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Teppo Numminen

D | 6'2", 198 lbs. |

Birth Date:July 3, 1968 (44 years old)
Place of Birth:Tampere, FIN
Shoots:R

Experience:20 years
Drafted:Drafted by Winnipeg in 1986 (2/29).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	2000-01, 1999-00, 1998-99
	Olympic Silver Medal	2006 (Finland), 1988 (Finland)
	Olympic Bronze Medal	1998 (Finland)

Movements & Injuries

2009
8/04/2009	Announced his retirement.
4/01/2009	Missed 5 games (ankle injury).
3/20/2009	Ankle injury, day-to-day.
2/04/2009	Missed 6 games (facial injury).
1/19/2009	Facial injury, day-to-day.
2008
9/21/2008	Heart surgery, sidelined indefinitely.
8/08/2008	Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract.
4/05/2008	Missed 81 games (heart surgery).
3/19/2008	Missed 73 games (heart surgery).
2007
9/21/2007	Heart surgery, sidelined indefinitely.
7/04/2007	Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract.
2006
12/14/2006	Missed 2 games (wrist injury).
12/09/2006	Toe injury, day-to-day.
7/03/2006	Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract.
6/01/2006	Missed Game 7 of Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes (groin).
6/01/2006	Groin, day-to-day.
5/30/2006	Missed Game 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes (lower body injury).
5/22/2006	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
4/30/2006	Missed Game 4 of Round One against the Philadelphia Flyers (irregular heartbeat).
4/28/2006	Irregular heartbeat, day-to-day.
4/12/2006	Missed 6 games (sprained knee).
3/30/2006	Sprained knee, sidelined indefinitely.
1/31/2006	Missed 1 game (hamstring).
1/26/2006	Hamstring, day-to-day.
2005
8/04/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres to a one-year contract.
2004
4/12/2004	Missed Game 2 of Round One against the Colorado Avalanche (undisclosed).
4/09/2004	Undisclosed, day-to-day.
3/31/2004	Missed 5 games (heart ailment).
3/20/2004	Heart ailment, sidelined indefinitely.
2003
12/22/2003	Missed 1 game (right foot injury).
12/20/2003	Right foot injury, day-to-day.
12/17/2003	Missed 12 games (broken right foot).
12/06/2003	Broken right foot, day-to-day.
11/20/2003	Broken right foot, early December.
11/14/2003	Missed 2 games (groin).
11/08/2003	Groin, day-to-day.
7/22/2003	Acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes.
6/30/2003	Re-signed by the Pheonix Coyotes to a one-year contract.
2002
11/22/2002	Missed 4 games (ankle injury).
11/12/2002	Ankle injury, day-to-day.
4/20/2002	Missed Game One of Round One against San Jose (broken bone in foot).
4/17/2002	Broken bone in foot, day-to-day.
2001
11/20/2001	Missed 6 games (broken foot).
11/16/2001	Broken foot, day-to-day.
11/07/2001	Broken foot, mid-november.
3/19/2001	Missed 2 games (hip injury).
3/16/2001	Hip injury, day-to-day.
3/08/2001	Missed 1 game (foot injury).
3/06/2001	Foot injury, day-to-day.
2000
12/06/2000	Missed 3 games (right ankle injury).
11/29/2000	Right ankle injury, day-to-day.
11/25/2000	Missed 2 games (foot injury).
11/18/2000	Foot injury, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2005
8/04/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres.
2003
7/22/2003	Phoenix Coyotes traded Teppo Numminen to the Dallas Stars for Mike Sillinger.
1996
7/01/1996	Rights transferred to the Phoenix Coyotes after the Winnipeg Jets franchise relocated.
1986
6/21/1986	Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2nd round (29th overall) in 1986.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2008-09	Buffalo	NHL	57	2	15	17	-4	22	1	0	1	17:30	34	0.30
2007-08	Buffalo	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:03	1	0.00
2006-07	Buffalo	NHL	79	2	27	29	17	32	0	0	0	20:47	69	0.37
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	75	2	38	40	6	36	0	0	0	19:30	60	0.53
	Finland	Olympic	8	1	2	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.38
2004-05	Finland	W-Cup	6	0	2	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	62	3	14	17	-5	18	0	0	0	21:39	83	0.27
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	78	6	24	30	0	30	2	0	1	23:51	108	0.38
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	76	13	35	48	13	20	4	0	6	23:51	117	0.63
	Finland	Olympic	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	6	0.25
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	72	5	26	31	9	36	1	0	2	24:28	109	0.43
1999-00	Phoenix	NHL	79	8	34	42	21	16	2	0	2	23:37	126	0.53
1998-99	Phoenix	NHL	82	10	30	40	3	30	1	0	0	24:26	156	0.49
1997-98	Phoenix	NHL	82	11	40	51	25	30	6	0	2	-	126	0.62
	Finland	Olympic	6	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
1996-97	Phoenix	NHL	82	2	25	27	-3	28	0	0	0	-	135	0.33
	Finland	W-Cup	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Finland	WC	5	2	2	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
1995-96	Winnipeg	NHL	74	11	43	54	-4	22	6	0	3	-	165	0.73
	Finland	WC	1	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
1994-95	Winnipeg	NHL	42	5	16	21	12	16	2	0	0	-	86	0.50
	TuTo	Fin	12	3	8	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.92
1993-94	Winnipeg	NHL	57	5	18	23	-23	28	4	0	1	-	89	0.40
1992-93	Winnipeg	NHL	66	7	30	37	4	33	3	1	0	-	103	0.56
1991-92	Winnipeg	NHL	80	5	34	39	15	32	4	0	1	-	143	0.49
	Finland	Can-Cup	6	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
1990-91	Winnipeg	NHL	80	8	25	33	-15	28	3	0	0	-	151	0.41
	Finland	WEC	10	1	3	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.40
1989-90	Winnipeg	NHL	79	11	32	43	-4	20	1	0	1	-	105	0.54
1988-89	Winnipeg	NHL	69	1	14	15	-11	36	0	1	0	-	85	0.22
1987-88	Tappara	Fin	40	10	10	20	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
	Finland	Olympic	6	1	4	5	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.83
	Finland	WJC	7	5	2	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
	Finland	Can-Cup	4	1	0	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
1986-87	Tappara	Fin	44	9	9	18	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.41
	Finland	WEC	10	5	0	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
1985-86	Tappara	Fin	31	2	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.19
	Tappara	Fin Jr.	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	1372	117	520	637	56	513	40	2	20	-	2051	0.46
Fin	Total	Fin	127	24	31	55	-	55	-	-	-	-	-	0.43
Can-Cup	Total	Can-Cup	10	2	1	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
Olympic	Total	Olympic	24	3	8	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.46
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	8	0	2	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
WC	Total	WC	6	2	3	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.83
WEC	Total	WEC	20	6	3	9	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.45
WJC	Total	WJC	7	5	2	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.00

