Jari Viuhkola

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FinlandFinland  Jari Viuhkola Ice hockey player
Jari Viuhkola
Date of birth February 27, 1980
place of birth Oulu , Finland
size 182 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 24
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 6th round, 158th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1998-2007 Kärpät Oulu
2007-2008 Lowell Devils
2008-2014 Kärpät Oulu
2014 Kajaanin Hokki

Jari Petteri Viuhkola (born February 27, 1980 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who spent almost his entire career at Kärpät Oulu , winning the Finnish championship five times .

Career

Jari Viuhkola already played in the junior division for Kärpät Oulu , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2000/01 season . Already as a youth player Viuhkola was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1998 in the sixth round as a total of 158th player by the Chicago Blackhawks , for which he however never played. Since his debut, the attacker with Kärpät has won the championship title in the SM-liiga four times in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, was runner-up in 2003 and 2009 and third in 2006. In addition, he reached the final of the IIHF European Champions Cup twice with Kärpät in 2005 and 2006 , with the two Russian representatives HK Awangard Omsk and HK Dynamo Moscow being defeated. After he appeared as assistant captain of the team from 2002 and even appeared as team captain in the 2006/07 season, Viuhkola switched to Kajaanin Hokki in Mestis , the second highest Finnish ice hockey league, at the beginning of December 2014 . For his home club he had made almost 600 league appearances for the men's team over the years. For Hokki, he only played five games before leaving the club.

In January 2015, he officially ended his career due to an injury.

International

For Finland Viuhkola took part in the Junior World Championships 2000 , as well as the A-World Championships in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 . At the 2006 World Cup, Viukola won the bronze medal with his team, and in 2007 he was runner-up with Finland.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2006 All-Star-Team at the IIHF European Champions Cup
  • 2007 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
  • 2008 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
  • 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu
  • 2014 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jari Viuhkola vahvistamaan Hokkia (Finnish), accessed December 2, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Viuhkola, Jari
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viuhkola, Jari Petteri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu , Finland