Esa Keskinen

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Position	Center
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg)
SM-liiga Team F. Teams	TPS HV71
Nationality	Finland
Born	February 3, 1965, Ylöjärvi, FIN
NHL Draft	101st overall, 1985 Calgary Flames
Pro Career	1983 – 2000

Men's Ice hockey
Olympic medal record
Silver	1988 Calgary	Ice hockey
Bronze	1994 Lillehammer	Ice hockey

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

1 Playing career
2 Awards
3 Records
4 References

[edit] 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.^[1] During season 1995-96 Keskinen formed with his fellow Finn Kai Nurminen a proficient goal-scoring duo when they played for HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien. 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.^[2]

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).^[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Records

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

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Esa Keskinen. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on August 11, 2006.
^ Historien om HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on August 11, 2006.

Preceded by Juha Riihijärvi	Winner of the Kultainen kypärä trophy 1993-94	Succeeded by Saku Koivu
Preceded by Unto Wiitala	Winner of the Lasse Oksanen trophy 1993-94	Succeeded by Saku Koivu
Preceded by Kari Jalonen	Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 1987-88	Succeeded by Raimo Summanen
Preceded by Mikko Mäkelä	Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 1992-93 & 1993-94	Succeeded by Saku Koivu