International Won a bronze medal with Team Finland at the 1991 European Junior Championship ? Member of the 1992 and 1993 World Junior Championship teams ? Won a bronze medal at the 1994 Olympics and at the 1994 World Championship ? Member of the Finland's first ever gold medal winning team at the World Championship in 1995 ? Member of the 1996 World Cup team and the 1996 World Championship team ? Won bronze with Team Finland at the at the 1998 Olympics ? Won a silver medal at the 1998 World Championship scoring four goals and three assists at the tournament ? Won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship scoring seven goals and four assists in eight games ? Named Best Forward at the 2001 World Championship ? Named to the All-Star team at the 2001 World Championship ? Member of the 2002 Olympic team ?
Career Drafted 87th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers ? Scored 20 goals or more a season from 1997-98 to 2001-02 ? Played at the NHL All-Star Game in 2000 ? Reached the Stanley Cup Finals with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2002 ? Traded to the Philadelphia Flyers partway through the 2002-03 season. |