Iiro Pakarinen

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Iiro Pakarinen
Date of birth August 25, 1991
place of birth Suonenjoki , Finland
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
number # 26
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 7th round, 184th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
2009–2012 KalPa Kuopio
2012-2014 Helsingfors IFK
2014-2018 Edmonton Oilers
Bakersfield Condors
2018-2019 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2019-2020 Barys Nur-Sultan
since 2020 Jokerite

Iiro Pakarinen (born August 25, 1991 in Suonenjoki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Jokerit in the Continental Hockey League since May 2020 .

Career

Iiro Pakrinen began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of KalPa Kuopio , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2009/10 season . In his rookie year , the winger scored six goals in a total of 50 games and provided five assists. In the following season he was also an integral part of the KalPa professional team. At the same time, he made nine appearances from 2009 to 2011 as a loan player for the Finnish U20 national team in the Mestis , the second Finnish division. In the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the seventh round as the 184th player of the Florida Panthers .

Between 2012 and 2014 he was under contract with Helsingfors IFK and scored 30 points scorer in 60 games this season during the 2013/14 season. The Edmonton Oilers then gave him a three-year NHL entry contract. This was extended by one year in May 2017.

After four years in the Organization of the Oilers Pakarinen finally left North America and joined the HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL). For Metallurg he scored 27 points scorer in 66 games this season and moved to Barys Nur-Sultan after the end of the 2018/19 season . After 27 games this season for Torpedo, the Finnish attacking player switched to Jokerit within the KHL in May 2020 .

International

For Finland Pakarinen took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2009 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2010 and 2011 . At the U18 World Cup in 2009, he and his team won the bronze medal.

In 2014 he won the silver medal in the men's selection at the World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2007/08 KalPa Kuopio U20 Jr. A SM liiga 1 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
2008/09 KalPa Kuopio U20 Jr. A SM liiga 37 11 10 21st +9 44 5 1 0 1 -4 2
2009/10 KalPa Kuopio U20 Jr. A SM liiga 11 8th 4th 12 +7 10 - - - - - -
2009/10 Finland U20 Mestis 6th 1 2 3 -1 6th - - - - - -
2009/10 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 38 3 5 8th +1 37 12 3 0 3 +2 8th
2010/11 KalPa Kuopio U20 Jr. A SM liiga 4th 3 2 5 +5 6th - - - - - -
2010/11 Finland U20 Mestis 3 0 0 0 -3 0 - - - - - -
2010/11 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 46 7th 3 10 ± 0 34 7th 1 0 1 -1 37
2011/12 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 54 10 3 13 -3 47 7th 2 2 4th -2 0
2012/13 Helsingfors IFK SM-liiga 33 5 7th 12 -3 6th 6th 3 0 3 ± 0 4th
2013/14 Helsingfors IFK Liiga 60 20th 10 30th -1 32 2 0 0 0 ± 0 2
2014/15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 39 17th 11 28 +17 20th - - - - - -
2014/15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17th 1 2 3 -4 2 - - - - - -
2015/16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 4th 1 2 3 ± 0 4th - - - - - -
2015/16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 5 8th 13 -10 8th - - - - - -
2016/17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 5 0 1 1 +2 4th - - - - - -
2016/17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14th 2 2 4th +2 2 1 0 0 0 -1 0
2017/18 Bakersfield Condors AHL 18th 9 4th 13 +3 2 - - - - - -
2017/18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 40 2 1 3 +1 6th - - - - - -
2018/19 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 60 19th 7th 26th +6 6th 6th 0 1 1 2 −4
2019/20 Barys Nur-Sultan KHL
Jr. A SM-liiga overall 53 22nd 16 38 +20 60 5 1 0 1 -4 2
Mestis total 9 1 2 3 -4 6th - - - - - -
(SM) -Liiga overall 231 45 28 73 –6 156 34 9 2 11 -1 51
AHL total 66 27 18th 45 +22 30th - - - - - -
NHL overall 134 10 13 23 –11 18th 1 0 0 0 -1 0
KHL total 60 19th 7th 26th +6 6th 6th 0 1 1 2 −4

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009 Finland U18 World Cup Bronze medal 6th 1 1 2 +4 2
2010 Finland U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 1 1 2 -1 2
2011 Finland U20 World Cup 6th place 6th 1 2 3 +3 2
2014 Finland WM Silver medal 10 3 0 3 +8 2
Juniors overall 18th 3 4th 7th +6 6th
Men overall 10 3 0 3 +8 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Pakarinen, Iiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Suonenjoki , Finland