PERSONAL: Sami and his wife Johanna have a five year old daughter named Julia and a newborn son named Oliver... Says his greatest hockey memories are playing in the 2002 Olympics and his first NHL game... Favourite television show is Friends and movies are The Matrix and The Rock... Growing up his boyhood idol was Jari Kurri... The person he would most like to meet is the President of the United States... Enjoys working with charities to raise money to help fight cancer.

LAST SEASON: Played 79 games this season, setting new career highs in goals, assists and points (9-21-30), recording ten penalty minutes and a plus/minus rating of +10... Recorded his 20th and 21st assists, Mar. 27/03 vs. Phoenix... Scored his 8th goal of the season, the game-winner, establishing a new career for goals, Mar. 11/03 vs. New York Islanders... Recorded two assists and played 23:44 of ice-time, Mar. 6/03 at Columbus... Returned to the line-up after missing two games with a sord shoulder, Feb. 22/03 at Edmonton... Scored his 7th goal of the season and finished with a plus one, Feb. 5/03 at Columbus... Scored his 6th goal, establishing a point streak of four games (2-2-4), and was named 3rd star of the game, Jan. 19/03 at Detroit... Scored his 5th goal of the season unassisted, recording four shots on net, and was awarded the game's 3rd star, Jan. 14/03 vs. Nashville... Recorded three assists, bringing his season total to 11, and was named the game's 2nd star, Jan. 8/03 vs. Ottawa... Recorded a goal and finished the game with a plus two rating, Dec. 19/02 at Nashville... Named the second star of the game after scoring the game-tying goal at 15:09 of the 3rd period, Dec. 15/02 vs. Calgary... Scored his 2nd goal of the season and extended his point streak to three games (2-1-3), Dec. 3/02 at NYI... Scored his 1st goal of the season, Nov. 30/02 at Florida... Notched his 3rd assist of the season and was a plus three, Nov. 9/02 at Phoenix.