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Ville Nieminen
Вилле Ниеминен
- Position: left wing
- Player status: coach
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland
- Birth date: 06.04.1977 (45 years)
- Birth place: Tampere, Finland
- Height: 183 cm / 6' 0"
- Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: Colorado Avalanche (from STL), year: 1997, round: 3, position: 78
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- Trivia:
Inline Hockey Player of the Year 1998-99
Stanley Cup Champion 2000-01
Most penalty minutes SM-Liiga playoffs 2012-13
Coach stats
| Season | Team | League | Pos | LPos | W | L | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | JYP Jyväskylä | Liiga | Assistant Coach | |||||
| 2020-21 |  MODO | HockeyAllsvenskan | Head Coach | |||||
| Left: 03.11.2020 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 | Pelicans Lahti | Champions Hockey League | Head Coach | |||||
| Left: 30.11.2019 | Reason of leaving: fired | ||||||||
| 2019-20 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga | Head Coach | |||||
| 2018-19 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga (Play-off) | Head Coach | |||||
| 2018-19 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga | Head Coach | |||||
| 2017-18 | Jukurit Mikkeli | Liiga | Assistant Coach | |||||
| 2016-17 | Jukurit Mikkeli | Liiga | Assistant Coach | |||||
| 2015-16 | KeuPa HT | Mestis (Play-off) | Head Coach | |||||
| 2015-16 | KeuPa HT | Mestis | Head Coach | 5. | ||||
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | Finland | Olympics | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2003-04 | Finland | World Cup of Hockey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001-02 | Finland | Olympics | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996-97 | Finland | U20 National team games (U20) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 1996-97 | Finland | WJC (U20) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1994-95 | Finland | U18 National team games (U18) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1993-94 | Finland | U17 National team games (U17) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Lukko Rauma | Liiga (Play-off) | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | -3 | |
| 2014-15 | Lukko Rauma | CHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | |
| 2014-15 | Lukko Rauma | Liiga | 50 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -3 | |
| 2013-14 | Tappara | Liiga (Play-off) | (C) | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -1 |
| 2013-14 | Tappara | European Trophy | (C) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 2013-14 | Tappara | Liiga | (C) | 46 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | Tappara | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2012-13 | Tappara | European Trophy (Play-off) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012-13 | Tappara | European Trophy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | ||
| 2012-13 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 57 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 132 | 17 | |
| 2011-12 | Örebro HK | Elitserien (Play-out) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | Örebro HK | Allsvenskan | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -1 | |
| 2011-12 |  Dinamo Riga | KHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -7 | |
| 2011-12 |  Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2010-11 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL (Play-off) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | |
| 2010-11 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 52 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 60 | 1 | |
| 2009-10 | Tappara | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2009-10 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 50 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 142 | 7 | |
| 2008-09 | Tappara | SM-liiga (Play-out) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008-09 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 55 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 82 | -7 | |
| 2007-08 | Malmö Redhawks | Allsvenskan (Play-off) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2007-08 | Malmö Redhawks | Allsvenskan | 34 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 124 | 4 | |
| 2006-07 |  St. Louis Blues | NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -1 | |
| 2006-07 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -7 | |
| 2005-06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL (Play-off) | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | -1 | |
| 2005-06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | |
| 2005-06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 10 | |
| 2004-05 | Tappara | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2004-05 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 26 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2003-04 |  Calgary Flames | NHL (Play-off) | 24 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 6 | |
| 2003-04 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 60 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 40 | -15 | |
| 2002-03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 75 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 93 | -25 | |
| 2001-02 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | |
| 2001-02 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 53 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2000-01 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL (Play-off) | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -1 | |
| 2000-01 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 50 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 8 | |
| 2000-01 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 28 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 48 | -2 | |
| 1999-00 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 52 | -11 | |
| 1999-00 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | Hershey Bears | AHL (Play-off) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1998-99 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 66 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 115 | 1 | |
| 1997-98 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 85 | 6 | |
| 1996-97 | Tappara | Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1996-97 | Tappara | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 49 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 120 | -14 | |
| 1995-96 | Koovee | Fazer-liiga | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | |
| 1995-96 | Tappara | Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off) | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 5 | |
| 1995-96 | Tappara | Jr. A I divisioona (U20) | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 29 | ||
| 1995-96 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | Tappara | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 22 | ||
| 1994-95 | Tappara | Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 2 | |
| 1994-95 | Tappara | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 15 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 58 | ||
| 1994-95 | Tappara | Jr. A I divisioona (U20) | 12 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 20 | ||
| 1994-95 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | |
| 1993-94 | Tappara | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1993-94 | Tappara | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 29 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 66 | ||
| 1992-93 | Tappara | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 37 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 72 |
Note: All games might not be included
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03 Jul 2020
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02 Jan 2012
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01 Nov 2011
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