Esa Pirnes

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Esa Pirnes
Date of birth April 1, 1977
place of birth Oulu , Finland
size 184 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
number # 12
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 6th round, 174th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1995-1999 Kärpät Oulu
1999-2001 Espoo Blues
2001-2003 Tappara Tampere
2003-2004 Los Angeles Kings
2004-2005 Lukko Rauma
2005-2006 Espoo Blues
2006-2008 Färjestad BK
2008-2009 Atlant Mytishchi
2009-2011 Jokerit Helsinki
2011–2012 EV train
2012-2014 AIK Stockholm
2014-2016 Kärpät Oulu

Esa Pirnes (born April 1, 1977 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active in the Liiga at Kärpät Oulu , Jokerit Helsinki , Tappara Tampere and Espoo Blues and was three times Finnish champion . In the National Hockey League , he completed 57 games for the Los Angeles Kings .

Career

Esa Pirnes began his career as an ice hockey player in 1995 at Kärpät Oulu , for which he was active in the second-class I-divisioona for four years . He then moved to the Espoo Blues , for which he played in the SM-liiga until 2001 , before receiving a contract from their league rival Tappara Tampere , with whom he was runner-up in 2002 and Finnish champion for the first time in his career in 2003 . In addition, he received the Jari Kurri trophy as the best player in the playoffs in the 2002/03 championship season due to his performance and was elected to the SM liiga All-Star team. Thereupon the Los Angeles Kings became aware of the center, who selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 2003 in the sixth round as a total of 174 players. In the 2003/04 season , the Finn scored eleven points, including three goals, in 57 games for the Kings in the National Hockey League . Due to the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , Pirnes returned to his Finnish homeland, where he received a contract with Lukko Rauma , where he played for a season as well as the following season at his ex-club Espoo Blues.

From 2006 to 2008 Pirnes was active for the first time in other European countries when he played for Färjestad BK from the Swedish Elitserien for two years . He then moved to Atlant Mytishchi in the summer of 2008 in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . After a good season with 50 points from 51 KHL games for Atlant Mytishchi, the Finn returned to his homeland for the 2009/10 season and signed a contract with Jokerit . On September 12, 2011 Esa Pirnes signed a four-week contract with EV Zug , which he then extended until the end of the season.

Between May 2012 and February 2014 he worked for AIK Stockholm and was one of the team's best point collectors. He then returned to his hometown club and ended his career in 2016.

International

For Finland , Pirnes took part in the junior division only in the 1997 U20 World Junior Championship . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2003 , 2004 , 2006 and 2008 World Championships and in the Euro Hockey Tour from 2003 to 2009 .

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes Plus minus
NHL Regular Season 1 57 3 8th 11 12 −9
NHL playoffs - - - - - - -
KHL main round 1 51 22nd 28 50 84 +28
KHL playoffs - - - - - - -
SEL main round 4th 183 52 83 135 168 −15
SEL playoffs 2 21st 6th 6th 12 20th −4
Liiga main round 11 500 129 178 307 299 +37
Liiga playoffs 10 97 25th 34 59 32 +10

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Pirnes, Esa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu , Finland