongside American Phil Housley, Finn RaimoHelminen and Czechoslovak Milan Nový in the annual class. The players were inducted...
Peter Berg, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor 1964 – RaimoHelminen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach 1964 – Vinnie Paul, American drummer...
18 years (22/40) Biathlon (5) and cross-country skiing (1) 0 0 0 0 RaimoHelminen Finland 1964 1984–2002 18 years (19/37) Ice hockey 0 1 2 3 Markus Prock...
trophy – rookie of the year Matti Keinonen trophy – most effective player Raimo Kilpiö trophy – most gentlemanly player Urpo Ylönen trophy – best goaltender...
Forwards and defence: Timo Blomqvist, Jari Grönstrand, Matti Hagman, RaimoHelminen, Iiro Järvi, Timo Jutila, Jari Kurri, Markku Kyllonen, Mikko Mäkelä...
Position Name Birthplace 1995–96 team F RaimoHelminen – A Tampere, Finland Malmö IF F Sami Kapanen Vantaa, Finland Hartford Whalers G Markus Ketterer...
Zhitnik Alexei Zhamnov Finland (FIN) Aki-Petteri Berg Tuomas Grönman RaimoHelminen Sami Kapanen Saku Koivu Jari Kurri Janne Laukkanen Jere Lehtinen Juha...
Schaefer Rob Shearer Andrei Skopintsev Karlis Skrastins Aleksandr Smirnov Raimo Summanen Sami Salo Kai Suikkanen Niklas Sundblad Seppo Suoraniemi Toivo...
Svetlov Sergei Yashin Silver Finland (FIN) Timo Blomqvist Kari Eloranta RaimoHelminen Iiro Järvi Esa Keskinen Erkki Laine Kari Laitinen Erkki Lehtonen Jyrki...
Finland men's national ice hockey team Timo Blomqvist Kari Eloranta RaimoHelminen Iiro Järvi Esa Keskinen Erkki Laine Kari Laitinen Jukka Virtanen Erkki...
Henrik Zetterberg of Timrå IK, and the cover athlete on SM-Liiga 2001 is RaimoHelminen of Ilves. Reception The PC version received "universal acclaim", while...
Hartikainen Ilkka Heikkinen Miro Heiskanen Riku Helenius Anne Helin RaimoHelminen Jukka Hentunen Jenni Hiirikoski Roope Hintz Kim Hirschovits Elisa Holopainen...
duties for Ilves on January 21, 2013, as a mid-season replacement for RaimoHelminen. "2017_09_08 Ilves-Tappara 0044". Tuomas Tuokkola career statistics...
Pekka Rautakallio trophy 1998–99 Succeeded by Toni Lydman Preceded by RaimoHelminen Winner of the Kultainen kypärä trophy 1998–99 Succeeded by Kai Nurminen...
Washington Capitals (from Minnesota)6 Matignon High School (USHS-MA) 35 RaimoHelminen Centre Finland New York Rangers Ilves (Finland) 36 Jeff Brown Defence...
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