Kai Nurminen

Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born 29 March 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.

Career Nurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-liiga. He has also played for two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien.

During the 1994–1995 season, he played successfully with Esa Keskinen for HV71, together making up a fearsome duo.

For the 1996–97 season, he was contracted by Los Angeles Kings in NHL. After only one season in NHL with 67 matches played (scoring 16 goals and 11 assists) he returned to Scandinavia. In the 2000–01 season, he played two games for the Minnesota Wild and registered one goal.

Nurminen also played for HPK and Jokerit in SM-liiga; HC Davos in Nationalliga A; and Frölunda HC and HV71 in Elitserien.

Nurminen won the Finnish Championship twice. He also won the 1993 European Champions Cup with TPS.

Nurminen scored 7 goals in 12 games in World Championships and 243 goals in SM-liiga. During the 1999–2000 season he played 64 games and scored 46 goals in SM-liiga.

Nurminen ended his active playing career with the Danish team Herlev Hornets.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 TPS FIN U18 15 13 17 30 12 — — — — — 1986–87 TPS FIN U20 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1987–88 TPS FIN U20 32 9 7 16 16 — — — — — 1989–90 TPS FIN U20 35 28 17 45 32 — — — — — 1990–91 TuTo FIN.2 33 26 20 46 14 — — — — — 1991–92 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 44 44 19 63 34 — — — — — 1992–93 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 8 6 4 10 2 — — — — — 1992–93 TPS SM-l 31 4 6 10 13 7 1 2 3 0 1993–94 TPS SM-l 45 23 12 35 20 11 0 3 3 4 1994–95 HPK SM-l 49 30 25 55 40 — — — — — 1995–96 HV71 SEL 40 31 24 55 30 4 3 1 4 8 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 16 11 27 22 — — — — — 1997–98 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 23 9 7 16 24 — — — — — 1997–98 Jokerit SM-l 20 7 9 16 6 8 5 3 8 4 1998–99 HC Davos NDA 42 26 14 40 26 — — — — — 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 54 41 37 78 40 10 5 9 14 0 2000–01 Minnesota Wild NHL 2 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 74 28 46 74 34 1 0 0 0 0 2001–02 TPS SM-l 52 15 18 33 42 8 0 2 2 2 2002–03 TPS SM-l 56 22 18 40 44 7 0 1 1 0 2003–04 TPS SM-l 52 23 22 45 18 13 6 3 9 33 2004–05 TPS SM-l 54 25 24 49 42 6 1 3 4 6 2005–06 TPS SM-l 55 14 17 31 44 2 0 1 1 4 2006–07 TPS SM-l 44 20 20 40 42 2 1 0 1 4 2007–08 HPK SM-l 26 8 11 19 18 — — — — — 2008–09 Herlev Hornets DNK 12 2 5 7 18 — — — — — 2010–11 PaKa FIN.4 1 0 2 2 2 — — — — — SM-l totals 538 232 219 451 369 74 19 27 46 57 SEL totals 63 40 31 71 54 4 3 1 4 8 NHL totals 69 17 11 28 24 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 Finland WC 6 4 2 6 6 1996 Finland WCH 2 0 1 1 0 1997 Finland WC 6 3 0 3 0 Senior totals 14 7 3 10 6