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| 1983 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mikko Makela
Selected in
fourth round
No. 65 overall by New York Islanders
Born
February 28, 1965
 | Position:
Right Wing / Center
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Tampere Ilves (Finland Jr.)
Birthplace:
Tampere, Finland
Hometown: Tampere, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
23 | 29 |
11 | 40 |
26 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
European Junior Championships: 1983 (silver
medal) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 12, 1985 (N.Y. Islanders at
Los Angeles)
Numbers: 24 (N.Y. Islanders); 24
(L.A.); 42 (Buffalo); 42 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1985-1995 |
NYI, LA, BUF, BOS | 423 |
118 | 147 |
265 | 139 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1987-1990 |
N.Y. Islanders, L.A. | 18 |
3 | 8 |
11 | 14 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
N.Y. Islanders Records: Most points by a rookie in one game (5 vs.
Toronto on Jan. 28, 1986, shares record)
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game. The goal beat Los
Angeles goaltender Darren Eliot at 18:21 of the second period, giving Islanders a 3-2 lead in a gave they eventually
won 5-4 in
overtime. ... Played on line with Brent Sutter for Islanders in
1985-86. ... Missed part of 1985-86 season with back spasms, suffered in
N.Y. Islanders' Nov. 1, 1985, game at Washington. He did not return to
action until N.Y. Islanders' Dec. 6, 1985, game at Quebec, having done two-game injury rehab stint with Springfield (AHL). ... Played all three
forward positions for N.Y. Islanders as a rookie in 1985-86. ... Led
Islanders with a 23.5 percent shooting percentage as a rookie in 1985-86.
... Missed remainder of 1985-86 regular season and entire 1986 playoffs with
back spasms, an injury suffered in N.Y. Islanders' April 2, 1986, game
at Pittsburgh. ... Played on line with Pat LaFontaine for N.Y. Islanders in
1986-87. ... Missed part of 1987 playoffs with bruised right shoulder, suffered in Game 5 of N.Y. Islanders' first-round series vs.
Washington on March 14, 1987. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with
infected elbow, suffered in February 1988. ... Tied with Bryan Trottier for
N.Y. Islanders' lead in power-play points (33) in 1987-88. ... Led N.Y.
Islanders with 25.4 percent shooting percentage in 1987-88. ... Finished
third in NHL with 25.4 percent shooting percentage in 1987-88. ... Finished
tied for ninth in voting for 1987-88 Lady Byng Trophy. ... Began playing
left wing exclusively after trade to Los Angeles in November 1989. ... Had
three assists in first game with Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 1989, vs. Edmonton.
... Missed part of 1989-90 season with bruised shoulder, suffered during Los
Angeles' Dec. 13, 1989, game at Hartford. ... Signed with Boston as an unrestricted free agent on
May 25,
1994, after having played three seasons in Europe. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Tampere Ilves (Finland); Springfield (AHL); Turku TPS (Finland); Malmo
(Sweden); Providence (AHL); Dusseldorf (Germany); Sodertalje (Sweden);
Tampere Tappara (Finland)
Olympics: 1992 (seventh place), 1994
(bronze medal)
Canada Cup: 1987
(sixth place)
World Championships: 1985
(fifth place), 1992 (silver medal), 1994 (silver medal)
World Junior Championships: 1984 (silver), 1985
(fourth)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finland Championship: 1985 (Tampere
Ilves), 1993 (Turku TPS)
Sweden Championship: 1994 (Malmo)
Germany Championship: 1996 (Dusseldorf)
Finland Player of the Year:
1991-92 (Turku TPS)
Finland Points Leader Trophy: 1991-92 (Turku
TPS) (70 points)
Finland Goals Leader Trophy: 1984-85 (Tampere Ilves)
(34 goals)
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1985
Finland
All-Star First Team: 1984-85 (Ilves), 1991-92 (Turku TPS)
Germany Playoffs Points Leader: 1996 (Dusseldorf) (14 points)
World Junior Championships Goals Leader: 1985 (11 goals)
Coaching Career: Named Lethbridge (WHL)
assistant coach prior to 2002-03 season and remained in that position until Dec. 15, 2002. ... Named Lethbridge (WHL) interim head coach on Dec. 15, 2002, promoted to full-time
head coach in late December 2002, and held that position until Jan.
13, 2004.
Miscellaneous: Finished second in
Finnish SM-Liiga with 59 points in 1984-85. ... Played on line with Esa
Tikkanen and Esa Keskinen for Finland at 1985 World Junior Championships.
... Played on line with Raimo
Helminen and Esa Tikkanen for Finland at 1985 World Championships. ... Met
his Canadian wife, Janice, while practicing with Finland for 1987 Canada Cup
tournament in Lethbridge, Alberta. ... Played with Tampere
Ilves (Finland) during 1994-95 NHL lockout. ... Joined Providence for 1995
AHL playoffs. ... Became first European head coach in Canadian major junior
hockey history when he took over Lethbridge (WHL) in December 2002.
Personal:
Full name is Mikko Matti
Makela. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
N.Y. Islanders traded Makela to Los Angeles in exchange for Ken Baumgartner
and Hubie McDonough on November 29, 1989. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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