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#15 Valtteri Filppula Pos: Center D.O.B.: 03/20/84 From: Vantaa, Finland Height: 5' 11" Weight: 202 Shoots: Left Drafted: 3rd Rnd, 2002 draft by Detroit Red Wings Acquired: Signed 3 yr contract with Detroit 8/19/05 Drafted: 3rd Rnd, 2002 draft by Detroit Red Wings Graduated to NHL: 11/04/06 With Detroit (NHL) Personal: Plus: Great Skater, Very Agile and Slippery... ... Excellent On-Ice Vision... Plays in Traffic... Capable of Taking Over a Game... Minus: Inconsistency... Organizational Comments: "I think he does a lot of the little things, he competes very well away from the puck. He's very responsible defensively. He's a tenacious forechecker." Griffins Head Coach Greg Ireland What GRC says: 2005-06: Filppula looked like he hit the wall around game 50, but he recovered his game just in time to be a big force in the playoffs. He may have played his way onto the parent Wings' roster, but if not he will put up some big numbers in GR next season. Role: Playmaking Center Projection: 1st or 2nd Line NHL Playmaker Statistics: Season Team Lge GP G A PTS PIM +/- GP G A PTS PIM +/- 2000-01 Jokerit Helsinki-B FNL-Jr 31 18 29 47 4 0 Jokerit Helsinki Jr FNL-Jr 1 0 1 1 0 0 2001-02 Jokerit Helsinki-B FNL-Jr 1 0 1 1 0 0 Jokerit Helsinki Jr FNL-Jr 40 8 15 23 14 0 9 4 9 13 2 2002-03 Jokerit Helsinki Jr FNL-Jr 35 16 37 53 39 11 4 10 14 4 2003-04 Jokerit Helsinki FNL 49 5 13 18 6 -2 2004-05 Jokerit Helsinki FNL 55 10 20 30 20 8 12 5 6 11 2 7 2005-06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 74 20 50 70 30 23 16 7 9 16 4 -4 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 1 1 2 1 2006-07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3 2 2 4 2 2 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 10 7 17 20 8 18 3 2 5 2 -2 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 19 17 36 28 16 22 5 6 11 2 7 2008-09 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 12 28 40 42 9 23 3 13 16 8 8 Griffins Totals 77 22 52 74 32 25 16 7 9 16 4 -4 Transactions 8/19/05 Signed 3 yr contract with Detroit (NHL) 9/29/05 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 12/14/05 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) 12/19/05 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 4/8/06 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) 4/9/06 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 4/17/06 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) 4/18/06 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 9/1/06 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) for Training Camp 10/12/06 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 10/18/06 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) 11/1/06 Assigned by Detroit (NHL) 11/4/06 Recalled by Detroit (NHL) 6/30/08 Signed 5 yr contract with Detroit (NHL)