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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	ft  in ( m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders
Nationality	Finland
Born	December 5 1978 (1978--) (age 28), Kuopio, FIN
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1997 Los Angeles Kings
Pro Career	1998 – present

Olli Jokinen (born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio, Finland) is a professional ice hockey centre. He has been the captain of the Florida Panthers since 2003, and broke the team record for most game-winning goals (24) on October 21, 2006. The record was previously held by Pavel Bure.

Jokinen was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft as the 3rd overall pick. He played parts of two seasons for the Kings after coming across from Europe, before he was dealt to the New York Islanders in a trade that brought Zigmund Palffy to Los Angeles. After one disappointing season on Long Island, Jokinen was dealt to the Florida Panthers.

Jokinen began living up to his potential as a Panther. After two more slow seasons, he broke out in the 2002-03 NHL season, scoring 36 goals and 65 points and cementing his status as the Panthers first-line centre.

Olli Jokinen is not related to Dallas Stars forward Jussi Jokinen.

Career Statistics

                                  Regular Season
Season  Team                    Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  +\-   PIM


1997-98 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   8    0   0    0    -5    6
1998-99 Los Angeles Kings       NHL   66   9   12   21   -10   44
1999-00 New York Islanders      NHL   82   11  10   21   0     80
2000-01 Florida Panthers        NHL   78   6   10   16   -22   106
2001-02 Florida Panthers        NHL   80   9   20   29   -16   98
2002-03 Florida Panthers        NHL   81   36  29   65   -17   79
2003-04 Florida Panthers        NHL   82   26  32   58   -16   81
2005-06 Florida Panthers        NHL   82   38  51   89   14    88
2006-07 Florida Panthers        NHL   82   39  52   91   18    78

                   NHL Totals         641  174 216  390  -54   660

Awards

• Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy for best rookie in SM-liiga -
• Matti Keinonen trophy for best +/- in the SM-liiga -
• Jari Kurri trophy for best player in the playoffs -

Transactions

• 21 June 1997 - Jokinen drafted by Los Angeles.
• 19 June 1999 - Jokinen traded along with Josh Green, Mathieu Biron and a 1st round draft pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
  (Taylor Pyatt) to the New York Islanders in exchange for Zigmund Palffy, Bryan Smolinski, Marcel Cousineau and a 4th round draft pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft (Daniel Johansson)
• 24 June 2000 - Jokinen and Roberto Luongo traded to Florida in exchange for Oleg Kvasha and Mark Parrish

External links

• Olli Jokinen's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Olli Jokinen at Hockey News
• Olli Jokinen on nhlfinns.com

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