Esa Keskinen

Esa Juhani Keskinen (born 3 February 1965 in Ylöjärvi, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward.

Playing career Keskinen was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, 101st overall, in the 1985 NHL entry draft, but never played in the NHL anytime in his active playing career.

Playing for HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien, he won the Swedish national championship during the 1994–95 season. During the 1995–96 season Keskinen formed with his fellow Finn Kai Nurminen a proficient goal-scoring duo, still playing for HV71. During his years in HV71 he was a popular player among the fans and drew by himself large crowds to the club's, at the time, arena Rosenlundshallen.

Keskinen recorded 658 points (215 goals, 443 assists) and 130 penalty minutes in 478 games in SM-liiga playing for TPS and Lukko. In Elitserien he totalled 203 games with 209 points (61 goals, 148 assists) and 148 penalty minutes playing for HV71. He has been noted for most points in SM-liiga in seasons 1987-88 (69 points), 1992–93 (59 points) and 1993-94 (70 points).

Awards Silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Awarded the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy in 1988, 1993 and 1994. SM-liiga champion with TPS in 1993 and 2000. Awarded the Kultainen kypärä trophy in 1994. Awarded Lasse Oksanen trophy in 1994. SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season 1993–94. Bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Elitserien playoff winner with HV71 in 1995. Gold medal at the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championship. Awarded Guldhjälmen (Most Valuable Player) in 1996.

Records HV71's club record for assists in one season (41) HV71's club record for points in one season (59)

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 KOOVEE FIN U20 32 46 20 66 35 — — — — — 1981–82 FoPS FIN.2 27 14 18 32 8 — — — — — 1982–83 FoPS FIN.2 15 5 14 19 8 — — — — — 1983–84 TPS SM-l 31 10 25 35 0 5 0 0 0 0 1984–85 TPS SM-l 35 11 22 33 6 10 2 3 5 0 1985–86 TPS SM-l 36 18 28 46 4 7 2 0 2 0 1986–87 TPS SM-l 44 25 36 61 4 5 1 1 2 0 1987–88 TPS SM-l 44 14 55 69 14 — — — — — 1988–89 Lukko SM-l 41 24 46 70 12 — — — — — 1989–90 Lukko SM-l 44 25 26 51 16 — — — — — 1990–91 Lukko SM-l 44 17 51 68 14 — — — — — 1991–92 TPS SM-l 44 24 45 69 12 3 1 1 2 0 1992–93 TPS SM-l 44 16 43 59 12 12 1 6 7 4 1993–94 TPS SM-l 47 23 47 70 28 11 5 4 9 4 1994–95 HV71 SEL 39 15 29 44 48 13 3 5 8 10 1995–96 HV71 SEL 39 18 41 59 18 4 0 5 5 2 1996–97 HV71 SEL 34 9 27 36 30 — — — — — 1997–98 HV71 SEL 46 16 29 45 24 3 0 4 4 0 1998–99 HV71 SEL 45 3 22 25 28 — — — — — 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 22 8 19 27 8 11 2 5 7 4 SM-l totals 478 215 443 658 130 64 14 20 34 12 SEL totals 203 61 148 209 148 20 3 14 17 12

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1981 Finland EJC 5 1 2 3 19 1982 Finland EJC 5 3 0 3 0 1983 Finland EJC 5 5 2 7 2 1984 Finland WJC 7 4 8 12 0 1985 Finland WJC 7 6 14 20 2 1988 Finland OG 8 1 1 2 2 1989 Finland WC 10 1 8 9 2 1990 Finland WC 10 0 4 4 8 1991 Finland WC 10 2 5 7 4 1994 Finland OG 8 2 4 6 6 1994 Finland WC 7 2 3 5 2 1995 Finland WC 8 1 5 6 6 1996 Finland WC 6 1 3 4 2 Junior totals 29 19 26 45 23 Senior totals 67 10 33 43 32