Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Petteri Jokinenis a Finnish professional ice hockey forward and an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers. He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in 2001 in the sixth round, 192nd overall, and spent his first three NHL seasons with the team. Jokinen has also played in the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 April 1983
CityKalajoki, Finland
change knew league move played thomas tim time
I was pretty confident, but Tim Thomas and I played in the same league over in Finland. I think he knew what I was going to do. I had been going with a move in the shootout before this and I think it was time to change that move.
confidence high points seven
First of all, we have seven big points in those shootouts. I think my confidence in shootouts is pretty high now.
battle enjoy explain hard
It's pretty hard to explain it. I enjoy that situation. It's like a 1-on-1 battle between me and the goalie.
ahead la points six three
It's six important points. We're ahead of LA by three points, so those points are big.
chances confidence four points seven
We have seven points in those (shootouts). My confidence is high. In Europe, (the shootout's) been in for four years and I got a lot of chances on breakaways with the Finnish team.