               jere kalervo lehtinen (born june 24, 1973) is a finnish former professional ice hockey forward. he played right wing. he was drafted 88th overall in the 1992 nhl entry draft by the minnesota north stars. lehtinen handled defensive aspects of the game as well as offensive, he was a two-way forward for which he won the frank j. selke trophy three times as the league's best defensive forward. ==playing career== lehtinen started his 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 was struggling and after one season, lehtinen received an offer from one of the biggest clubs at that time, tps. he signed with tps in the summer of 1993 and once the season started, he soon found his scoring abilities. lehtinen was immediately paired with another future nhler saku koivu and the two were a big part of tps's great season. although they won the regular season title by a huge margin, they lost to jokerit in the finals. the following season, tps and lehtinen went all the way again, this time beating jokerit in the final series 3â2. after the sm-liiga season was over, lehtinen received an invite to the 1995 world championships. [[finnish national men's ice hockey team|
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