Raimo Helminen

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Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg)
Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1983 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | Ilves Tampere defeated Tappara Tampere 2‑0 in a best of three bronze medal series. | |
| 19 | 1984 | Team Finland | U20 World Championship | Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden | |
| 21 | 1985 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | Ilves Tampere defeated TPS Turku 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 23 | 1988 | Team Finland | Olympics - Calgary | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |
| 28 | 1992 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | Malmö IF defeated Djurgårdens IF 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 29 | 1994 | Team Finland | Olympics - Lillehammer | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 30 | 1994 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | Malmö IF defeated MODO Hockey 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 30 | 1994 | Team Finland | World Championship | Bolzano, Canazei and Milan, Italy | |
| 31 | 1995 | Team Finland | World Championship | Stockholm and Gävle, Sweden | |
| 33 | 1998 | Team Finland | Olympics - Nagano | Nagano, Japan | |
| 34 | 1998 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 34 | 1998 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Basel, Klagenfurt and Zürich, Switzerland | |
| 35 | 1999 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 36 | 2000 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 37 | 2001 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | Ilves Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 2‑0 in the bronze medal game. | |
| 37 | 2001 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany | |
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | |||||
| IIHF World Championship Medals | |||||
| Olympic Medals | |||||
| Swedish Championship Medals | |||||
| Finnish Championship Medals | |||||
| Overall | Time on Ice | Goals | Assists | Points | per 60 All Situations | per 60 Even-Strength | per 60 Power-Play | Shots | Defensive | Faceoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Game | Score | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | TOI | ES | PP | SH | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | ESA | PPA | SHA | GWA | OTA | ESP | PPP | SHP | GWP | OTP | PPP% | G/60 | A/60 | P/60 | ESG/60 | ESA/60 | ESP/60 | PPG/60 | PPA/60 | PPP/60 | SOG | SH% | HITS | BS | FOW | FOL | FO% |
| Dec 14, 1988 | NYI @ NYR | (1-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 15, 1988 | PIT @ NYI | (8-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 17, 1988 | NJD @ NYI | (2-5) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 20, 1988 | NYI @ PIT | (3-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 22, 1988 | PHI @ NYI | (4-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| GAME LOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stripe: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 1982‑83 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 18 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982‑83 | Team Finland U20 | | 18 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 1983‑84 | Olympiajoukkue | SM-Liiga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983‑84 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 19 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 14 | -7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1983‑84 | Team Finland U20 | | 19 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 4 | |||||
| 1983‑84 | Team Finland | | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1984‑85 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 20 | 36 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1984‑85 | Team Finland | | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 1985‑86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 21 | 66 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 |
| 1986‑87 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1986‑87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| 1986‑87 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1987‑88 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 23 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1987‑88 | Team Finland | | 23 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988‑89 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 24 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 1988‑89 | New York Islanders | NHL | 24 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1989‑90 | Malmö IF | Division I | 25 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 16 | |||||
| 1989‑90 | Team Finland | | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | ||||
| 1990‑91 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 26 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 14 | |||||
| 1990‑91 | Team Finland | | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 1991‑92 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 27 | 40 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 24 | |||||
| 1991‑92 | Team Finland | | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| 1992‑93 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 28 | 40 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 59 | |||||
| 1993‑94 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 29 | 38 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 26 | |||||
| 1993‑94 | Team Finland | | 29 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 1994‑95 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 30 | 35 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 55 | |||||
| 1994‑95 | Team Finland | | 30 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 1995‑96 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 31 | 40 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 53 | |||||
| 1995‑96 | Team Finland | | 31 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1996‑97 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 32 | 49 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1996‑97 | Team Finland | | 32 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 33 | 46 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1997‑98 | Team Finland | | 33 | 27 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 34 | 53 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | EHL | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1998‑99 | Team Finland | | 34 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999‑00 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 35 | 51 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 68 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 |
| 1999‑00 | Team Finland | | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 |
| 2000‑01 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 36 | 56 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6.6 |
| 2000‑01 | Team Finland | | 36 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001‑02 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 37 | 56 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6.4 |
| 2001‑02 | Team Finland | | 37 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002‑03 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 38 | 53 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 77 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 |
| 2003‑04 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 39 | 56 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 |
| 2004‑05 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 40 | 53 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 45 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| 2005‑06 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 41 | 46 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 34 | -4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 |
| 2006‑07 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 42 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.9 |
| 2007‑08 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 43 | 53 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 53 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11.4 |
| 2007‑08 | Team Finland | | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Liiga Totals | 751 | 161 | 420 | 581 | 626 | 30 | 54 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 226 | 68 | 141 | 209 | 231 | ||||||||
| NHL Totals | 117 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 16 | -26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | |||
| Division I Totals | 29 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 16 | ||||||||
| AHL Totals | 22 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| European Hockey League Totals | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982‑83 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983‑84 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984‑85 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985‑86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1987‑88 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990‑91 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1991‑92 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 1992‑93 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1993‑94 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 29 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| 1994‑95 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 1995‑96 | Malmö IF | Elitserien | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| 1996‑97 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 32 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 33 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | Ilves Tampere | European Hockey League | 34 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | -4 | ||||
| 1999‑00 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 2000‑01 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 36 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 2001‑02 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003‑04 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 39 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 2004‑05 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005‑06 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 2006‑07 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007‑08 | Ilves Tampere | SM-Liiga | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Liiga Totals | 91 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 68 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 41 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 40 | ||||||||
| European Hockey League Totals | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | -4 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments
All-Star Game Appearences
| Year | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Western All-Stars | SM-Liiga | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Finland All-Stars | SM-Liiga | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | SM-Liiga All-Stars | SM-Liiga | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |