Janne Laukkanen

Janne Laukkanen
Date of birth	March 19, 1970
place of birth	Lahti , Finland
size	184 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1991 , 8th lap, 156th position Québec Nordiques
Career stations
until 1991	Reipas Lahti
1991-1994	HPK Hämeenlinna
1994	HC České Budějovice
1994-1995	Québec Nordiques
1995-1996	Colorado Avalanche
1996-2000	Ottawa Senators
2000-2003	Pittsburgh Penguins
2003	Hartford Wolf Pack Tampa Bay Lightning

Janne Kristian Laukkanen (* 19th March 1970 in Lahti ) is a retired Finnish ice hockey player , who in his active period from 1987 to 2003, including for the Quebec Nordiques , Colorado Avalanche , Ottawa Senators , Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Janne Laukkanen began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Reipas Lahti , for whose professional team he was active from 1988 to 1991, first in the second-class I divisioona and after promotion in the 1989/90 season in the SM-liiga . He was then selected in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in the eighth round as a total of 156 players from the Québec Nordiques . Initially, the defender stayed in Finland for three more years, playing for HPK Hämeenlinna , with whom he was runner-up in the 1992/93 season. In addition, the left shooter was in the 1993/94 season in three playoff games for HC České Budějovice in the newly founded Czech Extra League on the ice.

In the 1994/95 season Laukkanen made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Québec Nordiques, for which he scored four scorer points in 17 games. The rest of the season he spent with their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Cornwall Aces . The following season began the Finn in the successor franchise , the Colorado Avalanche . For the team that won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season, he played three games, but switched to their league rivals Ottawa Senators during the current season , with whom he stayed until 2000. It was followed by three years with the Pittsburgh Penguins before the Finn was transferred to the New York Rangers in early 2003 , for their AHL farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack , he gave three assists in five games before he started his career at the Tampa Bay Lightning finished, for which he met in four games until the end of the season.

Following his playing career, Laukkanen worked in the 2004/05 season as an assistant coach for the Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga. In the 2007/08 season, the former NHL professional worked in the coaching team of the lower class team VG-62.

International

For Finland Laukkanen took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1990 , as well as the World Championships in 1992 , 1993 , 1994 and 1998 . He was also in Finland's squad at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994 and in Nagano in 1998 , and at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

• 1990 Promotion to the SM-liiga with Reipas Lahti
• 1993 Finnish runner-up with HPK Hämeenlinna
• 1993 SM-liiga All-Star Team
• 1993 SM-liiga Lynces Academici Defenceman Award

International

1988 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship 1992 silver medal at the world championship 1994 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

1994 silver medal at the world championship 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1998 silver medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	9	407	22nd	99	121	335
Playoffs	7th	59	7th	9	16	46

Web links

• Janne Laukkanen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Janne Laukkanen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Janne Laukkanen at eurohockey.com
• Janne Laukkanen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )