Dwight Helminen

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Dwight Helminen
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Born (1983-06-22) June 22, 1983 (age 40)
Hancock, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
ECHL team
Former teams		 Kalamazoo Wings
JYP
Carolina Hurricanes
San Jose Sharks
Pelicans
NHL Draft 244th overall, 2002
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 2004–2013

Dwight Edward Helminen (born June 22, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey center who most recently played with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL. His brother Lars plays with Linz EHC of the EBEL.

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Playing career

Helminen was born in Hancock, Michigan, and raised in Brighton, Michigan.[ citation needed ] As a youth, he played in the 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team. [1]

He was drafted 244th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Dwight played junior hockey for the U.S. Junior National Team in the United States Hockey League (USHL) and college hockey at the University of Michigan for the Wolverines. On March 3, 2004, the New York Rangers acquired his rights from the Oilers along with a 2004 second round draft pick and Steve Valiquette in exchange for Petr Nedvěd and Jussi Markkanen. [2]

After turning professional, Helminen would play for the Charlotte Checkers in the ECHL and the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League (AHL), before signing with JYP Jyväskylä in the Finnish SM-liiga in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Helminen signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 3, 2008. He was then assigned to the Hurricanes' affiliate, the Albany River Rats of the AHL. Helminen made his NHL debut in the 2008–09 season after an injury to Brandon Sutter. In his 4th career NHL game, while playing against the Toronto Maple Leafs at home, Helminen scored his first career NHL goal and tallied his first and only career NHL assist. [3] It was the highest amount of time on ice he had gotten in the NHL, and his playing time remained consistently high relative to the rest of Helminen's career for the next four games before he was sent back to the AHL to play for the Hurricanes' affiliate in Albany. He would be called back to the Hurricanes and played four games in early March 2009 as a few Hurricanes' forwards missed games, did not play for the Hurricanes' next three games, then returned to the lineup on March 18 to play in each of the Hurricanes' remaining games. [4] This unusual schedule of games, combined with Carolina's late season push towards the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, meant that Helminen played in 13 consecutive wins for the Hurricanes as he avoided perfectly a three game winless streak for the team in mid-March. [5] He had played in 23 regular season games by season's end with the Hurricanes, as well as one playoff game. [6]

On July 16, 2009, Helminen signed a one-year contract with the San Jose Sharks. [7] In the 2009–10 season, on February 11, 2010, Helminen scored his first goal with the Sharks, against the Detroit Red Wings. On April 22, 2010, he scored a goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the Sharks' first-round playoff series.[ citation needed ]

Midway through the 2011–12 season, Helminen left KLH Chomutov of the Czech first division league to return to North America, signing with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL on February 6, 2012. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 329716—————
1999–2000 US NTDP Juniors USHL 30571210—————
1999–2000US NTDP U18NAHL30710178—————
2000–01US NTDP JuniorsUSHL24127198—————
2000–01US NTDP U18NAHL10112—————
2000–01US NTDP U18USDP429364520—————
2001–02 University of Michigan CCHA 401081810—————
2002–03 University of MichiganCCHA3917163334—————
2003–04 University of MichiganCCHA411711284—————
2004–05 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 4127910—————
2004–05 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 2851621101573102
2005–06 Hartford Wolf PackAHL77322355401335810
2006–07 Hartford Wolf PackAHL801524393271122
2007–08 JYP SM-liiga 522025451063360
2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL5415153026—————
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 23112010000
2009–10 Worcester Sharks AHL7412102216—————
2009–10 San Jose Sharks NHL4101071014
2010–11 Pelicans SM-liiga6012162840—————
2011–12 Piráti Chomutov CZE.2 24414186—————
2011–12 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL207111861457122
2012–13 Kalamazoo WingsECHL30112—————
AHL totals326767915512422461012
NHL totals27213081014
SM-liiga totals1123241735063360

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2000 United States U17 6022
2001 United States WJC18 63580
2002 United States WJC 61012
2003 United StatesWJC71342
Junior totals26510154

Awards and honors

AwardYear
CCHA All-Tournament Team 2003 [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Helminen Dwight Trade History". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Dwight Helminen 2008-09 Gamelog". hockeyreference. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Dwight Helminen 2008-09 Gamelog". hockeyreference. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  5. ↑ "2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes Team Gamelog". hockeyreference. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ↑ "2008-09 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals Game 5, Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils Box Score: April 23, 2009". hockeyreference. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
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2003–04 		Succeeded by
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