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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyAnttiMiettinen(mih-EHT-tih-nehn, AN-tee)20RIGHT WINGShoots: LeftHt: 5-11 • Wt: 186Born: 7/3/80Hameenlinna, FinlandVS. NHLTEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIMANA 19 8 6 14 10 6ATL 22 11 6 17 1 8BOS 25 10 8 18 -5 4BUF 27 2 3 5 -10 10CGY 23 5 5 10 -10 2CAR 28 12 10 22 -1 24CHI 17 10 3 13 0 4COL 22 3 7 10 -3 6CBJ 15 2 2 4 -4 2DAL 19 3 5 8 1 13DET 18 2 3 5 -4 4EDM 23 8 8 16 7 6FLA 18 7 2 9 -4 16LA 16 2 1 3 -3 6MIN 7 4 1 5 0 2MTL 23 11 4 15 5 14NSH 19 7 6 13 3 2NJ 36 14 9 23 1 8NYI 8 4 0 4 0 4NYR 27 14 7 21 1 8OTT 25 5 6 11 -16 4PHI 33 13 6 19 -5 12PHX 17 4 3 7 6 6PIT 31 10 9 19 2 8SJ 19 3 3 6 -2 4STL 20 5 6 11 2 11TB 29 15 10 25 8 10TOR 24 9 9 18 -2 10VAN 20 3 7 10 -8 4WSH 30 2 9 11 -7 6CAREER HIGHLIGHTSHas tallied 91 points (38-53=91) in 238 NHL games over four seasonswith DAL...Owns 14 career multi-point games...Dallas went 13-1-0 in thosegames.2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSScored a career-high 15 goals and 34 points (15-19=34) in 69 games lastseason with Dallas...Added two points (1-1=2) in Dallas’s playoff run to theWestern Conference Finals...Scored the first goal in the Stars’ 2-1 4-overtimeseries clinching game vs SJ (5/4)...Has tallied 91 points (38-53=91) in 238NHL games over four seasons with the Stars...Has 15 career multi-pointgames including one goal and two assists in a win vs. LA (12/13/07).2006-07 HIGHLIGHTSRanked third on the Stars with hits (145)...Collected a career-high nine shotson goal twice at ANH (10/15) and vs. NYI (11/15)...Played in 100th career NHLgame at ANH (10/15)...Set a career-high with two goals vs. NSH (12/29)...Posted a career-high five-game point streak (3/18-27)...Scored two points(1+1=2) in five playoff games.2005-06 HIGHLIGHTSRegistered his first career multi-point game with two assists vs. CHI (11/4)...Tallied one assist and eight PIM in five playoff games.2003-04 HIGHLIGHTSMade his NHL debut on vs. ANA (10/8)...Recorded his first NHL goal, a gamewinner at NSH (10/11)...Also spent time with the Utah (AHL) during his firstprofessional season...Finished third in assists (23) and fourth in points (30)despite playing in only 48 games with the Grizzlies.2002-03 HIGHLIGHTSWas named the Finnish Elite League Player of the Year after appearing in 53games and recording 25 goals and 25 assists for 50 points with HPK Hameenlinna...Alsoappeared in 10 playoff games, finishing first on the team in assists(7), second in PIM (29) and tied for second in points (8).2001-02 HIGHLIGHTSRanked fifth among all Finnish league players in points (19-37=56) and wassixth in assists (36).2000-01 HIGHLIGHTSRanked sixth in goals (13) and sixth in points (24) among team leaders.INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTSWas selected to play in the Winter Olympics with Team Finland, but had towithdraw due to injury...Played at the 2003 World Championships with Finland,recording one assist in six games.Career TransactionsSigned by Minnesota as a free agent, July 3, 2008; Originally selected by Dallasin the seventh round (224th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.PERSONALAntti Miettinen and his wife, Johanna, reside in Finland during the offseason...Says his wedding day this summer is his most memorable moment away fromthe rink...Started playing hockey at the age of three in Finland at an outdoorrink by his house...Lists his parents and friends as the people who inspiredhis hockey career...His favorite part of Minnesota are all the rivers and lakes...Says fishing, playing guitar and golfing are his favorite hobbies...Lists Nirvanaas his favorite band and soccer as his favorite sport...Gladiator is hisfavorite movie and “Family Guy” is his favorite television station...Enjoys eatingoatmeal for breakfast.MIETTINEN’S PLAYING CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1996-97 HPK U18 Fin-U18 36 24 29 53 – 34 – – – – –1997-98 HPK U18 Fin-U18 34 13 28 41 – 63 – – – – –HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 8 1 0 1 – 2 – – – – –1998-99 HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 35 17 22 39 – 28 – – – – –FPS Forssa Fin-2 4 3 1 4 – 6 – – – – –HPK Finland 13 0 0 0 – 2 – – – – –1999-00 HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 31 24 53 77 – 28 – – – – –HPK Finland 39 2 1 3 – 8 – – – – –2000-01 HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 4 3 10 13 – 2 – – – – –HPK Finland 55 13 11 24 – 20 – – – – –2001-02 HPK Finland 56 19 37 56 – 50 – – – – –2002-03 HPK Finland 53 25 25 50 – 54 – – – – –2003-04 Utah AHL 48 7 23 30 -17 20 4 1 1 – –DALLAS NHL 16 1 0 1 -9 0 0 0 1 17 5.92004-05 Hamilton AHL 35 8 20 28 11 21 3 0 0 – –2005-06 DALLAS NHL 79 11 20 31 0 46 4 0 1 107 10.32006-07 DALLAS NHL 74 11 14 25 -5 38 6 0 1 141 7.82007-08 DALLAS NHL 69 15 19 34 4 34 5 0 3 136 11.0NHL TOTALS 238 38 53 91 -10 118 15 0 6 401 9.5MIETTINEN’S POSTSEASON CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1998-99 HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 3 2 3 5 0 2 – – – – –HPK Finland 4 0 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0.01999-00 HPK Jr. Fin-Jr. 2 1 6 7 0 2 – – – – –HPK Finland 7 1 0 1 0 0 – – – – –2001-02 HPK Finland 8 2 4 6 0 8 – – – – –2002-03 HPK Finland 10 1 7 8 0 29 – – – – –2004-05 Hamilton AHL 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 – –2005-06 DALLAS NHL 5 0 1 1 -1 8 0 0 0 8 0.02006-07 DALLAS NHL 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 9.12007-08 DALLAS NHL 15 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0 0 16 6.3NHL TOTALS 24 2 3 5 -3 10 0 0 0 35 5.7MIETTINEN’S INTERNATIONAL CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM1999-00 Finland WJC 7 4 1 5 – 22001-02 Finland Worlds 9 2 4 6 – 42002-03 Finland Worlds 6 0 1 1 – 02005-06 Finland Olympics – – – – – –Finland Worlds 9 2 2 4 – 102006-07 Finland Worlds 8 1 1 2 – 6INTERNATIONAL TOTALS 39 9 9 18 – 22NHL HIGHLIGHTSMost Goals, Game:4 – at CHI, 10/30/98Most Assists, Game:3 – at PHI, 11/26/05Most Points, Game:4 – three timesMost PIM, Game:7 – vs. STL, 2/8/99Goal Streak:4g – four timesAssist Streak:4g – 3/14-3/20/01Point Streak:12g – 10/17-11/14/01Career Hat Tricks:FiveAntti MiettinenTable of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL