Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Numminen akatanga basa rake nechikwata chake chemuno, Tappara, muSM-liiga. Yakagadzirirwa mumutambo wechipiri (makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe) mu 1986 NHL Entry Draft
neWinnipeg Jets, Numminen akatamira kuNorth America muna 1988 kunotambira maJets. Akatamira nechikwata ichi sezvo chakava Phoenix Coyotes pamberi pemwaka wa1996-97. Akatamba muNHL All-Star Game muna 1999, 2000 uye 2001. Mushure memakore gumi nemashanu achitamba sangano reWinnipeg / Phoenix, Numminen akatengeswa kuDallas Stars muna Chikunguru 2003, yaMike Sillinger. Numminen akatora zororo kubva hockey panguva 2004 <unk> 05 NHL lockout, ipapo akasaina somunhu akasununguka mumiririri pamwe Buffalo Sabres.