Raimo Helminen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Raimo Helminen
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 11, 1964(1964-03-11)
Age	60
Birthplace	Tampere
Country	Finland
Birth City	Pirkanmaa
Horoscope	Pisces

Raimo Helminen Biography

Raimo Helminen is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on March 11, 1964 in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland. Raimo Ilmari Helminen, a Finnish ex-professional ice hockey player was born 11 March 1964 in Tampere. His fans often call him “Raipe”, or “Maestro”. He holds the world record for the most international hockey games played by a player. His 26-year professional career is also one of the longest in professional hockey history. He is currently the assistant coach for Jokerit in the Kontinental Hockey League.

The following season was more difficult and Helminen ended playing a lot for the minor leagues. He returned home to Ilves in the fall 1987. He was a great success and was selected to the 1988 Winter Olympics national team. He helped his country win its first Olympic silver medal in ice hockey.

Helminen’s play in Malmö IF was at times very good and he earned the respect of the fans. However, his back would not heal properly until the summer of 1992 after Malmö had won the Swedish Elitserien, the top ice hockey league in the country. After being Elitserien’s first ever foreign scoring winner in 1993, Helminen helped Malmö IF win another championship in 1994.

In 1996 Helminen returned again to his home town to play for Ilves and quickly became a fan favorite again. In 1998 Ilves won silver medals in the SM-liiga and Helminen was voted the best player of the season. He was also selected for the league’s All-Star team in three consecutive years having remained one of the top scorers. Helminen also made the SM-liiga record for most penalty minutes in one game with (55PIM), when he first spat towards the referee and after that tried to assault him, first with his stick and then with his fists, verbally abusing the referee all the while. In 2014 Markus Palmroth broke the record with 59 PIM. Helminen served as the captain of Ilves from 1999 until the end of his career in 2008, although he was temporarily stripped of his captaincy during the 2006–07 season after being thrown out during a game (he was reinstated after one game). At 44 years of age, Helminen was the oldest active player during the SM-liiga 2007–08 season.

Helminen was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He was their second round pick, number 35. Helminen went on to the NHL in 1985. His rookie season saw him score 40 points in 66 games. Helminen was traded to the Minnesota North Stars by the new team management the following fall.

Raimo Helminen Net Worth

Raimo Helminen is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raimo Helminen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Helminen participated in several international tournaments during the 1980s, and was part of the silver-winning team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Helminen lost almost all international glory when Pentti Matikainen, the current head coach of the National team decided Helminen’s time with the team was up. In 1994, Swede Curt Lindstrom became the new head coach and Helminen was reinstated to the national team. Finland started to win consistently in international ice hockey during the 1990s. These included World Championship medals (silver and 1995 (gold), and Olympic medals (bronze and 1998 (bronze), respectively. Through the entire decade, Helminen was a favorite pick of the national team and played a significant role in the team’s success. Helminen was a participant in 11 World Championships tournaments from 1985 to 2002. Helminen holds the world record for most international games. Helminen was a Finnish soccer player who played 331 games. He scored 52 goals and assisted with 155. This totals 207 points.

Helminen began his career in his hometown, playing for the oldest team in the country, Ilves. Helminen was awarded two gold medals in junior leagues and was able to play in the SM-liiga in Finland in 1982. In 1984, Finland won silver at the U20 World Championship tournament. Helminen set a new record for scoring the most points in an under-20 tournament, and was chosen for the All- Star team. This attracted attention from people who were looking for new talent to play on the professional hockey teams of the National Hockey League in North America. Helminen took part in the first Olympic Games in Sarajevo that spring.

In the spring of 1988 Helminen started having back problems that would hinder his career for the next couple of years. Because of this injury his 1988–89 season for the Islanders was a disappointment—although he played spectacularly for New York’s AHL Springfield Indians farm team for a month—and he left the Islanders for Malmö IF in Sweden.

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His number originally was 14, but he had to change it to 41 when Ilves retired 14 in honour of Lasse Oksanen, a former player of the team. Helminen continued to wear 14 when he played for Team Finland. At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Ilves announced that Helminen’s number 41 would also be retired.

Facts & Trivia

Raimo Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Raimo Helminen celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.

He was also assistant coach of the Finnish U20 team in the 2010 and 2011 World Championship, before being promoted to head coach for the 2012 tournament.