Ville Nieminen

Born on: April 6, 1977
Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
5 ' 11" (181 cm) | 198 lb (90 kg)

Drafted by: Colorado Avalanche, 3. round (#78 overall), in 1997 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	24	2001	Colorado Avalanche	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	28	2006	Team Finland	Olympics - Turin	Turin, Italy
	36	2013	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	�ss�t Pori defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
	37	2014	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	K�rp�t Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
Olympic Medals
NHL Stanley Cup Championships
Finnish Championship Medals

Last 5 NHL Games

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Mar 24, 2007	STL @ DET	(3-2)	0	0	0	15	0	1:53	1:53	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 25, 2007	STL @ CBJ	(1-4)	0	0	0	0	-1	9:19	9:15	0:04	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	3	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 27, 2007	CBJ @ STL	(4-1)	0	0	0	2	0	9:39	9:39	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 2, 2007	STL @ DAL	(4-2)	0	0	0	0	0	11:14	11:14	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	2	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 5, 2007	STL @ NSH	(1-4)	0	0	0	2	0	8:35	8:35	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1994‑95	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	17	16	0	0	0	0	-7	0	0	0
1995‑96	KooVee Tampere	Fazer-liiga	18	7	2	1	3	4	-2
1995‑96	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	18	4	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
1996‑97	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	49	10	13	23	120	-14	4	0	0
1997‑98	Hershey Bears	AHL	20	74	14	22	36	85	6	2	0	4	9.3
1998‑99	Hershey Bears	AHL	21	67	24	19	43	127	1	7	0	4	15.4
1999‑00	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1999‑00	Hershey Bears	AHL	22	74	21	30	51	54	-11	4	0	4	10.8
2000‑01	Hershey Bears	AHL	23	28	10	11	21	48	-2	4	1	1	12.5
2000‑01	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	23	50	14	8	22	38	8	2	0	3	20.6
2001‑02	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	24	53	10	14	24	30	1	1	0	5	13.9
2001‑02	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	24	13	1	2	3	8	-2	0	0	0	9.1
2002‑03	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	25	75	9	12	21	93	-25	0	2	1	10.5
2003‑04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	26	60	2	11	13	40	-15	1	0	0	3.6
2003‑04	Calgary Flames	NHL	26	19	3	5	8	18	6	0	0	1	11.1
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	26	14	13	27	32	3	6	1	4	14.0
2005‑06	New York Rangers	NHL	28	48	5	12	17	53	10	0	0	2	6.8
2005‑06	San Jose Sharks	NHL	28	22	3	4	7	10	-3	0	1	0	7.3
2006‑07	San Jose Sharks	NHL	29	30	1	1	2	14	-7	0	0	0	3.3
2006‑07	St. Louis Blues	NHL	29	14	0	0	0	29	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	IF Malm� Redhawks	Allsvenskan	30	34	9	15	24	124	4	3	0	3	16.7
2008‑09	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	55	21	20	41	82	-7	8	0	2	8.9
2009‑10	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	50	15	14	29	142	7	4	0	4	8.4
2010‑11	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	33	53	12	23	35	62	3	6	0	2	10.2
2011‑12	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	34	6	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	14.3
2011‑12	�rebro HK	Allsvenskan	34	15	4	5	9	16	-1	2	0	1	14.3
2011‑12	Dinamo Riga	KHL	34	16	0	1	1	14	-7	0	0	0	0.0
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	35	57	22	28	50	132	17	4	0	6	11.4
2013‑14	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	36	55	7	15	22	115	13	2	0	2	5.9
2014‑15	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	37	50	4	10	14	28	-3	3	0	0	5.3
	NHL Totals			385	48	69	117	333	-28	4	3	12	10.0
	Liiga Totals			362	93	114	207	659	9	31	1	18
	AHL Totals			243	69	82	151	314	-6	17	1	13	11.9
	KHL Totals			75	13	24	37	80	-3	6	0	2	8.2
	Allsvenskan Totals			49	13	20	33	140	3	5	0	4	15.9
	Mestis Totals			7	2	1	3	4	-2

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1996‑97	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	3	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0
1998‑99	Hershey Bears	AHL	21	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1999‑00	Hershey Bears	AHL	22	9	2	5	7	6	0	1	0	1	11.8
2000‑01	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	23	23	4	6	10	20	-1	3	0	1	10.3
2003‑04	Calgary Flames	NHL	26	24	4	4	8	55	0	1	0	0	9.8
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	8	2	4	6	12	0	0	0	0	9.5
2005‑06	San Jose Sharks	NHL	28	11	0	2	2	24	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2009‑10	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	9	3	3	6	16	2	2	0	0	13.0
2010‑11	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	33	4	1	1	2	0	-3	1	0	0	8.3
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	35	15	3	3	6	41	0	0	1	0	5.1
2013‑14	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	36	17	3	3	6	12	0	2	0	3	9.4
2014‑15	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	37	13	0	3	3	26	-3	0	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			65	12	16	28	115	-1	4	1	3
	NHL Totals			58	8	12	20	99	-2	4	0	1	8.2
	AHL Totals			12	2	6	8	6	3	1	0	1	10.0
	KHL Totals			4	1	1	2	0	-3	1	0	0	8.3

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	SHG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1997	19	6	2	5	7	2		1
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Salt Lake City 2002	24	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0.0
Team Finland - World Cup 2004	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Turin 2006	28	8	0	1	1	4	1	0	0.0
Olympics Totals		12	0	2	2	6	2	0	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		6	2	5	7	2		1
World Cup Totals		2	0	0	0	0	1	0