Hockey Heroes

Finnish Player- Jari Pekka Kurri

NHL Totals
GP-1251
Goals- 601
Assists- 797
TP- 1398
PIM- 545
+/- +200
Playoff GP- 106
Playoff Goals- 127
Playoff Assists- 233
Playoff PIM- 123

Here is a video of Jarri Kurri's 600th NHL goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3As76soBnAs

Jari Kurri was a very good player for the Oilers and is now in the MN Hockey Hall of Fame. Not to mention that he is from Finland.

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p200104&page=bio&list=ByCountry&co=FIN#photo

Hockey Fight Song

By Chuck Brodsky

I'm going down to the Garden - with a couple of my buds

Gonna sit up in the cheap seats - I wanna see a little blood

I wanna get my money's worth - eat some dogs & drink some *****

Yell all night at the referee - "Go on you bum, get outta here!"

I wanna see a hockey fight - a donnybrook, a little brouhaha

And if our team should score tonight - we all can yell "Hoorah! Hoorah!"

I didn't come to see Gretzky - I didn't come to see Lemieux

Or any of those other pretty boys - and all that fancy stuff they do

I came to see the Hanson Brothers - take on Dave "The Hammer" Schultz

Drop their gloves & do the tango - beat each other to a bloody pulp

I wanna see a hockey fight - a donnybrook, a little brouhaha

And if our team should score tonight - we all can yell "Hoorah! Hoorah!"

Send in the goons, coach - c'mon, get rid of these clowns

Let's kick some ***, team - hey you, in front, yeah you, sit down!

I wanna see the benches empty - garbage raining from the stand

Wanna see 'em climb the glass - start a little something with the fans

I wanna see a hockey fight - a donnybrook, a little brouhaha

And if our team should score tonight - we all can yell "Hoorah! Hoorah!"

My boy's a hockey player - my boy, he's pretty tough

I'm awfully proud of my boy - he ain't afraid to mix it up

You shoulda seen him whup that Nichols kid - gave that boy a bloody nose

Shoot, by the time he's ten years old - my boy'll be ready for the pros

I wanna see a hockey fight - a donnybrook, a little brouhaha

And if our team should score tonight - we all can yell "Hoorah! Hoorah!

This song is kind of funny and mostly true about hockey fights and why some people go to hockey games. <http://www.chuckbrodsky.com/lyrics.html>

Professional Hockey Teams (NHL):

Atlantic DIVISION-

New Jersey Devils
Prudential Center
165 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ, United States 07102

New York Islanders
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY, United States 11553

New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY, United States 10121

Philadelphia Flyers
Wachovia Center
3601 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA, United States 19148

Pittsburgh Penguins
Mellon Arena
66 Mario Lemieux Place
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 15219

Northeast DIVISION-

Boston Bruins
TD Banknorth Garden
100 Legends Way
Boston, MA, United States 02114

Buffalo Sabres
HSBC Arena
One Seymour H. Knox III Plaza
Buffalo, NY, United States 14203-3096

Montreal Canadiens
Centre Bell
1260, de La Gauchetière Street West
Montreal, QC, Canada H3B 5E8

Ottawa Senators
Scotiabank Place
1000 Palladium Drive
Ottawa, ON, Canada K2V 1A5

Toronto Maple Leafs
Air Canada Centre
40 Bay Street, Suite 400
Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 2X2

Southeast DIVISION-

Atlanta Thrashers
Philips Arena
One Philips Drive
Atlanta, GA, United States 30348-5366

Carolina Hurricanes
RBC Center
1400 Edwards Mill Road
Raleigh, NC, United States 27607

Florida Panthers
BankAtlantic Center
One Panther Parkway
Sunrise, FL, United States 33323

Tampa Bay Lightning
St. Pete Times Forum
401 Channelside Drive
Tampa, FL, United States 33602

Washington Capitals
Verizon Center
601 F Street
Washington, DC, United States 20004


Central DIVISION-

Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
1901 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL, United States 60612

Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, OH, United States 43215

Detroit Red Wings
Joe Louis Arena
19 Steve Yzerman Drive
Detroit, MI, United States 48226

Nashville Predators
Sommet Center
501 Broadway
Nashville, TN, United States 37203

St Louis Blues
Scottrade Center
1401 Clark Ave.
St. Louis, MO, United States 63103

