What is Valtteri Filppula?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Valtteri Filppula 140103.png | image_size = 200px | caption = Filppula with the Lightning in 2014 | position = [[Center (ice hockey)|Centre]]/[[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]] | shoots = Left | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|3|20}} | birth_place = [[Vantaa]], [[Finland|FIN]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 193 | team = [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] | former_teams = [[Detroit Red Wings]]<br>'''[[Liiga|SM-liiga]]''':<br>[[Jokerit]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | ntl_team = Finland | draft = 95th overall | draft_year = 2002 | draft_team = [[Detroit Red Wings]] | career_start = 2005 |}} '''Valtteri Filppula''' (born March 20, 1984) is a [[Finns|Finnish]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] and [[Winger (ice hockey)|left winger]]. He currently plays for the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the [[Detroit Red Wings]] and for [[Jokerit]] of the [[Liiga|SM-liiga]]. His brother [[Ilari Filppula]] plays hockey for [[HC CSKA Moscow]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL). ==Career== Before playing in the NHL, Filppula played two seasons with [[Jokerit]] of the [[Liiga|SM-liiga]]. He was drafted with the 95th overall by the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in the [[2002 NHL Entry Draft]]. Filppula won the [[Stanley Cup]] with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008 when they beat the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] 4 games to 2. On July 5, 2013, he signed a five-year, $25 million contract with the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676840|accessdate=2014-11-02|title=Lightning Sign Free Agent Center Valtteri Filppula|publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning}}</ref> Filppula won a bronze medal at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] with team Finland. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{nhlprofile|8470047}} *{{hockeydb|64511}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Filppula, Valtteri}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:De