Saku Antero Koivu - Born November 23, 1974 in Turku, Finland is a Finnish retired ice Hockey centre.

- Kanada-malja Trophy Champion 1993, 1995 with TPS Turko.
- SM-liiga Champion 1993, 1995 with TPS Turko.

- Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy Winner 1995.
- Lasse Oksanen Trophy Winner 1995.
- Jari Kurri Trophy Winner 1995.
- Kultainen kypärä "The Golden Helmet" Winner 1995.

- Finnish Ice Hockey Federation President's Trophy Winner 1999.

- World Ice Hockey Championships 1994, 1999 Silver Medal Winner with Team Finland.

- World Ice Hockey Champion 1995 with Team Finland.

- World Ice Hockey Championships 2008 Bronze Medal Winner.

- World Cup of Hockey 2004 Silver Medal Winner.
Voted to All-Star Team.

- 2006 Winter Olympics Silver Medal Winner.

- 1994, 1998, 2010 Winter Olympics Bronze Medal Winner.
Tied for top scorer at 1998 (2 goals/10 points), 2006 (3 goals/11 points) Winter Olympics with Teemu Selänne.
Selected to Media All-Star Team 2006 Winter Olympics.

Koivu made his NHL debut with Montreal Canadiens on October 7, 1995 vs Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Forum in a 7-1 Flyers win.

Koivu scored his 1st NHL goal vs Byron Dafoe of Los Angeles Kings at 18:15 of 1st period on October 23, 1995 at Montreal Forum in a 6-3 Montreal win. He had 2 goals in the game.

Koivu scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Johan Hedberg of Pittsburgh Penguins on November 18, 2002 at Bell Centre in a 5-4 OT Montreal win.

Koivu played in 1124 regular season NHL games, scoring 255 goals (46 GWG / 10 OTG), 577 assists with 809 penalty minutes and 80 NHL playoff games, scoring 18 goals (1 GWG), 41 assists with 62 penalty minutes.

Koivu played in the 1998 NHL All-Star Game and was voted to the 2003 game, but injuries kept him from playing.

Koivu was Montreal Canadiens captain from 1999 to 2009, tying Jean Béliveau as longest serving captain.
First ever European-born captain of the Montreal Canadiens.

Koivu represented Finland at 20 junior and 89 senior games, scoring 37 goals, 83 assists with 114 penalty minutes, being team captain for the senior team from 1998 to 2010.

Koivu served 8 seasons 2006-2014 as a member of the International Olympic Committee's athlete commission.

Birch Saku / Saku Koivu was inducted into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona) in 2015. #228

Saku Koivu was inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017.