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Ossi Vaananen

D | 6'4", 215 lbs. |

Birth Date:August 18, 1980 (32 years old)
Place of Birth:Vantaa, FIN
Shoots:L

Experience:7 years
Drafted:Drafted by Phoenix in 1998 (2/43).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Played in the NHL YoungStars Game	2002-03

Movements & Injuries

2009
7/31/2009	Signed with the HC Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
2/27/2009	Claimed off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers.
2/26/2009	Waived by the Philadelphia Flyers.
1/13/2009	Missed 1 game (lower body injury).
1/10/2009	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
2008
11/24/2008	Missed 4 games (finger injury).
11/15/2008	Finger injury, day-to-day.
11/13/2008	Missed 3 games (upper body injury).
11/06/2008	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
7/01/2008	Signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers to a one-year contract.
2006
6/28/2006	Re-signed by the Colorado Avalanche to a one-year contract.
5/11/2006	Missed the last 28 games of the regular season, all 5 games of Round One against the Dallas Stars and Game 1, 2 and 3 of Round Two against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks (ankle injury).
2/03/2006	Ankle surgery, sidelined indefinitely.
2/02/2006	Ankle injury, left Thursday's game.
2004
12/01/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the HIFK Helsinki of the SM-Liiga (Finland).
3/27/2004	Missed 1 game (flu).
3/25/2004	Flu, day-to-day.
3/09/2004	Acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes.
2003
12/10/2003	Missed 1 game (sore neck).
12/07/2003	Sore neck, day-to-day.
4/22/2003	Re-signed by the Phoenix Coyotes to a multi-year contract.
3/06/2003	Missed 14 games (strained MCL).
2/03/2003	Strained MCL, early March.
2002
10/28/2002	Missed 1 game (bruised foot).
10/26/2002	Bruised foot, day-to-day.
3/30/2002	Missed 6 games (shoulder injury).
3/19/2002	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2009
2/27/2009	Claimed off waivers by the Vancouver Canucks from the Philadelphia Flyers.
2008
7/01/2008	Signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers.
2004
3/09/2004	Phoenix Coyotes traded Chris Gratton, Ossi Vaananen and a 2nd round selection (Paul Stastny) in 2005 to the Colorado Avalanche for Derek Morris and Keith Ballard.
1998
6/27/1998	Drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2nd round (43rd overall) in 1998.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Jokerit	Fin	53	2	11	13	6	61	0	0	0	-	93	0.25
	Finland	WC	10	1	3	4	1	6	0	0	0	15:34	5	0.40
2011-12	Jokerit	Fin	57	5	16	21	11	98	3	0	0	-	147	0.37
	Finland	WC	10	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	15:24	4	0.10
2010-11	Jokerit	Fin	60	2	11	13	9	79	0	0	0	-	98	0.22
	Finland	WC	9	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	15:01	5	0.00
2009-10	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	52	0	6	6	-10	76	0	0	0	-	25	0.12
2008-09	Vancouver	NHL	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9:28	2	0.33
	Philadelphia	NHL	46	1	9	10	7	22	0	0	0	18:27	18	0.22
	Total Phi/Van	NHL	49	1	10	11	8	22	0	0	0	17:54	20	0.22
2007-08	Djurgarden	Swe	45	7	8	15	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Finland	WC	9	0	1	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.11
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	74	2	6	8	6	69	0	0	1	14:19	32	0.11
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	53	0	4	4	10	56	0	0	0	13:34	34	0.08
	Finland	Olympic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Jokerit	Fin	28	2	2	4	6	30	-	-	-	-	-	0.14
	Finland	WC	7	0	1	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.14
	Finland	W-Cup	4	1	2	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.75
2003-04	Colorado	NHL	12	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	18:36	6	0.00
	Phoenix	NHL	67	2	4	6	-10	87	0	0	1	19:21	39	0.09
	Total Phx/Col	NHL	79	2	4	6	-14	89	0	0	1	19:14	45	0.08
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	67	2	7	9	1	82	0	0	0	19:15	49	0.13
	Finland	WC	7	0	4	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.57
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	76	2	12	14	6	74	0	1	0	20:13	41	0.18
	Finland	Olympic	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0.50
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	81	4	12	16	9	90	0	0	2	19:09	69	0.20
	Finland	WC	9	0	2	2	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.22
1999-00	Jokerit	Fin	49	1	6	7	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	0.14
	Finland	WJC	7	0	0	0	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1998-99	Jokerit	Fin	48	0	1	1	-	42	-	-	-	-	-	0.02
	Finland	WJC	6	0	2	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	12	1	6	7	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.58
1997-98	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	31	0	6	6	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.19
	Jokerit	Fin U18	7	3	3	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.86
1996-97	Jokerit	Fin U18	18	1	2	3	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1995-96	Jokerit	Fin U18	8	0	0	0	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	479	13	55	68	26	482	0	1	4	-	290	0.14
Swe	Total	Swe	45	7	8	15	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
Fin	Total	Fin	295	12	47	59	-	356	-	-	-	-	-	0.20
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	44	1	12	13	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
Fin U18	Total	Fin U18	33	4	5	9	-	53	-	-	-	-	-	0.27
KHL	Total	KHL	52	0	6	6	-10	76	0	0	0	-	25	0.12
Olympic	Total	Olympic	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0.50
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	4	1	2	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.75
WC	Total	WC	61	1	12	13	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	0.21
WJC	Total	WJC	13	0	2	2	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.15

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Jokerit	Fin	6	0	3	3	5	6	0	0	0	-	18	0.50
	Finland	WC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2011-12	Jokerit	Fin	10	1	2	3	5	8	0	0	0	-	19	0.30
2010-11	Jokerit	Fin	7	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	1	-	20	0.43
2009-10	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2008-09	Vancouver	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9:13	0	0.00
2007-08	Djurgarden	Swe	5	0	0	0	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:58	1	0.00
2004-05	Jokerit	Fin	12	0	0	0	6	26	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
2003-04	Colorado	NHL	11	0	1	1	3	18	0	0	0	-	4	0.09
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	-	4	0.00
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	Jokerit	Fin	11	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.18
1998-99	Jokerit	Fin	3	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	6	1	0	1	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
1997-98	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	7	0	2	2	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
	Jokerit	Fin U18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	Jokerit	Fin U18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Jokerit	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1995-96	Jokerit	Fin U18	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
NHL	Total	NHL	20	0	1	1	3	26	0	0	0	-	9	0.05
Swe	Total	Swe	5	0	0	0	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
Fin	Total	Fin	49	3	9	12	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	0.24
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	13	1	2	3	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	0.23
Fin U18	Total	Fin U18	2	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	81	2000-01 (Phx)
Goals	4	2000-01 (Phx)
Assists	12	2 times-last: 2001-02 (Phx)
Points	16	2000-01 (Phx)
Penalty Minutes	90	2000-01 (Phx)
Plus/Minus	+10	2005-06 (Col)
Shorthanded Goals	1	2001-02 (Phx)
Shots	69	2000-01 (Phx)

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