Jari Kurri (FIN)

Profile

Gender Male
Born 18.05.60, Helsinki, Finland
Height 184 cm / 6' 0"
Weight 90 kg / 198lbs / 14st 2lbs
  Position   Center
Shoots right
Drafted Edmonton Oilers, 1980, 3rd, 69th

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Best Forward (EJC 78)
All-Star Team (EJC 78; NHL 84-85, 86-87; WC 91, 94; European Cup 94-95)
Finnish Player of the Year (1982-90)
Best Finnish Forward (WC 82)
NHL All-Star Game (82-83, 84-85, 85-86, 87-88, 88-89, 89-90, 92-93)
Two short-handed goals in the same period in a playoff game against Chicago (83)
Stanley Cup Champion (84, 85, 87, 88, 90)
Second All-Star Team (NHL 83-84, 85-86, 88-89)
Top goalscorer (NHL 85-86; NHL playoffs 83-84, 84-85, 86-87, 87-88)
Second in points after Wayne Gretzky (NHL 84-85, 86-87)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (NHL 84-85)
Scored three goals in four NHL playoff games (84-85, NHL record)
Playoff goal record (NHL 84-85)
12 goals and 3 hattricks in one playoff series (NHL 84-85, a record)
Three power-play goals in a NHL playoff game (86-87, NHL record)
Edmonton Athlete of the Year (89)
1000 points in the NHL 02.01.1990
100th playoff goal as the second player after Gretzky (NHL 89-90)
First Finnish forward in a WC All-Star Team (91)
Top scorer WC 1991
500th NHL goal as the first European player 17.10.1992
600th NHL goal as the first European player 23.12.1997
SM-liiga Player of the Month (Dec 94)
Top Scorer (European Cup 94-95)
President's Trophy (1994)
Golden Stick
Member of the IIHF Hall of Fame
Member of the NHL Hall of Fame
Number (#17) retired by Jokerit

Career Stats

Team League Season   Regular Season   Playoffs
GP G A P +/- PIM GP G A P +/- PIM
Jokerit Helsinki Jr. C SM-sarja 75/76                            
Jokerit Helsinki SM-Liiga 77/78   29 2 9 11   12              
Jokerit Helsinki Liigakarsinta 77/78   6 1 7 8   2              
Team Finland EJC 78   4 6 2 8   4              
Jokerit Helsinki SM-Liiga 78/79   33 16 14 30   12              
Jokerit Helsinki Liigakarsinta 78/79   6 7 2 9   13              
Team Finland WJC 79   6 2 3 5   2              
Jokerit Helsinki SM-Liiga 79/80   33 23 16 39   22              
Olympiajoukkue SM-Liiga 79/80   7 2 1 3   6              
Team Finland OG 80   7 2 1 3   6              
Team Finland WJC 80   5 4 7 11   0              
Edmonton Oilers NHL 80/81   75 32 43 75   40   9 5 7 12   4
Team Finland CC 81   5 0 1 1   0              
Edmonton Oilers NHL 81/82   71 32 54 86   32   5 2 5 7   10
Team Finland WC 82   7 4 3 7 -1 2              
Edmonton Oilers NHL 82/83   80 45 59 104   22   16 8 15 23   8
Edmonton Oilers NHL 83/84   64 52 61 113   14   19 14 14 28   13
Edmonton Oilers NHL 84/85   73 71 64 135   30   18 19 12 31   6
Edmonton Oilers NHL 85/86   78 68 63 131   22   10 2 10 12   4
Edmonton Oilers NHL 86/87   79 54 54 108   41   21 15 10 25   20
Team Finland CC 87   5 1 1 2   4              
Edmonton Oilers NHL 87/88   80 43 53 96   30   19 14 17 31   12
Edmonton Oilers NHL 88/89   76 44 58 102   69   7 3 5 8   6
Team Finland WC 89   7 5 4 9 +8 4              
Edmonton Oilers NHL 89/90   78 33 60 93   48   22 10 15 25   18
HC Devils Serie A 90/91   30 27 48 75   6   10 10 12 22   2
Team Finland WC 91   10 6 6 12   2              
Team Finland CC 91   6 2 0 2 -4 7              
Los Angeles Kings NHL 91/92   73 23 37 60   24   4 1 2 3   4
Los Angeles Kings NHL 92/93   82 27 60 87   38   24 9 8 17   12
Los Angeles Kings NHL 93/94   81 31 46 77   48              
Team Finland WC 94   8 4 6 10 +11 2              
Jokerit Helsinki SM-Liiga 94/95   20 10 9 19 +10 10              
Jokerit Helsinki Continental Cup 94/95   4 3 6 9 +7 4              
Los Angeles Kings NHL 94/95   38 10 19 29   24              
Los Angeles Kings NHL 95/96   57 17 23 40   37              
New York Rangers NHL 95/96   14 1 4 5 -16 2   11 3 5 8 -2 2
Team Finland WCup 96   4 1 0 1 -3 0              
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 96/97   82 13 22 35 -13 12   11 1 2 3 +2 4
Colorado Avalanche NHL 97/98   70 5 17 22 +5 12   4 0 0 0 -1 0
Team Finland OG 98   6 1 4 5 0 2              
Totals       1499 730 947 1677 +4 667   210 116 139 255 -1 125