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Detroit, MI... Detroit Red Wings Assistant General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Ilari Filppula on a one-year contract. In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Filppula, 28, is the older brother of current Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula. The 5-11, 191-pound forward played the past two seasons for TPS Turku of the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga). In 2009-10, the Vantaa, Finland, native led TPS Turku and finished ninth in league scoring with 49 points (12-37-49) in 58 games. He won the Jari Kurri Award as the Finnish Elite League’s playoff MVP, scoring two goals and adding 12 assists in 15 postseason games, helping TPS Turku capture their first SM-liiga title since 2000-01. Past winners of the Jari Kurri award include current National Hockey League players Saku Koivu (1995), Olli Jokinen (1998), Miika Kiprusoff (1999), Kari Lehtonen (2002) and Niklas Backstrom (2004, 2005).
Ilari Filppula, Forward
Born Nov 5 1981 -- Vantaa, Finland
Height 5.11 -- Weight 191 -- Shoots L
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Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2003-04 JyP HT Jyvaskyla FNL 47 3 6 9 12 1 0 0 0 0
2004-05 JyP HT Jyvaskyla FNL 55 8 10 18 10 3 1 0 1 0
2005-06 Jokerit Helsinki FNL 56 9 16 25 14 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 JyP HT Jyvaskyla FNL 54 15 26 41 36 -- -- -- -- --
2007-08 JyP HT Jyvaskyla FNL 56 7 15 22 20 6 0 1 1 0
2008-09 TPS Turku FNL 48 6 17 23 47 8 0 3 3 6
2009-10 TPS Turku FNL 58 12 37 49 24 15 2 12 14 6
