Ice Hockey Players with Retired Numbers - Raimo Helminen, Tim Thomas, ESA Tikkanen, Petri Skriko, Otakar Janecky, Ulf Sterner (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Raimo Helminen, Tim Thomas, Esa Tikkanen, Petri Skriko, Otakar Janecky, Ulf Sterner, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Fredrik Stillman, Arto Javanainen, Per Gustafsson, Aarne Honkavaara, Janne Ojanen, Thomas Rundqvist, Hakan Loob, Timo Jutila, Jarmo Wasama, Matti Hagman, Hannu Virta, Stefan Ornskog, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Simo Saarinen, Waltteri Immonen, Heikki Riihiranta, Stig Wetzell, Erkki Laine, Leif Holmqvist, Timo Nummelin, Tapio Levo, Lasse Oksanen, Martin Rauch, Jaroslav Otev el, Rudi Hiti, Lennart Svedberg, Kari Eloranta, Jouni Rinne, Kalevi Numminen, Tommy Samuelsson, Jorma Peltonen, Marko Palo, Pasi Kuivalainen, Matti Keinonen, Timo Susi, Risto Jalo, Antti Heikkila, Matti Murto, Pekka Marjamaki, Jorma Vehmanen, Juhani Wahlsten, Pertti Lehtonen, Teppo Rastio, Eero Salisma, Matti Forss, Lalli Partinen. Excerpt: Raimo Ilmari Helminen (born March 11, 1964 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans. He is the world record holder for most international games played, as well as for being in the most Olympics. He has a wife, Leena, and two children, Anssi and Nelli. Helminen has himself said that he developed most of his skills when he was young and spent all his free time playing in outdoor ice rinks. Before he focused on ice hockey he had also played football. Helminen started his career in his native town, playing for one of oldest teams in the country, Ilves. After two gold medals in junior leagues, Helminen got to play for Ilves in the SM-liiga (Finland's top ice hockey league) in 1982. His first international success came in 1984 when Finland won silver in the U20 World Championship tournament in Sweden. Helminen broke the record for most points scored in an Under-20 tournament and was selected for the All-Star team. This ...