Jere Karalahti

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Jere Karalahti
Date of birth March 25, 1975
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
number # 10
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 6th round, 146th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 1999 HIFK Helsinki
1999-2001 Los Angeles Kings
2001-2002 Nashville Predators
2003-2007 HIFK Helsinki
2007-2008 Kärpät Oulu
2008-2010 Hamburg Freezers
2010-2011 Espoo Blues
2011-2013 HK Dinamo Minsk
2013-2014 Jokerit Helsinki
2014-2016 HV71

Jere Juhani Karalahti (born March 25, 1975 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League as well as the Hamburg Freezers in the German ice hockey between 1993 and 2016 League has played.

Career

Karalahti began his career at HIFK Helsinki in the Finnish SM-liiga and at the age of 18 became a regular in the squad of the famous Finnish club. During this time, the defender was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1993 in the sixth round as 146th by the Los Angeles Kings , but played until 1999 for the HIFK. This year, the right-handed shooter also played for the first time for the Finnish national team , with which he took part in the World Cup in the same year and ultimately won silver. However, the Finn's career has repeatedly been hampered by his lack of discipline, such as when Karalahti was sent to prison in 1996 after being arrested by police for possession of various illegal drugs . Nevertheless, the defender moved to the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL in the summer of 1999. After he was mainly in the Kings farm team in his first year , he had his breakthrough in 2000 when he was finally licensed for the Kings.

Jere Karalahti In the jersey of Kärpät Oulu

In the middle of the 2001/02 season Karalahti moved to league rivals Nashville Predators , in which, however, he only completed 15 games. In 2002 it became known that the defender was said to have consumed alcohol and other drugs in large quantities, which resulted in his expulsion from the national team and a suspension by the National Hockey League, which banned him for just under three months that same year. For the 2003/04 season , the Finn moved back to the SM-liiga for HIFK. Just three years later, however, Jere Karalahti was also suspended from his home club and then played for league rivals Kärpät Oulu . On December 6, 2007 the defender was arrested for selling drugs and sentenced on March 20, 2008 in Espoo to a suspended sentence of 20 months and a fine of 10,000 euros.

On July 24, 2008, the DEL team Hamburg Freezers Karalahti signed for the 2008/09 season , which in some cases drew severe criticism from the local press and some specialist magazines. Karalahti then claimed that he wanted to start a new beginning in Hamburg and make his old life forget through strong performances on the ice and a change of heart. Although he actually wanted to leave the Freezers for the 2009/10 season in the direction of the KHL and he had already signed a preliminary contract with Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , he decided to stay in Hamburg.

In 2010 he moved to the Espoo Blues , with whom he reached the playoff final of the SM-liiga and the runner-up. In 71 games of the season Karalahti contributed 35 scorer points to this success. In September 2011 he was signed by HK Dinamo Minsk and acted as team captain in the 2012/13 season before returning to Finland to Jokerit in August 2013 . For Jokerit he reached 35 scorer points in the 2013/14 season, making him the best defender in the entire league. For the 2014/15 season Jokerit was accepted into the KHL and Karalahti was used in 22 games before he was released in November 2014 and moved to Sweden for the HV71 . He ended his active career there in the summer of 2016.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 46 1 10 11 36 - - - - -
1994/95 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 37 1 7th 8th 42 3 0 0 0 0
1995/96 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 36 4th 6th 10 102 3 0 0 0 4th
1996/97 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 18th 3 5 8th 20th - - - - -
1997/98 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 43 14th 16 30th 59 9 2 0 2 8th
1998/99 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 49 11 22nd 33 65 11 1 1 2 10
1999/00 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 13 2 2 4th 55 - - - - -
1999/00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 10 0 3 3 4th - - - - -
1999/00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 6th 10 16 18th 4th 0 1 1 2
2000/01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 56 2 7th 9 38 13 0 0 0 18th
2001/02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 30th 0 1 1 29 - - - - -
2001/02 Nashville Predators NHL 15th 0 1 1 12 - - - - -
2003/04 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 45 7th 16 23 148 12 3 4th 7th 2
2004/05 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 42 4th 10 14th 93 5 0 0 0 6th
2005/06 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 20th 4th 11 15th 43 11 1 2 3 2
2006/07 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 51 5 9 14th 132 2 0 1 1 27
2007/08 Kärpät Oulu SM-liiga 15th 2 4th 6th 43 - - - - -
2008/09 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 9 17th 26th 148 9 2 2 4th 2
2009/10 Hamburg Freezers DEL 47 5 14th 19th 193 - - - - -
2010/11 blues SM-liiga 53 11 19th 30th 147 18th 0 5 5 36
2011/12 HK Dinamo Minsk KHL 54 7th 7th 14th 90 4th 0 2 2 6th
2012/13 HK Dinamo Minsk KHL 45 1 9 10 96 - - - - -
NHL overall 149 8th 19th 27 97 17th 0 1 1 20th

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Finland WM 12 5 3 8th 2
2000 Finland WM 9 1 1 2 8th
2002 Finland WM 9 2 3 5 10
2004 Finland WM 7th 0 0 0 4th
2005 Finland WM 7th 1 3 4th 6th
Men overall 44 9 10 19th 30th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyweb.de, Hamburg Freezers sign Jere Karalahti
  2. ↑ bild.de, Europe's wildest Eisrüpel: Last Chance Freezers
personal data
SURNAME Karalahti, Jere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karalahti, Jere Juhani
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland