International Won a silver medal with Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary ... Member of the Finnish team at the 1990 World Championships ... Ranked sixth in team scoring for Finland at the 1991 World Championships ... Played for Team Finland at the 1991 Canada Cup ... Member of the Finnish team at the 1996 World Championships ... Played at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey ... Won a bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano ... Won a bronze medal with Team Finland at the 2000 World Championship ? Member of the 2002 Olympic team. Career Montreal's third choice, 57th overall, in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft ... Boyhood idol was Risto Siltanen ... Made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1989-90, but was later sent to Sherbrooke of the American Hockey League ... Finished third in scoring among all rookie defensemen while splitting 1989-90 season between Montreal and Vancouver ... Won the Walter "Babe" Pratt Award as the Vancouver Canucks' Outstanding Defenseman in 1991-92 after leading all Vancouver defensemen in scoring ... Became fifth Canuck to win more than one Pratt Trophy when he led all Vancouver defensemen in scoring again in 1992-93 ... Career-high 55 points in 1993-94 was the sixth-highest total in history by a Canucks defenseman and just eight points off the record ... Became Canucks' highest-scoring defensemen in post-season play during the 1994 playoffs as Vancouver reached the Stanley Cup finals ... In 1995-96, Led Canucks defensemen in goals (17), assists (37) and points (54)... Appeared in his 500th NHL game on March 12th, 1996 ... Finished the 1997-98 season as Vancouver's top scoring defenseman with nine goals and 21 assists for 30 points in 74 games ... Played three seasons with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL from 1998 to 2001 ? Played 15 games with the Dallas Stars in 2001 before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
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