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Ducks Re-Sign Saku Koivu
Thursday, Jul. 1st, 2010
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed center Saku Koivu to a two-year contract.
Koivu, 35 (11/23/74), appeared in his first season with Anaheim in 2009-10, scoring 19-33=52 points with a career-high +14 rating in 71 contests. He eclipsed the 50-point mark for the seventh consecutive season, while also ranking tied for 10th in the NHL in game-winning goals (6). Among team leaders, the 5-10, 178-pound center ranked fourth in both assists and points, and led the club in plus/minus and faceoff percentage (51.4%). He scored his 200th career NHL goal on Jan. 5 vs. Detroit and appeared in his 800th career NHL game on Oct. 21 vs. Dallas. Koivu appeared in his fourth career Olympic Winter Games as a member of Team Finland in 2010 at Vancouver, winning the bronze medal. With Finnish teammates Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen, he earned a share of the all-time Olympic men’s hockey record for career medals with four (also silver in 2006 & bronze in 1994 and 1998).
A native of Turku, Finland, Koivu is a veteran of 14 NHL seasons, 13 of which were played with the Montreal Canadiens. In 863 career NHL games, he has scored 210-483=693 points with 659 PIM and a +4 rating. He served as the Canadiens’ team captain for 10 years (1999-2009), tied for the longest serving captain in Montreal’s 100-year history (also Jean Beliveau). Koivu is a two-time All-Star, having been named to the 1998 and 2003 All-Star Games. He has also appeared in the Stanley Cup Playoffs on eight occasions, earning 16-32=48 points in 54 contests.
Selected by Montreal in the first round (21st overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Koivu won the Bill Masterton Trophy following the 2001-02 season, presented annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. This honor followed his battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as he returned to the ice just seven months after he was diagnosed in September 2001. He helped Montreal advance to the Conference Semifinals that season, appearing in all 12 of the Canadiens’ postseason contests, earning 4-6=10 points. Koivu has also been honored with the 2007 King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his work with the Saku Koivu Foundation, formed in 2002 to help raise funds for cancer-fighting equipment. The King Clancy Trophy is awarded annually to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution to his community.
Koivu, 35 (11/23/74), appeared in his first season with Anaheim in 2009-10, scoring 19-33=52 points with a career-high +14 rating in 71 contests. He eclipsed the 50-point mark for the seventh consecutive season, while also ranking tied for 10th in the NHL in game-winning goals (6). Among team leaders, the 5-10, 178-pound center ranked fourth in both assists and points, and led the club in plus/minus and faceoff percentage (51.4%). He scored his 200th career NHL goal on Jan. 5 vs. Detroit and appeared in his 800th career NHL game on Oct. 21 vs. Dallas. Koivu appeared in his fourth career Olympic Winter Games as a member of Team Finland in 2010 at Vancouver, winning the bronze medal. With Finnish teammates Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen, he earned a share of the all-time Olympic men’s hockey record for career medals with four (also silver in 2006 & bronze in 1994 and 1998).
A native of Turku, Finland, Koivu is a veteran of 14 NHL seasons, 13 of which were played with the Montreal Canadiens. In 863 career NHL games, he has scored 210-483=693 points with 659 PIM and a +4 rating. He served as the Canadiens’ team captain for 10 years (1999-2009), tied for the longest serving captain in Montreal’s 100-year history (also Jean Beliveau). Koivu is a two-time All-Star, having been named to the 1998 and 2003 All-Star Games. He has also appeared in the Stanley Cup Playoffs on eight occasions, earning 16-32=48 points in 54 contests.
Selected by Montreal in the first round (21st overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, Koivu won the Bill Masterton Trophy following the 2001-02 season, presented annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. This honor followed his battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as he returned to the ice just seven months after he was diagnosed in September 2001. He helped Montreal advance to the Conference Semifinals that season, appearing in all 12 of the Canadiens’ postseason contests, earning 4-6=10 points. Koivu has also been honored with the 2007 King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his work with the Saku Koivu Foundation, formed in 2002 to help raise funds for cancer-fighting equipment. The King Clancy Trophy is awarded annually to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution to his community.
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