Joni Pitkänen

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Joni Pitkänen
Date of birth September 19, 1983
place of birth Oulu , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 97 kg
position defender
number # 25
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st round, 4th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1998-2003 Kärpät Oulu
2003-2007 Philadelphia Flyers
2007-2008 Edmonton Oilers
since 2008 Carolina Hurricanes

Joni Pitkänen (born September 19, 1983 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player . The defender played over 500 games in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers , Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes . With the Finnish national team , he won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Career

Joni Pitkänen started his career in the Finnish SM-liiga at Kärpät Oulu . From the 2003/04 season , Pitkänen prevented goals from the NHL club Philadelphia Flyers , which made him the fourth player in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in the first round. After a good first season, Pitkänen went to the Flyers' farm team , the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup during the failed 2004/05 NHL season . After the resumption of play in the NHL, Pitkänen went back to the Flyers in 2005 and became the best scorer among the Flyers' defenders with 46 points in 58 games.

On July 14, 2006 Pitkänen extended his contract with the Flyers early.

On July 1, 2007, the Finnish defender was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers along with Geoff Sanderson and a third-round draft in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft against Jason Smith and Joffrey Lupul . On July 20, 2007, he signed a one-year contract.

On July 1, 2008, Joni Pitkänen was transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes as a replacement for Erik Cole , where he signed a contract worth twelve million US dollars a day later.

In April 2013, Pitkänen suffered a fracture of the heel bone in a duel for a touch icing and was out for the entire 2013/14 season. After he had not played a competitive game in the 2014/15 season either, he returned to Kärpät Oulu for three games in February 2016, but subsequently ended his active career due to persistent complaints.

Achievements and Awards

International

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 9 535 57 225 282 484
Playoffs 3 39 0 13 13 24

Web links

Commons : Joni Pitkänen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports.espn.go.com, Defenseman Pitkanen re-signs with Flyers
  2. ↑ tsn.ca, Oilers bring in Cole, Brule with pair of trades
  3. ↑ hurricanes.nhl.com, Canes Sign Defenseman Joni Pitkanen
  4. ↑ nhl.com: "Hurricanes defenceman Joni Pitkanen out for season with heel injury" (English, September 11, 2013, accessed October 20, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Pitkänen, Joni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pitkanen, Joni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu , Finland