Lauri Mononen

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FinlandFinland  Lauri Mononen Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 22, 1950
place of birth Joensuu , Finland
date of death 5th August 2018
Place of death Kesälahti , Finland
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position striker
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1966-1967 Joensuun Kiekko-Karhut
1967-1969 Lahden Reipas
1969-1971 Jokerite
1971-1972 Karhu-Kissat
1972-1973 Jokerite
1973-1974 Lahden Reipas
1974-1975 Turun Palloseura
1975-1977 Phoenix Roadrunners
1976-1977 Oklahoma City Blazers
1977-1988 Helsingfors IFK
1979-1981 SC Bern
1981-1982 EHC Grindelwald
1982-1983 Kiekko-Reipas
1983-1984 Heinolan Peliitat
1984-1985 Joensuun Kiekko-Karhut

Lauri Ilmari Mononen (born March 22, 1950 in Joensuu , † August 5, 2018 in Kesälahti ) was a Finnish ice hockey player . In 1991 he was inducted into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame . His older brother Erkki was also a Finnish national player.

Career

Lauri Mononen began his career in his hometown with Joensuun Kiekko-Karhut , where he first played in the youth teams and in the 1966/67 season in the senior team in Suomi-sarja , the second highest division in Finland at the time. From 1967 to 1969 he played for Lahden Reipas in the SM-sarja , which was the top Finnish league at the time. In the following years he played mainly in the SM-sarja, in whose all-star team he was elected in 1969, 1972 and 1975. In 1973 he won the Finnish championship with Jokerit . In 1975 he moved to North America as the third Finn after Veli-Pekka Ketola and Heikki Riihiranta and played two years for the Phoenix Roadrunners in the World Hockey Association , the then rival league to the National Hockey League . In his sophomore year he also played some games for the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League . In 1977 he returned to Finland and played a year and a half for Helsingfors IFK in the now SM-Liiga called the highest Finnish league. At the turn of the year 1978/79 he moved to SC Bern in the Swiss National League A and in 1979 became Swiss champions with the club . After spending the 1981/82 season at EHC Grindelwald in the National League B , he went back home and played for Kiekko-Reipas, as Lahden Reipas now called himself, Heinolan Peliitat and until the end of his career for another year his parent club Joensuun Kiekku-Karhut. After his career ended in 1985, Kiekku-Karhut decided not to award his jersey number 15 anymore. In 1991 he was inducted into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

Mononen represented his home country at the 1969 European Under-19 Championship . He took part in the 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 and 1975 World Cups with the men's national team , in which he made his debut at the age of 18 in a friendly against Poland and scored three goals . His 15 points scorer at the 1972 World Cup in Prague remained the Finnish World Cup record until 1999, when Saku Koivu reached 16 points in Lillehammer . He also represented his colors at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , when he was the second best goalscorer after the Soviet player Valery Kharlamov .

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personal data
SURNAME Mononen, Lauri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mononen, Lauri Ilmari (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Joensuu , Finland
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2018
Place of death Kesälahti , Finland