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Position	Defenceman
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Petu, Nummy
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Minnesota Wild Columbus Blue Jackets Reipas(SM-Liiga) TPS (SM-Liiga) Frölunda HC (Elitserien) HC Davos (Nationalliga A) HC Lugano (Nationalliga A)
Nationality	Finland
Born	November 25, 1972, Turku, FIN
NHL Draft	133rd overall, 2000 Columbus Blue Jackets
Pro Career	1992 – present

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Petteri Nummelin (born November 25, 1972 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets as their fifth-round pick, #133 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Nummelin has represented Finland numerous times in international play, including the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships where Finland won their only gold medal to date.

Contents 1 Career in Finland 2 Career in Sweden 3 Career in Switzerland 4 NHL Career 5 Career Stats 6 Awards 7 External links

Petteri Nummelin (the son of Timo Nummelin) started playing ice hockey in his hometown Turku and played for a-junior team of TPS for 3 seasons after which he played for Kiekko-67 in the 1. Division. Nummelin debuted in the SM-Liiga during the 1992-93 Season which he spent playing partly for TPS and Reipas. Nummelin also played in Kiekko-67 and TPS A-Junior team during the season. After the 1992-93 season Nummelin stayed in TPS for 2 more seasons (93-95) and moved to play in Sweden after winning the world championship for Finland.

After successful World Championship tournament in 1995 Nummelin attracted some international publicity and was contracted by Västra Frölunda HC, a Swedish team playing in the Elitserien. Nummelin spent total of 2 seasons in Sweden.

In 1997 Nummelin joined HC Davos, one of the most successful Swiss teams to date. Nummelin played in HC Davos for 3 seasons (1997-2000) during the time Nummelin established himself as a star in Switzerland and at the end of 1999-2000 Season Nummelin received an offer from the NHL. Nummelin Played in NHL for Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2000-2001 season and returned to Switzerland and joined HC Lugano for 2001-2002 season. Nummelin played in Lugano for 5 seasons (2001-06) and won several honors during that time, such as the overall points ranking in 2004 and the Swiss championship in 2003 and 2006.

Nummelin has played for one season in the NHL during the 2000-2001 NHL Season for the Columbus Blue Jackets In 2006, after spending 5 seasons in Switzerland, Nummelin returned to the NHL and signed with the Minnesota Wild, partially due to strong encouragement by Minnesota Wild teammate, fellow countryman and friend Mikko Koivu. Known as Nummy by fans and Petu on the ice, Nummelin has enjoyed a resurgance in his NHL career in the early stages of the 2006-07 NHL season.

Although Nummelin has displayed both strong offensive and defensive contribution during regulation play, many consider his strongest asset his ability to score in the overtime shootout. As of 7 December 2006, Nummelin has converted six shootout goals in all six of his attempts, beating some of the NHL's best goalies including Nikolai Khabibulin, Roberto Luongo and Vezina winner Miikka Kiprusoff. Nummelin's success is credited to what Wild fans have dubbed "The Shoulder Shake," a deke in which Nummelin shifts his shoulders back and forth without actually moving the puck, forcing the goaltender to move first, Nummelin then reacts to the goalie's movement putting the puck in the net with the backhand or forehand. Nummelin's opportunity in the shootout initially came as a shock to fans and teammates when Minnesota Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire listed him third in the shootout lineup against the Vancouver Canucks on 10 October 2006 in place of who many believed would normally be given to Marian Gaborik (the first three shooters are often reserved for the team's best goal scorers). Nummelin's conversion was the deciding goal to end the shootout and win the game for the Wild. Petteri is currently the only player in the NHL to boast a 100% shoot-out conversion rate with more than two shoot-out opportunities.

                                            --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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1992-93  Lahden Reipas               FNL    14    3    4    7   18
1992-93  TPS                         FNL     3    0    0    0    8
1993-94  TPS                         FNL    44   14   24   38   20  11   0   3   3   4
1994-95  TPS                         FNL    48   10   17   27   32  11   4   3   7   0
1995-96  Vastra Frolunda HC Gotebo   SEL    32    7   11   18   26  12   2   7   9   4
1996-97  Vastra Frolunda HC Gotebo   SEL    44   20   14   34   39   2   0   1   1   0
1997-98  Davos                       Swiss  33   13   17   30   24
1998-99  Davos                       Swiss  44   11   42   53   22
1999-00  Davos                       Swiss  40   15   23   38    0   5   0   3   3   0
2000-01  Columbus Blue Jackets       NHL    61    4   12   16   10  --  --  --  --  --
2001-02  Lugano                      Swiss  34    4   18   22    6
2002-03  Lugano                      Swiss  43   18   39   57   12
2003-04  Lugano                      Swiss  48   20   39   59   59  16   7  20  27   4
2004-05  Lugano                      Swiss  36   13   36   49   18   3   1   0   1   2
2005-06  Lugano                      Swiss  38   13   32   45   22  17   8  25  33  10
2006-07* Minnesota Wild              NHL
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         NHL Totals                         61    4   12   16   10
  *Season in progress

• Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenceman in the SM-liiga - 1994

• Petteri Nummelin on nhlfinns.com

Preceded by Erik Hämäläinen

Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy 1993-94

Succeeded by Mika Strömberg