Northwest DIVISION-

Calgary Flames
Pengrowth Saddledome
P.O. Box 1540 Station M
Calgary, AB, Canada T2P 3B9

Colorado Avalanche
Pepsi Center
1000 Chopper Circle
Denver, CO, United States 80204

Edmonton Oilers
Rexall Place
7424 - 118 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, Canada T5B 4M9

Minnesota Wild
Xcel Energy Center
199 West Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN, United States 55102

Vancouver Canucks
General Motors Place
800 Griffiths Way
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 6G1

Pacific DIVISION-

Anaheim Ducks
Honda Center
2695 Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA, United States 92806

Dallas Stars
American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Avenue
Dallas, TX, United States 75219

Los Angeles Kings
STAPLES Center
1111 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA, United States 90015

Phoenix Coyotes
Jobing.com Arena
9400 W. Maryland Ave.
Glendale, AZ, United States 85305

San Jose Sharks
HP Pavilion at San Jose
525 West Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA, United States 95113

This is a list of the Pro Hockey teams that are playing now and may end up with a future hockey hero on thier team especially the MN Wild. <http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm>

The Best Team in my world:

Minnesota Wild Official Website-

http://wild.nhl.com/

Team Roster:

Forwards-

#25 Eric Belanger
5' 11"
187
Dec 16, 1977
30
Sherbrooke, QC, CAN

#24 Derek Boogaard
6' 8"
257
Jun 23, 1982
26
Saskatoon, SK, CAN

#96 Pierre-Marc Bouchard
5' 10"
173
Apr 27, 1984
24
Sherbrooke, QC, CAN

#15 Andrew Brunette "A"
6' 1"
210
Aug 24, 1973
35
Sudbury, ON, CAN

#22 Cal Clutterbuck
5' 11"
213
Nov 18, 1987
20
Welland, ON, CAN

#10 Marian Gaborik
6' 1"
199
Feb 14, 1982
26
Trencin, SVK

#18 Colton Gillies
6' 4"
189
Feb 12, 1989
19
White Rock, BC, CAN

#9 Mikko Koivu "C"
6' 2"
200
Mar 12, 1983
25
Turku, FIN

#20 Antti Miettinen
6' 0"
190
Jul 3, 1980
28
Hameenl, FIN

#11 Owen Nolan **
6' 1"
214
Feb 12, 1972
36
Belfast, GBR

#67 Benoit Pouliot
6' 3"
199
Sep 29, 1986
22
Alfred, ON, CAN

#51 James Sheppard
6' 2"
210
Apr 25, 1988
20
Halifax, NS, CAN

#19 Stephane Veilleux
6' 0"
190
Nov 16, 1981
26
Saint-Georg, QC, CAN

#12 Craig Weller
6' 4"
220
Mar 17, 1981
27
Calgary, AB, CAN

Defensemen-

#47 Marc-Andre Bergeron
5' 9"
198
Oct 13, 1980
28
Trois-Rivières, QC, CAN

#8 Brent Burns
6' 5"
219
Mar 9, 1985
23
Ajax, ON, CAN

#26 Kurtis Foster
6' 5"
220
Nov 24, 1981
26
Carp, ON, CAN

#5 Kim Johnsson
6' 1"
193
Mar 16, 1976
32
Malmo, SWE

#6 Tomas Mojzis
6' 1"
195
May 2, 1982
26
Kolin, CZE

#2 Erik Reitz
6' 1"
222
Jul 29, 1982
26
Detroit, MI, USA

#55 Nick Schultz
6' 1"
200
Aug 25, 1982
26
Strasbourg, SK, CAN

#36 John Scott **
6' 8"
258
Sep 26, 1982
26
Edmonton, AB, CAN

#41 Martin Skoula
6' 3"
226
Oct 28, 1979
28
Litomerice, CZE

#3 Marek Zidlicky
5' 11"
190
Feb 3, 1977
31
Most, CZE

Goalies-
#32 Niklas Backstrom
6' 1"
189
Feb 13, 1978

30
Helsinki, FIN

#29 Josh Harding

6' 1"
197
Jun 18, 1984
24
Regina, SK, CAN

Many of these players exhibit good qualities of a hockey hero in my opinion and I adore Mikko Koivu and his fellow Finnish players Mietenen and Backstrom. Mikko is amazing at hockey and in the 5 games that have been played Mikko has scored 9 points (which by the way is his number). The Minnesota Wild have acquired many promising players.

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