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And The Calder Award goes to...

... Teemu Selanne.

I appreciate recieving this award.

Especially when this year

we had so many good rookies.

I don't want to forget to say

thanks to many people in Finland -

who have helped me so much

in making this night possible. Thank you.

When you come to a new team

and a new city -

teammates usually help you to

find a place to live, a car and so on.

Sirpa and I looked at many houses.

When I saw this house,

I said "Wow!"

We were here for over two hours.

I looked around, thinking.

On the way home I said to Sirpa -

that we can't

go back to our old house.

We must do it. We'll buy it.

So we bought it and now

we have lived here for over 12 years.

This is an incredible place.

We love it.

My life is perfect now

with the NHL lockout.

He helps me at home

and takes the boys to training.

I cook!

There are seven people

here all the time.

There are six in the family -

and now we have Tatu, 17,

living here.

He is my nephew.

Turn there.

Eemil scored a goal

and Tatu scored twice.

The boys take hockey seriously.

I don't have time for any own hobbies -

when I have two sons

at different ages.

He looked like a small crow

during the first practice.

His hair stood up...

he was so excited.

He wore swetpants

and sneakers.

Not fishing clothes, but almost.

We bought a trailer for the family.

We drove around Finland

to the children's tournaments.

I also kept on with athletics.

I played football,

hockey and bandy.

and I also trained skating.

I was quite small,

even when I was 13-14.

My football and hockey coaches said

that athletics might suit me better.

I was fast,

but still persistent.

I competed in 60 and 100

but even 1,000 meters.

Teemu Selnne's free kick.

A very hard shot.

At 15 years old Teemu trained

with the national junior team in football.

Then he had to choose

between football and hockey.

Hitherto Teemu played

in Espoon Jklubi -

which was a successful team

in boys born in 1970.

They were unofficial Finnish champion.

They had so many boys

they had two teams: A1 and A2.

Paavo was the goalie of A2

and Teemu stayed in A1.

Jorma lkonen,

Teemus coach at the time -

did a fine job

and taught him the basics.

He taught Teemu to skate.

It was clearly

that the family went for the one -

which had better resources.

My twin brother Paavo

didn't have the same motivation -

getting up

to the highest level.

One must have a great desire -

and fight his way up with his elbows

if necessary.

I was a bit annoyed when dad

didn't drive me to training -

As often as he drove Teemu.

I felt sorry for Paavo

who dragged his big bag along -

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