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2008-09	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Buffalo	NHL	16	0	4	4	10	4	0	0	0	19:33	9	0.25
2005-06	Buffalo	NHL	12	1	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	18:45	7	0.17
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.25
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	6	0.00
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	Phoenix	NHL	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	-	12	0.40
1998-99	Phoenix	NHL	7	2	1	3	-5	4	2	0	0	-	18	0.43
1997-98	Phoenix	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0.00
1996-97	Phoenix	NHL	7	3	3	6	3	0	1	0	1	-	19	0.86
1995-96	Winnipeg	NHL	6	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	-	6	0.00
1994-95	Winnipeg	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	TuTo	Fin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	Winnipeg	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1992-93	Winnipeg	NHL	6	1	1	2	-4	2	1	0	0	-	9	0.33
1991-92	Winnipeg	NHL	7	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	-	9	0.00
1990-91	Winnipeg	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1989-90	Winnipeg	NHL	7	1	2	3	1	10	0	0	0	-	10	0.43
1988-89	Winnipeg	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1987-88	Tappara	Fin	10	6	6	12	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1.20
1986-87	Tappara	Fin	9	4	1	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.56
1985-86	Tappara	Fin	8	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Tappara	Fin Jr.	3	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
NHL	Total	NHL	82	9	14	23	2	28	5	0	1	-	108	0.28
Fin	Total	Fin	27	10	7	17	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.63
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	3	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	3 times-last: 1998-99 (Phx)
Goals	13	2001-02 (Phx)
Assists	43	1995-96 (Wpg)
Points	54	1995-96 (Wpg)
Penalty Minutes	36	3 times-last: 2005-06 (Buf)
Plus/Minus	+25	1997-98 (Phx)
Power Play Goals	6	2 times-last: 1997-98 (Phx)
Shorthanded Goals	1	2 times-last: 1992-93 (Wpg)
Shots	165	1995-96 (Wpg)

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