What is Saku Koivu?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Sakukoivu_halifax2008.png | image_size = 200px | position = [[Center (ice hockey)|Center]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 178 | team = [[Anaheim Ducks]] | former_teams = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[TPS (ice hockey)|TPS]] ([[SM-liiga]]) | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | ntl_team = Finland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Turku]], [[Finland|FIN]] | career_start = 1992 | draft = 21st overall | draft_year = 1993 | draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]] | career_end = 2014 }} '''Saku Antero Koivu''' (born November 23, 1974 in [[Turku]], [[Finland]]) is a former [[Finland|Finnish]] professional [[ice hockey]] player and an [[Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains|alternate captain]] of the [[Anaheim Ducks]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He began his NHL career with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]] after three seasons with [[TPS (ice hockey)|TPS]] of the Finnish [[SM-liiga]]. Koivu served as the Canadiens' [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] for nine of his thirteen seasons with the club (not including the locked-out [[2004–05 NHL season|2004–05 season]]), which makes his the second longest captaincy tenure in team history after [[Jean Béliveau]]. Koivu was the first European to captain the Montreal Canadiens. On September 6, 2001, Koivu was diagnosed with [[Burkitt's lymphoma]], a [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma|non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] and he nearly all of the [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02 season]]. After he had been suffering serious pains in his stomach and was vomiting went to see the Canadiens' physician David Mulder, who, after many tests discovered the cancer. He was expected to miss the season but he made a comeback in time for the last few games. The fans gave Koivu an eight-minute standing ovation when he skated onto the [[Bell Centre|Molson Centre]] ice for the first time on April 9, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=220409010|access