Antti Miettinen

Antti Markus Miettinen (born July 3, 1980) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and former professional forward, who last played professionally for HPK in Liiga. He had previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets. As of 2026, he works for New York Rangers as a player development assistant in Europe.

Playing career

Miettinen was drafted by the Dallas Stars as their seventh-round pick, 224th overall, in the 2000 NHL entry draft.

Miettinen spent two-years in the American Hockey League (AHL) before playing his first full season in the NHL in the 2005–06 season with the Stars. He was chosen to play for Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics but was unable to participate due to an upper body injury. He was replaced on the team by Stars teammate Niklas Hagman.

On July 3, 2008, Miettinen signed a 3-year $7 million contract with the Minnesota Wild. When the contract ended, he moved to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Four months later on December 12, 2011, Miettinen agreed on a two-year deal to return to the NHL with the Tampa Bay Lightning. However, the following day he was claimed off re-entry waivers by the Winnipeg Jets.

A free agent at the conclusion of his two-year contract with the Jets, Miettinen once again left the NHL and signed a one-year contract with Swiss club HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A on July 22, 2013. In the 2013–14 season, Miettinen was hampered again by injury but posted a credible 7 goals and 22 points in 34 games with Fribourg. After one season in Germany, he returned to HPK for one final season before retiring and becoming an assistant coach with the club.

He and his wife, Johanna, have two children. The older, Noel, was born in 2009.

Awards 2002–03 SM-Liiga Kultainen kypärä 2002–03 SM-Liiga Lasse Oksanen trophy

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 HPK FIN U18 36 24 29 53 23 — — — — — 1997–98 HPK FIN U18 34 13 28 41 63 — — — — — 1997–98 HPK FIN U20 8 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1998–99 HPK FIN U20 21 5 8 13 20 — — — — — 1998–99 HPK SM-l 13 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1998–99 FPS FIN.2 4 3 1 4 6 — — — — — 1999–2000 HPK FIN U20 15 11 13 24 16 — — — — — 1999–2000 HPK SM-l 39 2 1 3 8 7 1 0 1 0 2000–01 HPK FIN U20 4 3 10 13 2 — — — — — 2000–01 HPK SM-l 55 13 11 24 28 — — — — — 2001–02 HPK SM-l 56 19 37 56 50 8 2 4 6 8 2002–03 HPK SM-l 53 25 25 50 54 10 1 7 8 29 2003–04 Dallas Stars NHL 16 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Utah Grizzlies AHL 48 7 23 30 20 — — — — — 2004–05 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 35 8 20 28 21 4 1 1 2 6 2005–06 Dallas Stars NHL 79 11 20 31 46 5 0 1 1 8 2006–07 Dallas Stars NHL 74 11 14 25 38 4 1 1 2 2 2007–08 Dallas Stars NHL 69 15 19 34 34 15 1 1 2 0 2008–09 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 15 29 44 32 — — — — — 2009–10 Minnesota Wild NHL 79 20 22 42 44 — — — — — 2010–11 Minnesota Wild NHL 73 16 19 35 38 — — — — — 2011–12 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 20 2 6 8 8 — — — — — 2011–12 Winnipeg Jets NHL 45 5 8 13 0 — — — — — 2012–13 HPK SM-l 15 4 4 8 10 — — — — — 2012–13 Winnipeg Jets NHL 22 3 2 5 2 — — — — — 2013–14 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 34 7 15 22 8 — — — — — 2014–15 Eisbären Berlin DEL 48 11 18 29 22 3 2 0 2 4 2015–16 HPK Liiga 34 7 11 18 24 — — — — — SM-l/Liiga totals 265 70 89 159 176 29 4 11 15 37 NHL totals 539 97 133 230 234 24 2 3 5 10

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Finland WJC 7 4 1 5 2 2002 Finland WC 9 2 4 6 4 2003 Finland WC 6 0 1 1 0 2006 Finland WC 9 2 2 4 10 2007 Finland WC 8 1 1 2 6 2009 Finland WC 7 3 5 8 6 2010 Finland OG 6 1 0 1 0 2010 Finland WC 6 0 2 2 4 Senior totals 51 9 15 24 30