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• Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament's Best Forward – 1995, 1999<br />
• Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament's Top scorer – 1999<br />
• Finnish Ice hockey player of the year – 1994, 1995<br />
• Turin 2006 Winter Olympics – Tournament All-Star<br />
• Turin 2006 Winter Olympics – Top scorer<br />
• Captain of Team Finl<strong>and</strong> – 1998–2010<br />
Other: In October 2007, he was publicly criticized by a prominent <strong>and</strong> controversial Quebecois<br />
nationalist lawyer, Guy Bertr<strong>and</strong>, for not speaking French in a videotaped ceremony broadcast inside<br />
the Canadiens' home arena before games. Koivu, who is reportedly fluent in English, Swedish, <strong>and</strong><br />
Finnish, replied to Bertr<strong>and</strong>'s remarks that he is not perfect, but that he does speak French to his wife<br />
during intimate moments. In the pre-game video broadcast before the next home game, Koivu<br />
introduced himself <strong>and</strong> the team in French. Bertr<strong>and</strong> is a founding member of the Parti Quebecois <strong>and</strong><br />
remains involved in Quebec sovereigntist politics. In the past, Bertr<strong>and</strong> has publicly dem<strong>and</strong>ed that<br />
Quebec be allowed to field its own national ice hockey team in international competitions, most<br />
notably the World Hockey Championships held in Quebec City in 2008. Bertr<strong>and</strong> also represented<br />
Leon Mugesera, an accused Rw<strong>and</strong>an genocidaire, in his deportation proceedings before the Supreme<br />
Court of Canada.<br />
Family: His younger brother, Mikko Koivu is also an ice hockey player in the NHL, playing with <strong>and</strong><br />
serving as team captain for the Minnesota Wild. Mikko Koivu is also involved in medical charity,<br />
including donating rooms to the Minnesota Children's Hospital epilepsy <strong>and</strong> neurological unit. Koivu's<br />
father, Jukka Koivu, is a former head coach of the Finnish professional ice hockey team, TPS, for<br />
which Saku <strong>and</strong> Mikko both played before joining the NHL.<br />
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