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Lasse Kukkonen

Lasse Kukkonen was born September 18, 1981 in Oulu, Finland. The fifth round, 151st overall selection of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Kukkonen honed his skills in Finland before making his NHL debut in 2003-04.

Upon his arrival in North America, Kukkonen spent the majority of his rookie season with Chicago's AHL affiliate in Norfolk while seeing action ten games with the parent club.

Kukkonen became a regular in the Blackhawks line up in the 2006-07 season appearing in 54 games with the club. Despite his increase in ice time, Kukkonen was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers one day prior to the NHL trading deadline.

On the international stage, Kukkonen represented his homeland at the 2005 World Championship.

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1997-98	Karpat Oulu U18	Fin-U18	36	5	16	21	46
1998-99	Karpat Oulu U18	Fin-U18	2	1	2	3	0
1998-99	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.	34	2	13	15	24
1998-99	Finland	WJ18-A	7	1	0	1	0
1999-00	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.	27	9	11	20	26
1999-00	Karpat Oulu	Finland-2	22	0	4	4	14
2000-01	Karpat Oulu	Finland	47	1	5	6	46		9	0	2	2	4
2000-01	Finland	WJC-A	7	0	0	0	2	0
2001-02	Karpat Oulu	Finland	55	2	6	8	42		4	0	3	3	4
2001-02	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.							1	1	0	1	0
2002-03	Karpat Oulu	Finland	56	6	12	18	67		15	1	4	5	16
2003-04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	10	0	1	1	4	-2
2003-04	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	59	3	11	14	58	+4	8	0	0	0	8
2004-05	Karpat Oulu	Finland	55	5	13	18	68		12	0	2	2	6
2004-05	Finland	WC-A	7	0	0	0	2	-1
2005-06	Karpat Oulu	Finland	56	11	16	27	38		11	5	7	12	8
2005-06	Finland	Olympics	2	0	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Finland	WC-A	9	2	0	2	8	+4
2006-07	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	54	5	9	14	30	+5
2006-07	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	20	0	0	0	8	-1
2006-07	Finland	WC-A	9	0	1	1	4	+6
2007-08	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	53	1	4	5	38	+3	14	0	2	2	6
2008-09	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	22	0	2	2	10	-2
2008-09	Finland	WC-A	6	0	0	0	4	+1
2008-09	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	26	0	11	11	20	+9	4	2	0	2	6
2009-10	Avangard Omsk Region	KHL	53	6	6	12	34		3	0	1	1	0
2009-10	Finland	Olympics	6	0	1	1	4	+1
2009-10	Finland	WC-A	6	0	0	0	2	-2
2010-11	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	37	4	8	12	16		5	0	0	0	0
2010-11	Finland	WC-A	9	0	0	0	0	+1
2011-12	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	51	4	4	8	22		10	0	1	1	4
2011-12	Finland	WC-A	10	0	1	1	0	-2
NHL Totals			159	6	16	22	90		14	0	2	2	6


	Signed as a free agent by Oulu (Finland), September 11, 2004. Traded to Philadelphia by Chicago with Chicago's 3rd round choice (Garrett Klotz) in 2007 Entry Draft for Kyle Calder, February 26, 2007. Signed as a free agent by Omsk (KHL), June 24, 2009.

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