ESPN Classic - Jari Kurri's career highlights

Thursday, November 8, 2001
Jari Kurri's career highlights
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Born: May 18, 1960, in Helsinki, Finland

Position: Right Wing

Inducted: 2001 (First Finnish player elected)

Transactions

Edmonton's third choice (fourth round, 69th overall) in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft

Traded with Dave Brown and Corey Foster to Philadelphia for Craig Fisher, Scott Mellanby and Craig Berube on May 30, 1991

Traded with Jeff Chychurn to Los Angeles for Steve Duchesne, Steve Kasper and Los Angeles' fourth-round choice in 1991 (Aris Brimanis) on May 30, 1991

Traded with Marty McSorley and Shane Churla to N.Y. Rangers for Ray Ferraro, Ian Laperriere, Mattias Norstrom, Nathan Lafayette and N.Y. Rangers' fourth-round choice in 1997 (Sean Blanchard) on March 14, 1996

Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on August 14, 1996

Signed as a free agent by Colorado on July 11, 1997

NHL Achievements

Retired as the highest scoring European-born player in NHL history with 1,398 points

First European-born player to lead the NHL in goals in a single season (1996)

Stanley Cup: 1984 (Edmonton), 1985 (Edmonton), 1987 (Edmonton), 1988 (Edmonton), 1990 (Edmonton)

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 1985

First Team All-Star: 1985, 1987, 1989

Second Team All-Star: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1980, 1993, 1998

All-Star Game: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1998

Finnish Achievements

Best Hockey Player of Finland Trophy: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

International Achievements (Finland)

Elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2000 (player)

Olympics: 1980, 1998 (bronze)

World Championship: 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994 (silver)

Canada Cup: 1981, 1987, 1991 (bronze)

World Junior Championship: 1979, 1980 (silver)

JARI KURRI'S CAREER STATISTICS
|--- REG. SEASON ---| |--- PLAYOFFS ---|
Year Team League GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM
1977-78 Jokerit Helsinki FIN 29 2 9 11 12 -- -- -- -- --
1978-79 Jokerit Helsinki FIN 33 16 14 30 12 -- -- -- -- --
1979-80 Jokerit Helsinki FIN 33 23 16 39 22 -- -- -- -- --
1980-81 Edmonton NHL 75 32 43 75 40 9 5 7 12 4
1981-82 Edmonton NHL 71 32 54 86 32 5 2 5 7 10
1982-83 Edmonton NHL 80 45 59 104 22 16 8 15 23 8
1983-84 Edmonton NHL 64 52 61 113 14 19 14 14 28 13
1984-85 Edmonton NHL 73 71 64 135 30 18 19 12 31 6
1985-86 Edmonton NHL 78 68 63 131 22 10 2 10 12 4
1986-87 Edmonton NHL 79 54 54 108 41 21 15 10 25 20
1987-88 Edmonton NHL 80 43 53 96 30 19 14 17 31 12
1988-89 Edmonton NHL 76 44 58 102 69 7 3 5 8 6
1989-90 Edmonton NHL 78 33 60 93 48 22 10 15 25 18
1990-91 Milan ITL 30 27 48 75 6 -- -- -- -- --
1991-92 Los Angeles NHL 73 23 37 60 24 4 1 2 3 4
1992-93 Los Angeles NHL 82 27 60 87 38 24 9 8 17 12
1993-94 Los Angeles NHL 81 31 46 77 48 -- -- -- -- --
1994-95 Los Angeles NHL 38 10 19 29 24 -- -- -- -- --
Jokerit Helsinki FIN 20 10 9 19 10 -- -- -- -- --
1995-96 Los Angeles NHL 57 17 23 40 37 -- -- -- -- --
N.Y. Rangers NHL 14 1 4 5 2 11 3 5 8 2
1996-97 Anaheim NHL 82 13 22 35 12 11 1 2 3 4
1997-98 Colorado NHL 70 5 17 22 12 4 0 0 0 0
NHL TOTALS 1251 601 797 1398 545 200 106 127 233 123