Janne Kujala

Janne Kujala
Date of birth	5th November 1981
place of birth	Hämeenlinna , Finland
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	striker
number	# 10
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-1999	Nikkarit Riihimäki
1999-2001	HPK Hämeenlinna
2001-2002	St. Louis Sting
2002-2006	SC Middle Rhine Bears
2006-2008	Starbulls Rosenheim
2008-2009	ESC Hall 04
2009-2011	Foxes Duisburg
2011-2013	Red Devil Bad Nauheim
2013-2016	ERC Sonthofen
since 2016	EHC Neuwied

Janne Kujala (born November 5, 1981 in Hämeenlinna ) is a Finnish ice hockey striker who has been playing for EHC Neuwied in the ice hockey Oberliga-Nord since 2016 .

Career

Janne Kujala began his career with Nikkarit Riihimäki in the Finnish Junior League. In 1999 he moved to HPK Hämeenlinna to play for its junior team. During the 2000/01 season he completed eight games in the Finnish second division, the Mestis , for Ahmat Hyvinkää .

A year later he moved to the St. Louis Sting in the US Junior League North American Hockey League and scored 42 scorer points in 51 games. He then returned to Europe and signed a contract with SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied , for which he was on the ice for a total of four years. Kujala had his most successful time as a professional ice hockey player in Neuwied. So he completed 169 games and scored 193 points. This made him one of the strikers with the highest points within his team. For the 2006/07 season , the management of the Ratinger Ice Aliens became aware of the left-handed shooter and then transferred him to Ratingen. In Ratingen, Kujala met his Finnish compatriot Antti-Jussi Miettinen , with whom he was active in a series of storms. After the Ratinger team's license for the league was revoked, Kujala moved to the Starbulls Rosenheim , where he played the season to the end.

In the summer of 2007 he moved to the league competitor and promoted EHF Passau Black Hawks . After 29 games for the Passau Black Hawks it was announced on December 28, 2007 that Kujala will storm Rosenheim again for the Starbulls from January 1, 2008. His contract with the Starbulls was ultimately not renewed. For the 2008/09 season he moved to the league competitor ESC Halle 04 in the group north of the major league, before he signed in 2009 with the then regional league team EV Duisburg , with whom he rose to the major league in 2010.

For the 2011/12 season he moved to the Red Devils Bad Nauheim with whom he became champions in the league in 2013.

In August 2013 his move to the Allgäu for ERC Sonthofen became known. According to the association's website, he would like to settle in the Allgäu for the next few years and begin training. In addition, he will look after a youth team at ERC Sonthofen. With the ERC he became champion of the ice hockey Bayernliga in 2013/2014 and made it to the Oberliga Süd.

At the beginning of 2016 he was committed through fan donations and funding from a sponsor of the EHC Neuwied. Since then he has played for EHC Neuwied , with whom he made it to the play-offs of the Oberliga-Nord .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002/03	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	OIL		22nd	5	7th	12	16		3	0	1	1	0
2003/04	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	OIL		50	34	31	65	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	OIL		45	27	38	65	44		4th	2	1	3	2
2005/06	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	OIL		49	24	26th	50	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Ratinger Ice Aliens	OIL		18th	14th	14th	28	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Starbulls Rosenheim	OIL		30th	15th	15th	30th	39		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Passau Black Hawks	OIL		32	17th	17th	34	12		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Starbulls Rosenheim	OIL		9	5	5	10	0		7th	0	2	2	2
2008/09	ESC Hall 04	OIL		53	18th	40	58	42		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Foxes Duisburg	RL		38	57	65	122	6th		7th	4th	7th	11	4th
2010/11	Foxes Duisburg	OIL		40	18th	24	42	12		3	0	0	0	0
2011/12	EC Bad Nauheim	OIL		36	24	37	61	8th		11	5	4th	9	2
2012/13	EC Bad Nauheim	OIL		17th	11	9	20th	29		26th	4th	6th	10	10
2013/14	ERC Sonthofen	BEL		28	21st	27	48	22nd		8th	7th	4th	11	6th
2014/15	ERC Sonthofen	OIL		39	15th	15th	30th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	EHC Neuwied	OIL
Oberliga overall				441	227	278	505	265		61	15th	11	27	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 )

Web links

• Janne Kujala at eurohockey.com
• Janne Kujala at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oberliga: Janne Kujala returns to the bears. In: hockeyweb.de. January 6, 2016, accessed July 20, 2016 .