Juha-Pekka Hytönen

Juha-Pekka Hytönen
Date of birth	May 22, 1981
place of birth	Jyväskylä , Finland
size	178 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	center
number	# 15
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2002	JYP Jyväskylä
2002-2003	Jukurit Mikkeli
2003-2012	JYP Jyväskylä
2012-2013	Amur Khabarovsk
2013-2016	Lausanne HC
2016-2020	JYP Jyväskylä
since 2020	EHC Linz

Juha-Pekka Hytönen (born May 22, 1981 in Jyväskylä ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Linz in the ICE Hockey League since August 2020 .

Career

Juha-Pekka Hytönen (left) in the jersey of Amur Khabarovsk

Juha-Pekka Hytönen began his career in the youth of JYP Jyväskylä , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2000/01 season . In this season he also came on three missions for Diskos Jyväskylä from the second-class Mestis . In the summer of 2002, the attacker moved to the second division team Jukurit Mikkeli , with whom he won the Mestis championship in the 2002/03 season. After only one year he returned to JYP Jyväskylä, for whom he has been on the ice ever since. With JYP he won the Finnish championship title for the first time in the 2008/09 season . At the end of the following season he finished third in the championship with JYP, before winning his second championship title with the team in 2012.

In May 2012 Hytönen was signed by Amur Khabarovsk and is playing abroad for the first time in his career. In July 2013, the Finn signed a two-year deal with Lausanne HC of the National League A . He also spent the 2015/16 season in Lausanne before he decided in April 2016 to return to his home club JYP for the 2016/17 season.

International

For Finland , Hytönen took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 1999 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships and in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Euro Hockey Tour .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2001 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2003 Master of the Mestis with Jukurit Mikkeli
• 2009 Finnish champion with JYP Jyväskylä
• 2012 Finnish champion with JYP Jyväskylä
• 2018 Champions Hockey League win with JYP Jyväskylä

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		35	1	0	1	16		-	-	-	-	-
	Jyväskylä discotheque	Mestis		3	2	1	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		55	3	6th	9	10		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis		41	12	16	28	36		12	3	2	5	6th
2003/04	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		56	3	5	8th	34		2	0	0	0	0
2004/05	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		56	7th	12	19th	26th		3	0	1	1	4th
2005/06	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		37	3	6th	9	22nd		3	1	1	2	0
2006/07	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		56	11	17th	28	44		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		49	15th	19th	34	42		6th	1	2	3	0
2008/09	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		58	17th	15th	32	22nd		15th	1	8th	9	16
2009/10	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		56	22nd	32	54	32		14th	3	7th	10	12
2010/11	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		60	18th	26th	44	30th		10	1	2	3	6th
2011/12	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		57	19th	22nd	41	44		14th	4th	4th	8th	6th
2012/13	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		52	4th	26th	30th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Lausanne HC	NLA		49	16	23	39	8th		6th	3	5	8th	0
2014/15	Lausanne HC	NLA		41	11	12	23	10		7th	0	2	2	4th
2015/16	Lausanne HC	NLA		48	8th	13	21st	24		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	JYP	SM-liiga		59	17th	22nd	39	22nd		15th	5	3	8th	8th
2017/18	JYP	SM-liiga		58	14th	22nd	36	26th		6th	2	1	3	6th
2018/19	JYP	SM-liiga		58	7th	12	19th	32		3	0	1	1	4th
NLA total				138	35	48	83	42		13	3	7th	10	4th
Mestis total				44	14th	17th	31	28		12	3	2	5	6th
SM-liiga total				750	157	216	373	392		91	18th	30th	48	62

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM		result
1999	Finland	U18 World Cup		7th	2	2	4th	± 0	2		gold medal
2001	Finland	U20 World Cup		7th	0	1	1	+3	4th		Silver medal
2009	Finland	WM		7th	0	0	0	−1	2		5th place
2010	Finland	WM		7th	1	0	1	−3	2		6th place
2013	Finland	WM		10	0	1	1	0	8th		4th Place
2015	Finland	WM		2	0	0	0	0	0		6th place

( 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

• Juha-Pekka Hytönen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Juha-Pekka Hytönen at eurohockey.com
• Juha-Pekka Hytönen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JYPille kahdeksan uutta peluria - Hytönen palaa Jyväskylään. In: Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta. Retrieved May 3, 2016 .