Jyrki Aho

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FinlandFinland  Jyrki Aho Ice hockey player
Jyrki Aho
Date of birth July 14, 1974
place of birth Jyväskylä
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1995 Jyväskylä discotheque
1995-1996 Mikkelin Jukurit
1997-1998 Kiekko Sudet
1998-2000 Heinolan Kiekko
FinlandFinland  Jyrki Aho
Coaching stations
2003-2006 Mikkelin Jukurit
2006-2007 Young eagle Mannheim
2007-2013 JYP Jyväskylä
2013-2016 Espoo Blues
2016-2017 Porin Ässät
2018-2019 Kunlun Red Star
2019-2020 EC VSV

Jyrki Aho (born July 14, 1974 in Jyväskylä ) is a former Finnish ice hockey defender who has been working as a coach since retiring. Most recently he was head coach at EC VSV from the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League .

Career

Jyrki Aho comes from the offspring of Diskos Jyväskylä . Between 1995 and 2000 he played for various teams in the Finnish third division, today's Suomi-sarja . In 2000 he ended his career and became a youth coach with the Espoo Blues . In 2003 he switched to Mikkelin Jukurit from the second division, the Mestis, as assistant coach .

In the 2006/07 season he looked after the team of Jungadler Mannheim from the DNL as an assistant coach. The following season, Aho returned to Finland and became Risto Dufva's assistant coach . In the 2008/09 game year, JYP won its first Finnish championship in the club's history. The following season, JYP became the regular season winner and was eliminated in the semi-finals. After Duvfa's resignation, Aho became head coach of JYP in autumn 2011 and won his second league title with JYP in 2012. For this success he also received the Kalevi Numminen trophy as the best coach in the SM-liiga.

In 2013 he left JYP and was given a two-year contract as the new head coach of Espoo Blues. Under Aho's leadership, the Blues occupied middle places in the regular season and reached the play-offs. The 2015/16 season was marked by financial difficulties for the Espoo club, which initially led to the sale of players and later to bankruptcy. In March 2016, Porin presented Ässät Aho as the new head coach before he was fired in November 2017.

In spring 2018 he became the national coach of the Chinese national team and took fourth place with them at the World Cup of Division IIA . He then was assistant coach at Kunlun Red Star from Beijing , who play in the KHL , until January 2019 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Mikkelin Jukurit II-divisioona 17th 3 6th 9 2 4th 0 0 0 0
1997/98 Kiekko Sudet II-divisioona 28 9 11 20th 6th - - - - -
1998/99 HeKi II-divisioona 14th 4th 3 7th 2 - - - - -
1999/00 HeKi Suomi-sariah 33 5 12 17th 4th - - - - -

( 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. ^ Alfred Diepold: DEL - CHL opponents of Adler Mannheim are the Espoo Blues. In: eishockey-online.com. September 2015, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ässien päävalmentaja vaihtuu - tilalle takavuosien apuvalmentaja. In: is.fi. November 7, 2018, accessed April 17, 2019 (Finnish).
  3. ↑ Nyt on eksoottista! Suomalainen mestariluotsi hyppää pikaisesti Kiinan päävalmentajaksi. In: iltalehti.fi. April 2, 2018, accessed April 17, 2019 (Finnish).
  4. ↑ EBEL: VSV brought Finn Jyrki Aho as the new head coach. kurier.at , April 16, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Aho, Jyrki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1974