Jan-Axel Alavaara

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SwedenSweden  Jan-Axel Alavaara Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 14, 1975
place of birth Kiruna , Sweden
size 181 cm
Weight 89 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1992-1995 Kiruna IF
1995-2001 MODO hockey
2001-2007 Frölunda HC
2007-2008 Kloten Flyers
2008-2011 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
2011–2012 Skellefteå AIK
2012 EHC Linz

Jan-Axel Alavaara (born March 14, 1975 in Kiruna ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player and today's coach and functionary. He has been a sports manager at Adler Mannheim since 2018 .

Career

Alavaara began his career in his hometown with Kiruna IF . There the defensive player was under contract for five years and moved to the top Swedish league, the Elitserien , to MODO Hockey for the 1995/96 season . After the left-handed shooter was often used in the junior team during his first season in Örnsköldsvik , he was part of the Swedish team the following year. His personally most successful season was the 1999/00 game year, when Alavaara was able to achieve 16 points scorer in a total of 56 league games.

In summer 2001, the now 26-year-old decided to switch to league rivals Frölunda HC , with whom he won the Swedish championship in 2003 and 2005 . The Swede was one of the top performers within the team in the six years that he went on the ice for Frölunda HC. At the end of the 2006/07 season , Alavaara decided against a contract extension and instead moved to other European countries. Ultimately, the management could it Kloten Flyers of a commitment in the Swiss National League A convincing.

After only one season Alavaara left the club again to then lace up the skates for the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg from the German Ice Hockey League in the 2008/09 season . At the beginning of February 2009, the defender extended his expiring contract in Wolfsburg for another two years and was in the Lower Saxony squad until the end of 2011, with whom he was runner-up in his last season.

For the 2011/12 season he returned to his home in Sweden, where he was signed by Skellefteå AIK from the Elitserien. In January 2012 his contract with the AIK was terminated and Alavaara moved to Austria to the EHC Linz . There he played 26 games and was Austrian champion with the Black Wings . At the beginning of April 2012 it was announced that he would end his active career and return to his home country to work as an assistant coach in the U20 super elite at the Elitserien club MODO Hockey . From the 2013/14 season, the Swede was employed as an assistant coach for the MODO professional team in the Svenska Hockeyligan for two and a half years , before the entire coaching staff was dismissed in November 2015 due to persistent failure. Then he was a scout for the Buffalo Sabers .

Alavaara has been sports manager at Adler Mannheim since July 1, 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Main round Playoffs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1992/93 Kiruna IF Division 1 21st 4th 1 5 30th
1993/94 Kiruna IF Division 1 31 3 11 14th 54
1994/95 Kiruna IF Division 1 35 7th 5 12 38
1995/96 MODO hockey Elitserien 31 2 0 2 14th 7th 0 0 0 2
1996/97 MODO hockey Elitserien 45 3 4th 7th 40 - - - - -
1997/98 MODO hockey Elitserien 46 4th 8th 12 54 8th 1 2 3 40
1998/99 MODO hockey Elitserien 29 3 3 6th 44 13 4th 1 5 20th
1999/00 MODO hockey Elitserien 43 5 9 14th 48 13 1 1 2 12
2000/01 MODO hockey Elitserien 39 3 8th 11 22nd 7th 1 0 1 2
2001/02 Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 5 11 16 28 10 1 3 4th 10
2002/03 Frölunda HC Elitserien 49 4th 6th 10 71 15th 0 2 2 16
2003/04 Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 2 10 12 98 10 0 0 0 2
2004/05 Frölunda HC Elitserien 49 4th 12 16 48 14th 1 1 2 18th
2005/06 Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 4th 6th 10 76 17th 1 3 4th 20th
2006/07 Frölunda HC Elitserien 54 5 13 18th 80 - - - - -
2007/08 Kloten Flyers NLA 47 3 15th 18th 52 5 0 1 1 2
2008/09 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 52 13 31 44 36 10 2 4th 6th 10
2009/10 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 50 6th 22nd 28 48 7th 3 0 3 4th
2010/11 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 50 10 20th 30th 16 9 1 5 6th 6th
2011/12 Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 38 1 7th 8th 30th - - - - -
2011/12 Black Wings Linz ÖEHL 9 2 5 7th 2 17th 1 5 6th 20th
Overall Elitserien 543 45 97 142 653 114 10 13 23 142
Overall NLA 47 3 15th 18th 52 5 0 1 1 2
Total DEL 152 29 73 102 100 26th 6th 9 15th 20th
Total ÖEHL 9 2 5 7th 2 17th 1 5 6th 20th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyweb.de, defender duo extended in Wolfsburg
  2. ↑ Alavaara ends career
  3. ↑ Jan-Axel Alavaara becomes sports manager at Adler Mannheim. In: adler-mannheim.de. July 1, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .

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Adler Mannheim's squad in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Alavaara, Jan-Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiruna , Sweden