height_ft birth_date career_start shoots draft_year image_size image ntl_team caption weight_lb birth_place draft_team draft played_for career_end position league height_in article_title
6 16 july 1966 1985 left 1986 230px jyrki lumme.jpg finland lumme with the montreal canadiens alumni in 2008 . 205 tampere , fin montreal canadiens 57th overall ilves phoenix coyotes vancouver canucks montreal canadiens -lrb- fnl -rrb- toronto maple leafs dallas stars 2007 defence nhl 1 jyrki lumme

jyrki lumme

jyrki olavi lumme -lrb- born july 16 , 1966 -rrb- is a retired finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- and sm-liiga .
after beginning his career in finland , playing with ilves tampere for three seasons , he moved to north america to join the montreal canadiens in 1988 .
the canadiens had selected lumme two years prior in the 1986 nhl entry draft 57th overall .
in his second nhl season , he was traded to the vancouver canucks , with whom he spent the majority of his career and enjoyed the most success .
over nine seasons with the canucks , lumme was named the club 's annual top defenceman on four occasions , became the team 's all-time top goal - and point-scoring defenceman , and was a part of the squad 's run to the 1994 stanley cup finals .
towards the end of his nhl career , he additionally played for the phoenix coyotes , dallas stars and toronto maple leafs over the span of five seasons .
in 2005 , lumme returned to ilves tampere of the sm-liiga after a two-year playing hiatus .
he played two final campaigns in finland before retiring , at which point he became a part-owner of ilves tampere .
