Sami Kapanen | |||
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Born | Vantaa, Finland | 14 June 1973||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | KalPa HIFK Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes Philadelphia Flyers | ||
National team | Finland | ||
NHL Draft | 87th overall, 1995 Hartford Whalers | ||
Playing career | 1990–2010 2011–2014 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Finland | ||
Ice hockey | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
1994 Lillehammer | ||
1998 Nagano | ||
World Championships | ||
1995 Stockholm | ||
1994 Milan | ||
1998 Zürich | ||
2001 Nuremberg |
Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen (born 14 June 1973) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played 12 NHL seasons for the Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers. He is the majority owner of KalPa in the Finnish league. Kapanen's son, Kasperi Kapanen, is a member of the St. Louis Blues.
Kapanen was drafted 87th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers. His first NHL season was in 1995–96, when he played 35 games with Hartford. The Whalers relocated to become the Carolina Hurricanes following the 1996–97 season and Kapanen averaged 24 goals and 35 assists in his next five seasons with Carolina. His best season was in 2001–02 when he scored 27 goals and 42 assists for 69 points. He was selected twice for the NHL All Star Game (2000, 2002), winning the Individual event for "the Fastest skater" on both occasions.
On 7 February 2003, Kapanen was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers along with Ryan Bast for Pavel Brendl and Bruno St. Jacques. In his first two seasons with Philadelphia, Kapanen played 31 playoff games, scoring 17 points.
Kapanen has played three times for Finland at the Winter Olympics. In 18 Olympic games he scored 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points. In the NHL, Kapanen has played 831 regular season games, scoring 189 goals and 269 assists for 458 points. He has also played in 87 playoff games, scoring 13 goals and 22 assists for 35 points. Kapanen also won a gold medal at the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships.
Since 2003, Kapanen has also been the majority owner of the Finnish hockey team KalPa Kuopio, the same club that gave him his start as a professional. One of the minority owners is Kimmo Timonen who in 2007 became Kapanen's teammate on the Flyers. Following the 2007–08 season, Kapanen announced that he was retiring from the NHL and he would be returning to Finland to play for KalPa. [1] He retired as a player after the 2009–10 season.
On 7 April 2011, Kapanen announced that he would be doing a comeback as a player in KalPa, playing on a two-year contract. He, however, stepped down as the club's chief executive officer (CEO) and instead handed that role over to his brother Kimmo Kapanen. [2] [3]
Kapanen started his coaching career in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa (2017-2019). On April 2, 2019, Kapanen was named head coach of HC Lugano in the National League for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 season, but was dismissed on December 18 2019.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1989–90 | KalPa | FIN U20 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | KalPa | FIN U20 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | KalPa | SM-l | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
1991–92 | KalPa | FIN U20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | KalPa | SM-l | 42 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | KalPa | FIN.2 U20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 2 | ||
1992–93 | KalPa | SM-l | 37 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | KalPa | SM-l | 48 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | HC Královopolská Brno | CZE.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | HIFK | SM-l | 49 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1995–96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 35 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 28 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1996–97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 45 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1999–2000 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 76 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 77 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||
2002–03 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 43 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 28 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
2003–04 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 74 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
2004–05 | KalPa | Mestis | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
2005–06 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 58 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 77 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 74 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
2008–09 | KalPa | SM-l | 55 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
2009–10 | KalPa | SM-l | 49 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | KalPa | SM-l | 35 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | KalPa | SM-l | 38 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | KalPa | Liiga | 34 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 831 | 189 | 269 | 458 | 175 | 87 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 22 | ||||
SM-l/Liiga totals | 401 | 120 | 173 | 293 | 229 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1991 | Finland | EJC | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
1992 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
1993 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
1994 | Finland | OLY | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1994 | Finland | WC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
1995 | Finland | WC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
1996 | Finland | WC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
1996 | Finland | WCH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
1998 | Finland | OLY | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1998 | Finland | WC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
2001 | Finland | WC | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | |
2002 | Finland | OLY | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
2009 | Finland | WC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
2010 | Finland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 20 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | |||
Senior totals | 77 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 34 |
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