Mika Hannula

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Mika Hannula
Date of birth April 2nd 1979
place of birth Huddinge , Sweden
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Right wing
number # 51
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 9th round, 269th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
1996-1997 AIK Solna
1997-1998 Djurgårdens IF
Lukko Rauma
1998-1999 Lidingö HC
1999-2000 Hammarby IF
2000-2003 Malmo Redhawks
2003-2004 Houston Eros
2004-2005 Malmo Redhawks
2005-2007 HV 71 Jönköping
2007 Yaroslavl locomotive
2007-2008 SKA Saint Petersburg
2008-2009 HK CSKA Moscow
2009-2011 Djurgårdens IF
2010 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2011 MODO hockey
2011-2013 Espoo Blues
2013 HIFK Helsinki
2014 Cologne Sharks

Mika Stefan Hannula (born April 2, 1979 in Huddinge ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Kölner Haien in the German Ice Hockey League between January and April 2014 .

Career

Mika Hannula began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth division of the Swedish clubs AIK Solna and Djurgårdens IF as well as the Finnish first division club Lukko Rauma , for which he was active from 1996 to 1998. The attacker then played for Lidingö HC in Swedish Division 1 for a year before running for Hammarby IF in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish league, in the 1999/2000 season. In the summer of 2000, the right-shooter received a contract with the Malmö Redhawks , for which he was initially on the ice until the end of the 2002/03 season. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the ninth round as a total of 269 players by the Minnesota Wild , for which he never played. Instead, the Swede was on the ice in 67 games for Minnesota's farm team from the American Hockey League , the Houston Eros , during the 2003-04 season .

After a year Hannula left North America again and returned to the Malmö Redhawks, for which he played another year in the Elitserien . From 2005 to 2007 winger was under contract with their league rivals HV 71 Jönköping before moving to Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League during the 2006/07 season. After the season, the Swede joined their league rivals SKA Saint Petersburg , for which he scored 15 points, including eight goals, in a total of 55 games. In the summer of 2008, Hannula was signed by HK CSKA Moscow from the newly established Continental Hockey League , for which he played until the spring of 2009. He was then initially without a club, before he was committed in December 2009 by his former club Djurgårdens IF.

After a few games for Djurgården, he left this club in January 2010 and was signed by Salawat Julajew Ufa . In May of the same year he moved within the Continental Hockey League to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , for which, however, he only completed one game. At the end of October 2010 he was released from work and only got a contract with Djurgårdens IF in January 2011, where he stayed until the end of the season. For the 2011/12 season he moved to MODO Hockey within the Elite Series .

International

For Sweden Hannula participated in the World Championships in 2003 and 2006 , and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in part.

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
KHL main round 3 66 17th 16 33 61
KHL playoffs 2 19th 2 5 7th 18th
Super League main round 2 69 14th 15th 29 66
Super League Playoffs 2 14th 1 3 4th 14th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Hannula, Mika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hannula, Mika Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2nd 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Huddinge , Sweden