What is Ville Nieminen?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Ville Nieminen.jpg | image_size = | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 200 | team = [[Tappara]] | league = [[SM-liiga]] | former_teams = '''[[National Hockey League|NHL]]''':<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]<br>[[Pittsburgh Penguins]]<br >[[Chicago Blackhawks]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[New York Rangers]]<br>[[San Jose Sharks]]<br>[[St. Louis Blues]]<br>'''[[KHL]]''':<br>[[HC Sibir Novosibirsk]]<br>[[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]<br>[[Dinamo Riga]] | ntl_team = Finland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|4|6}} | birth_place = [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] | draft = 78th overall | draft_year = 1997 | draft_team = [[Colorado Avalanche]] | career_start = 1999 | career_end = 2015 }} '''Ville Nieminen''' (born 6 April 1977 in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]) is a former [[Finns|Finnish]] professional [[ice hockey]] player that currently played for [[Tappara]] of the [[SM-liiga]]. Nieminen has also played in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] for the [[Colorado Avalanche]], [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Calgary Flames]], [[New York Rangers]], [[San Jose Sharks]] and [[St. Louis Blues]]. He won the [[Stanley Cup]] with the Avalanche in the [[2000–01 NHL season]]. Nieminen also won a silver medal with the [[Finland men's national ice hockey team]] in the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]. ==Other websites== *{{icehockeystats}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nieminen, Ville}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Calgary Flames players]] [[Category:Chicago Blackhawks players]] [[Category:Colorado Avalanche players]] [[Category:Finnish ice hockey left wingers]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Finland]] [[Category:Hershey Bears players]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:New York Rangers players]] [[Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players]] [[Category:San Jose Sharks players]] [[Category:St. Louis Blues player