Jari Multanen

Jari Multanen
Date of birth	5th January 1966
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	175 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1983-1987	Ilves Tampere
1987-1988	Kiekko-Reipas
1988-1991	Ilves Tampere
1991-1996	Hockey Reipas / Reipas Lahti
1996	Titaanit Kotka Ässät Pori
1996-1997	EHC Neuwied
1997-1999	Kotkan titaanite

Jari Multanen (born January 5, 1966 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player .

Career

Multanen started his career in the youth field of Ilves Tampere . The first time in the senior division he played in the 1986/87 season . However, he was also used in the A-Junior-SM-sarja. The first season outside of Tampere he spent in Lahti at what was then Club Kiekko-Reipas . After half a season he returned to Tampere before he went back to Lahti for the 1991/92 season , to Hockey Reipas. Multanen stayed with today's Pelicans until 1996 and descended with the team in the I-divisioona . After the main round of the 1995/96 season in I-divisioona, he moved to a league level lower to Titaanit Kotka . There, however, he only played two games before he moved to Ässät Pori in the SM-liiga for four games .

For the 1996/97 season he left Finland for the first time and joined the EHC Neuwied . With the bears he won the championship of the first division and the DEB league cup. After the season Multanen returned to third division Titaanit Kotka.

Achievements and Awards

• 1990 Finnish runner-up with Ilves Tampere
• 1997 DEB league cup winner with the EHC Neuwied
• 1997 Champion of the 1st league with the EHC Neuwied

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
A-Juniors-SM-Sarja	4th	99	85	55	140	192
SM-liiga	9	308	62	100	162	338
1st division	3	112	53	91	144	152
2nd division	3	49	44	62	106	68
1st League North	1	57	26th	49	75	50

Web links

• Jari Multanen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jari Multanen at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jari Multanen at eishockey-in-neuwied.de