Teemu Pulkkinen

Teemu Pulkkinen
Pulkkinen with Jokerit c. 2011
Born	(1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 25) Vantaa, Finland
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams	Minnesota Wild Iowa Wild (AHL) Jokerit Detroit Red Wings
National team	Finland
NHL Draft	111th overall, 2010 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	2009–present

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
	2016 Russia
World U18 Championships
	2010 Belarus
	2009 United States

Teemu Pulkkinen (born 2 January 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger for the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pulkkinen was drafted 111th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Pulkkinen made his first appearance for Jokerit on 5 December 2008, at the age of 16. Before joining the team, he was an integral part of Jokerit's Junior-B club, scoring 36 goals and a total of 60 points in 32 games during the 2007–08 regular season. His team went on to win the Finnish championship, and Pulkkinen finished as the top scorer in the playoffs with 17 points in just six games.

During the 2010–11 season, in his rookie season with Jokerit, Pulkkinen played in 55 games, recording 18 goals and 36 assists. He broke Teemu Selänne's 20-year-old single-season record for assists by a rookie, with 36.

On 29 May 2012, Pulkkinen signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings. During the 2012–13 season, he was assigned to the Red Wings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, in April 2013 following the completion of his third season with Jokerit in Finland. He scored his first North American goal in a Calder Cup playoff game on 1 May against the Houston Aeros. Pulkkinen played in 14 playoff games for the Griffins, recording three goals and two assists during the team's run to the Calder Cup.