Jere Lehtinen
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Jere Kalervo Lehtinen （born June 24, 1973） is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward.
A right winger, he was drafted in the third round, 88th overall, in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars.
Lehtinen played his entire 15-year National Hockey League （NHL） career with the North Stars/Dallas Stars organization.
A two-way forward, Lehtinen is perhaps best known for his defensive responsibilities, for which he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy three times as the NHL's top defensive forward.
After his retirement, he has served as the general manager of the Finnish national ice hockey team.
Lehtinen played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a youth team from Espoo.
Lehtinen started his professional career with his hometown team, Kiekko-Espoo.
The team was jammed in first division in 1991 but they managed to win the division and gained a spot in the Finnish SM-liiga, from there Lehtinen started his professional career.
He spent another year with Kiekko-Espoo, but the team struggled, and after one season, Lehtinen received an offer from one of the biggest clubs in Finland at the time, TPS in Turku.
He signed with TPS in the summer of 1993 and once the season started, he soon blossomed offensively.
Lehtinen was immediately paired with another future NHLer, Saku Koivu, and the two formed an integral part of TPS's great season.
Although they won the regular season title by a large margin, they lost to Jokerit in the finals.
The following season, TPS and Lehtinen went all the way again, this time defeating Jokerit in the final series, 3–2.
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