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or even been offered any.

A hockey player can fill himself

with drugs -

but it takes so much more.

You have to have hockey sense,

skill and technique.

There are sports

that doping suit.

Ice hockey is not one of them.

All the Finnish top coaches

in individual sports -

like Kari-Pekka Kyro,

are convinced -

that most NHL players

use illegal drugs.

Ice hockey is the world's toughest sport.

They have skates and a stick -

A small puck and they play on ice.

If the alternative is -

earning $ 1,500 a month

in the East Coast Hockey League -

or a million a year in the NHL -

you'd do anything

to play in the NHL.

You can't be on drugs -

if you want to move fast

in a small area.

Since doping is forbidden,

if we want to get rid of the problem -

cheaters must be banned

for life right away.

1991 WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Selanne shoots!

When I was a small boy

I wanted to play in SM-liiga.

My dream was

to be in the national team.

My fantasy, which felt distant

and even unrealistic -

was to get to the NHL.

I played in a 4 country tournament

in Seinjoki when I was 16.

When I got the national team jersey -

I shuddered because I had

dreamed about it for so long.

The national team has helped me

step into bigger boots.

Teemu scores!

The Nagano Olympics

were an incredible experience.

For the first time

the best players from the NHL -

played in their national teams.

Two against one.

Koivu, Selanne.

Selanne scores!

The quarter final was the first

"do or die" game.

Sweden had their dream team.

Nice pass from Saku Koivu

In the 1999 World Championships

the finals were a two game series.

We lost the first

against the Czechs with one goal -

won the second with three goals.

I celebrated for a while

before I remembered the rules.

The atmosphere was a bit flat

when we went into overtime.

We lost in overtime.

So it goes.

Nothing to do about it.

In the 2006 Olympics -

we were without a doubt the best team.

All the pieces fell into place.

Everyone found his role immediately.

Too bad we lost in the final.

Sweden win Olympic gold!

I would also have

wanted to win with the national team.

My brother Panu and I

are both social.

Panu needed money for drugs.

We saw him sink really low.

He was like a warning sign

for Paavo and me.

We'll never go that route.

I have often thought of -

how much it was my fault -

and what I could have

done differently.

When Panu sat inside

in Srninen Prison -

he called me and asked for 500 Marks.

"Come on Saturday

when it's visiting hours."

We rolled up the money.

Then we gave them to Panu

who hid them somewhere.

He is my dear brother.

You try to help any way you can.

Paavo has always

helped him a lot.

And Mom, Dad and everyone else.

I do know now

what I should have done.

I should have spent more

time with my family.

But it's good -

That Panu has been clean

for over ten years.

Paavo has been tougher

against Panu.

He has said that we shouldn't

help him now.

He has caused his own problems

and he must take the consequences.

In my budget, I have counted

a moped a year to Panu -

because he has absolutely

incredible stories.

Panu is going to

visit for a month now.

Panu!

- Hey!

Leevi, how are you?

- My little darling.

Good to see you.

Teemu! How're you doing?

Come here.

- Okay.

Hey, what's your name?

- Daisy.

Wow, that's a beautiful name.

A friend gave me a book called -

"How to choose

the sex of your child."

Sirpa said that she wants a daughter.

She was begging for two months.

I said, "Absolutely not."

I begged for one month.

- It felt like two.

Sirpa

read the book and then I looked through it.

The book seemed logical.

I wrote down a list of things

I would not have to do -

and she signed it immediately.

We started working on the project.

If ovulation

was on a Wednesday -

you would start early

if you wanted a girl.

After 60 or 70 hours

all the boy sperms are gone.

More than 90 percent are girls.

We followed the instructions.

It was great to hear the

gynecologist say it was a girl.

The relationship between a father and a daughter

is special.

After Veera was born

Teemu has now and then said -

that maybe we could have

another girl.

I have put a stop to it.

He can beg all he wants -

but there will be no more kids.

Ever since he was a little boy,

, Teemu has woken up like a little bird.

He was never grumpy.

Veera is the same.

For many athletes

sport is their own thing -

and their families suffer.

But in this family, it is

a lifestyle for everyone.

He is my idol.

Naturally he's my dad too.

He has always been there for

me, when nobody else is.

How was the game?

- Okay.

My dad plays in the NHL

and doing something he loves.

But it isn't necessarily

a real job.

He always stops here.

If there is even one person here,

, he writes an autograph.

I never tell anybody

who my father is.

I do not want to be recognized

because I'm Teemu Selnnes son.

Top athletes are selfish.

They wouldn't be as good

if they were not.

They do what they want to

and when they want to do it.

Oh, they're swimming.

It doesn't matter which one is the

top athlete in a relationship -

the partner must understand what he or she needs.

Otherwise things won't work.

Teemu is the boss here.

I am his slave.

He can make a sandwich in the kitchen.

I am in the living room.

Then he asks me to come to the kitchen.

He might ask me to give him

a cheese slicer from the sink.

Do not believe her.

Sometimes it irritates me

that Teemu doesn't help me -

as much as other men

help -

with the children and household chores.

If Teemu needs to

do something unpleasant -

cancel an order or anything -

he always asked Paavo to do it.

He has always had difficulty

to do unpleasant things.

He has become accustomed to

someone else taking care of them.

Paavo or mother

and now it has been me.

Or some friend.

He has trusted buddies

who fix things for him.

Teemu would not

sit on a jetty alone -

and stare out to sea.

He lives by his friends.

Teemu has had so

many friends during his life.

He has known Pumu and Haba

since childhood.

He is still good friends with

Keijo and Waltteri -

and the other guys from Jokerit.

My and my brother's buddies

have always been welcome.

We offer food, drink and shelter.

Sometimes our home is

like a Gypsy camp.

Our friends are like

family members.

Teemu was a little boy

when we started working together.

If I have any problems,

I always call lmmu.

He always helps me.

Whatever it is.

Teemu said that you are his best friend.

Yes.

It's true.

Teemu is my best friend.

He's probably

a dictator at home.

What he says goes.

He is trying to convince everyone else too:

"Don't listen to your wives.

Do as you please."

We call him Dr. Phil

because he's so eager -

to meddle with

other people's relationships.

He can be damn annoying -

because he is always late.

He's always the last one on the bus.

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