Mika Alatalo
 Mika Alatalo 
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| Date of birth | June 11, 1971 |
| place of birth | Oulu , Finland |
| size | 182 cm |
| Weight | 90 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1990 , 10th lap, 203rd position Winnipeg Jets |
| Career stations | |
| 1988-1990 | KooKoo Kouvola |
| 1990-1994 | Lukko Rauma |
| 1994-1996 | TPS Turku |
| 1996-1998 | Luleå HF |
| 1998-1999 | TPS Turku |
| 1999-2001 | Phoenix Coyotes |
| 2001-2007 | TPS Turku |
| 2007-2008 | HC Thurgau |
| 2008-2009 | Herlev IC |
| 2009 | HC Pustertal |
Mika Antero Alatalo (born June 11, 1971 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach .
Career
Mika Alatalo began his career as a hockey player at KooKoo Kouvola , for which he was active in the SM-liiga from 1988 to 1990 . He was then selected in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in the tenth round as a total of 203 players from the Winnipeg Jets , for which he never played. Instead, the attacker ran for another four years in his Finnish homeland for Lukko Rauma and was elected to the all-star team of the SM-liiga in the 1993/94 season. This was followed by two years at their league rivals TPS Turku , with whom Alatalo was champion in 1995 and runner-up in 1996. The left shooter then moved to the current Swedish champion Luleå HF in the Elitserien . With his new team he reached the final again in the 1996/97 season, which they lost.
After Alatalo was again champion with Turku in the 1998/99 season, he played for two years in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes , the successor franchise to the Winnipeg Jets, which had owned the rights to the Finn since July 1, 1996. In the summer of 2001 he received a contract with TPS Turku for the third time in his career, with which he was runner-up again in 2004. For the 2007/08 season the Olympians went from 1994 for the second time to other European countries, where he worked for the HC Thurgau in the Swiss National League B aground. In the 2008/09 season Alatalo was on the ice for the Herlev IC in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen . After financial difficulties at Herlev IC, he moved to HC Pustertal in Italy, where he ended his active career at the end of the season.
In the 2010/11 season Alatalo worked as an assistant coach at his ex-club TPS Turku in the SM-liiga.
International
For Finland , Alatalo took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 1993 , 1994 and 1998 World Championships , and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1989 bronze medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
- 1994 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1994 silver medal at the world championship
- 1998 silver medal at the world championship
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 2 | 152 | 17th | 29 | 46 | 58 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Web links
- Mika Alatalo at hockeydb.com (English)
- Mika Alatalo at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Mika Alatalo at eurohockey.com
- Mika Alatalo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Alatalo, Mika |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alatalo, Mika Antero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oulu , Finland |