Get the latest news, stats, videos, highlights and more about right wing jari kurri on. Kurri came from finland to play in the nhl, and during the 198081 season he was one of six finnishborn players in the league. Kurri s 1,043 regular season points as an oiler is second only to gretzky in franchise record books. The game of our lives is the best book on the canadian passion for hockey. To this day, hed lead nhl career scoring with his 1,963 assists alone jaromir jagr is. Welcome to the edmonton oilers community foundation 2016 shirts off our backs online charity auction in support of the christmas bureau of edmonton and charities across oil country. Jari kurri player profile, stats and championships. Shop jari kurri edmonton oilers autographed hockey 8x10 photo signed hockey pictures and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons. Jari kurri signed jersey vintage ccm autographed nhl. Jari kurri finished his career as the highest scoring europeanborn player in nhl history with totals of 601 goals, 797 assists, and 1,398 points.
Wayne gretzky ties his own nhl playoff record with seven points, jari kurri scores four goals, and mark messier and kent nilsson each add a pair as. Kurri currently holds the third spot in the record books for most playoff goals with 106. Before joining his second nhl team, kurri played one year for a team in this. We have many more hockey books than the ones listed below. Shop jari kurri signed jersey vintage ccm autographed nhl jerseys and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Oilers alumni jari kurri talks about being named to the nhls top 100 players of all time. Ranked with basketballs michael jordan and soccers pele, hockeys wayne gretzky retired from the nhl in april 1999. Jari kurri will forever be remembered as one half of arguably the greatest two man offense in nhl history along with this hockey legend. Jets mark scheifele sets nhl record for most road goals in a postseason. Shop jari kurri edmonton oilers autographed hockey 8x10 photo signed hockey pictures and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Get the best deals on jari kurri piece of authentic hockey trading cards when you shop the largest online selection at. Find the top 38 nhl records including single game, single year and all time records.
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Kurri will always be known as one of the best snipers of his era, scoring at least 50 in four straight seasons with a high mark of 71 goals in one season. Hockey people didnt use the term 200foot game years ago, but when jari kurri arrived in the nhl from finland as a 20yearold in. Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. Jari kurri piece of authentic hockey trading cards for sale. Teemu selanne played for the winnipeg jets, anaheim ducks, san jose sharks, and colorado avalanche during his 21year nhl career. Wayne gretzky, nicknamed the great one, is widely considered the greatest hockey player of alltime. Also find nhl playoff records, 50 goals in 50 games and 60 plus goal scorers. Sometimes overshadowed by the likes of wayne gretzky and mark messier, kurri was. Shipping to alaska, hawaii, po boxes and apo addresses not available for this item.
Learn more about them from these league history pages. Find jari kurri stats, teams, height, weight, position. The center who played with the new york rangers, st. Hockey hall of famer jari kurri has personally handsigned this edmonton oilers puck. Jan 27, 2017 oilers alumni jari kurri talks about being named to the nhl s top 100 players of all time. Jari kurri cap hit, salary, contracts, contract history, earnings, aav, free agent status. He led the nhl in scoring a record 10 times, was captain. Highest goalspergame average, career among players with 200ormore goals. By the time gretzky retired in 1999 with 8941,9632,857 in 1,487 regular season games, he held or shared 61 nhl records 40 in regular season, 15 in playoffs, six in allstar games. Jari pekka kurri is a retired finnish professional ice hockey right winger and a fivetime stanley. Anyone could play along side wayne gretzky and score the odd goal.
Jari kurri scored four goals, shattering two nhl playoff records, to lead the oilers to an 82 win over the host chicago black hawks to clinch the campbell conference title in six games. Barry fraser, oilers personnel director select a topic site map accessible customer service plan admission rates audiovideo vault corporate information did. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. This is a list of individual records recognized by the national hockey league through the end of the 201819 nhl season. Hockey people didnt use the term 200foot game years ago, but when jari kurri arrived in the nhl from finland as a 20yearold in 1980, his game was more complete. He added a nhl recordtying 19 goals tying reggie leach in 1976 in. In 2017 kurri was named one of the 100 greatest nhl players in history. Edmonton, however, still owned kurris freeagency rights and a deal would have to. Selanne also earned four olympic medals with the finnish national team and was inducted into the hockey hall of fame in 2017.
My life in pictures traces the great ones career from playing in his fathers backyard rink in brantford. Unfollow jari kurri rookie card to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Jari kurri trading card values sportlots price guide. Get the latest updated stats for colorado avalanche right wing jari kurri on. In the playoffs, the oilers swept the kings in the opening round and jets in round two.
Ice hockey trading cards jari kurri nhl for sale ebay. Gretzky also became the youngest player in nhl history to score one thousand points. Last seen in the 19971998 season with the colorado avalanche nhl. It was great to be united with wayne again after being away for one year, he said. Happy birthday to the finnish flash, jari kurri the. Sep 14, 2017 kurris 1,043 regular season points as an oiler is second only to gretzky in franchise record books. Playing the majority of his career both with wayne gretzky and in gretzkys. Jari kurri, an underrated member of the edmonton oilers dynasty of the 1980s, celebrates his 53rd birthday today. All overtime in the nhl is sudden deathmeaning the first team to score is the winnerso. Jari kurri stats, news, videos, highlights, pictures, bio. He also finished with 106 career goals and 233 points, third alltime behind only wayne gretzky and mark messier.
History of the national hockey league19671992wayne gretzky. Legends of hockey spotlight one on one with jari kurri. This series will look at the top 100 edmonton oilers from the nhl era 197980 to 201415, starting with 100 and working up. The threegoal game for ovechkin was the 24th of his career, allowing him to pass jari kurri for the 10thmost in nhl history and requiring him to record one more hat trick to tie hall of famer cy denneny who ranks ninth with 25 hat tricks in his career. The nhl had previously announced the first 33 prior to the. Jari kurri edmonton oilers autographed hockey 8x10 photo. Kurris 1,043 regular season points as an oiler is second only to gretzky in franchise record books. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. Happy birthday to the finnish flash, jari kurri the hockey. The statistics listed include the 201819 nhl regular season and 2019 playoffs.
Jari kurri played in three leagues over the course of his career. The oilers were founded on november 1, 1971, with the team playing its first season in 1972, as one of the twelve founding franchises of the major professional world hockey association wha. This set of books is considered the quintessential set of hockey books pertaining to the history of the stanley cup from 1893 to 1967. Alltime leaders skaters active skaters during 201920 nhl season are listed in boldface. Wayne gretzky led the nhl in goals with 73 and jari kurri was close behind with a career high 71. For the better part of eight seasons in edmonton, they skated through the nhl record book and the leagues elite teams, shoving aside both old.
In 198485 kurri set a record for goals by a right winger when he scored 71, which was. Nonetheless, jari was a second team nhl allstar that year. The edmonton oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in edmonton, alberta. They are members of the pacific division of the western conference of the national hockey league nhl.
With future hall of famers grant fuhr, paul coffey, jari kurri, mark messier, and glenn anderson, they established numerous new scoring records. Even without gretzky at centre, jari still scored 44 goals and finished eighth in scoring with 102 points in 198889. Jari kurri spent the majority of his oiler career as wayne gretzkys triggerman forming one of the most dangerous duos in the nhl. Edmonton, however, still owned kurri s freeagency rights and a deal would have to be worked out with any team he joined.
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