Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Numminen malitere ọrụ ya na ndị otu obodo ya, Tappara, na SM-liiga. A họpụtara ya n'agba nke abụọ (nke iri abụọ na itoolu) na
1986 NHL Entry Draft site na Winnipeg Jets, Numminen kwagara North America na 1988 iji kpọọ maka Jets. Ọ kwagara na otu ahụ ka ọ ghọrọ Phoenix Coyotes tupu oge 1996 <unk> 97. Ọ gbara na NHL All-Star Game na 1999, 2000 na 2001. Mgbe oge iri na ise na-egwu maka nzukọ Winnipeg / Phoenix, a gbanwere Numminen na Dallas Stars na July 2003, maka Mike Sillinger. Numminen wepụrụ ezumike site na hockey n'oge mkpọchi NHL nke 2004 <unk> 05, wee bịanye aka dị ka onye nweere onwe ya na Buffalo Sabres.