Pertti Hasanen

Pertti Hasanen
Date of birth	July 31, 1954
place of birth	Turku , Finland
size	180 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	goalkeeper
Career stations
1971-1975	TuTo
1975-1976	Kiekkoreipas
1976-1979	Tappara

Pertti Hasanen (born July 31, 1954 in Turku ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach. After a long career as a player, coach, scout and official, Hasanen has been active as Pavel Gross's assistant coach at Adler Mannheim in the DEL since 2018 .

Career as a player

Hasanen played his first professional career 1971-1975 at TuTo Hockey in the SM-sarja , the top Finnish league at the time. In 1975 he moved to the second Finnish league I-divisioona to Kiekkoreipas . In 1976 he returned to the upper house and in 1979 won the Finnish championship in the SM-liiga with Tappara . Hasanen ended his career at the height of his career. Hasanen played a total of 170 league games and two playoff games.

Career as a coach

Pertti Hasanen
Coaching stations
1980-1982	FoPS
1982-1984	HeKi
1984-1988	University of Massachusetts Lowell
1988-1990	Boston University
1990-1992	Springfield Indians
1992-1995	Tappara
1995-1998	Boston University
1998-1999	Sparta Sarpsborg
1999-2000	Sterzing / Vipiteno
2000-2001	University of Massachusetts Lowell
2001-2005	Calgary Flames
2005-2006	TuTo
2006-2007	Sterzing / Vipiteno
2007-2009	Los Angeles Kings
2010–2012	Boston University
2015-2018	New Jersey Devils
since 2018	Adler Mannheim

Immediately after finishing his career as an active player, Hasanen became head coach at the Finnish second division club FoPS . After two years he moved to HeKi within the league . He only made his breakthrough as a coach when he moved to North America - as an assistant coach to the college team UMass Lowell and Boston University , he developed a reputation as a meticulous worker with an eye for promising talent. Also as an assistant coach, he was committed in 1990 by the Springfield Indians from the American Hockey League . The Indians won the Calder Cup in his first term . Hasanen then moved back home as head coach from Tappara , to the club with which he won the title as a player in 1979. However, he did not manage to repeat his success as a coach.

In 1995 his path took him back to North America to Boston University. Again as an assistant coach, he lost the 1997 final of the NCAA against the University of North Dakota . After two further positions as head coach at Sparta Sarpsborg and Sterzing / Vipiteno and as assistant coach at UMass Lowell, Hasanen became a scout for the NHL team Calgary Flames in 2001 , and then head European scout for the Los Angeles Kings in 2007 . In 2010 he followed the call of Boston University again, which appointed him Director of Hockey Operations - in this role Hasanen was fully responsible for the ice hockey sector and thus the most successful sports program at Boston University. In 2015 he switched to the New Jersey Devils as a development and skills coach before being signed by Adler Mannheim in 2018. In his role as assistant coach, according to the Adler sports manager Jan-Axel Alavaara, he should develop both young and experienced players.

Hasanen runs youth training camps at Boston University through the Pertti Hasanen Hockey Academy . At these training camps u. a. Players like Jack Eichel , Lee Stempniak , Alex Chiasson and Devin Shore took part.

Web links

• Pertti Hasanen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Devils add coach to work on player puck skills, hire Pertti Hasanen. Retrieved June 10, 2019 (American English). 
2. ↑ Hasanen completes the coaching staff, Mikkelson the defense. Retrieved June 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Camper Jack Eichel named Captain of Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Championships. Retrieved June 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Testimonials. Retrieved June 10, 2019 (American English).