height_ft former_teams shoots weight_lb birth_place draft_year image_size team position draft_team league height_in birth_date image article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 phoenix canucks hc dynamo minsk coyotes colorado avalanche djurgårdens if philadelphia flyers vancouver left 220 vantaa , finland 1998 230px jokerit defense phoenix coyotes khl 4 18 august 1980 ossi_väänänen . jpg ossi väänänen
 43rd overall fin 1998
ossi väänänen

ossi reijo juhani väänänen -lrb- born august 18 , 1980 -rrb- is a finnish professional ice hockey defenseman and the captain of the jokerit of the kontinental hockey league -lrb- khl -rrb- , with whom he has previously won two silver medals as runner-up for the kanada-malja in 2000 and 2005 in the finnish liiga .
he was originally drafted by the phoenix coyotes and has additionally played for the colorado avalanche , philadelphia flyers and vancouver canucks in the nhl .
