Lauri Korpikoski
| Lauri Korpikoski | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
July 28, 1986 Turku, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Dallas Stars New York Rangers Arizona Coyotes Edmonton Oilers | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL Draft |
19th overall, 2004 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
Lauri Korpikoski (born July 28, 1986) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Korpikoski has also played in the NHL for the Arizona Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers, the organization that drafted him in the first round, 19th overall, at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
Korpikoski was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He originally played for TPS' junior team in the SM-liiga before moving up to the main team for the 2004–05 season. He then played two seasons of professional hockey in Finland before joining the Rangers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, after TPS' 2005–06 season; he played five regular season games and 11 playoff games for Hartford for the team's 2005–06 season.
In 2006–07, Korpikoski had 11 goals and 38 points for the Wolf Pack, while in 2007–08, in his second year with the team, he bested his previous year's totals, scoring 23 goals and having 50 points, also scoring two points in five Calder Cup playoff games. Following Hartford's first round exit from the playoffs, Korpikoski was named to the Rangers' reserves squad for the team's 2008 Stanley Cup playoff run. On May 4, He dressed for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and 2:03 into the game's third period, he scored his first career NHL goal on just his second-ever shot. The goal brought the Rangers to within one goal of tying (which they did), although the team eventually lost in overtime, eliminating them from the playoffs.
After scoring points in every pre-season game in which he played, Korpikoski survived cuts to make the Rangers' 23-man roster for the start of the 2008–09 season, the only rookie to make the team. He later scored his first career regular season NHL goal against Kevin Weekes of the New Jersey Devils on November 12, 2008.
On July 13, 2009, Korpikoski was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Enver Lisin. On July 11, 2013, the Coyotes re-signed Korpikoski to a four-year contract extension.[1]
On June 30, 2015, with two seasons left on his contract, Korpikoski was traded by the rebuilding Coyotes to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Boyd Gordon.[2] He scored his first career NHL hat trick on December 11, 2015 against the New York Rangers.[3]
After only one year in Edmonton, on June 30, 2016, Korpikoski was placed on unconditional waivers by the Oilers for the purpose of buying out the final year of his contract.[4]
Before the start of the 2016–17 season, the Calgary Flames signed Korpikoski to a Professional try-out contract to attend training camp on September 22, 2016.[5] Despite a successful pre-season with the Flames, Korpikoski was without a contract with the Flames. On October 9th, he was released at his request to pursue a contract offer. The following day he signed a one-year, $1 million dollar contract with the Dallas Stars.[6]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | TPS | SM-l | 41 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | TPS | SM-l | 51 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 78 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 79 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | New York Rangers | NHL | 68 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 71 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 79 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | TPS | SM-l | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 36 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 64 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 69 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 540 | 78 | 103 | 181 | 122 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
International
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Finland
| ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 Sochi | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| | 2006 British Columbia | |
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Finland | WJC18 | 7th | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Finland | WJC | 5th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2006 | Finland | WJC |  |
7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Finland | WC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WC | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Finland | OG | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Finland | WCH | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| Senior totals | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Coyotes trade Lisin to Rangers for Korpikoski". TSN. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ "Oilers get Korpikoski from Coyotes for Gordon". NBC Sports. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ "Korpikoski's hat trick leads Oilers to crazy win over Rangers". Sportsnet. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ "Boll, Carle, Seidenberg among those set to be bought out". Yahoo. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "Flames open training camp on thursday". Calgary Flames. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ↑ "Lauri Korpikoski signs one-year deal with Stars". Sportsnet.ca. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
External links
- Lauri Korpikoski's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Lauri Korpikoski's player profile at TSN.ca
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Al Montoya |
New York Rangers first round draft pick 2004 |
Succeeded by Marc Staal |