Timo Jutila

Timo Jutila
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2003
Date of birth	December 24, 1963
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	178 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1982 , 4th round, 68th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 1984	Tappara Tampere
1984-1985	Buffalo Sabers
1985-1988	Tappara Tampere
1988-1992	Luleå HF
1992-1996	Tappara Tampere
1996-1997	SC Bern
1997-1999	Tappara Tampere

Timo Juhani Jutila (born December 24, 1963 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played from 1980 to 1999 for the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League and Tappara Tampere in the SM-liiga .

Career

Timo Jutila began his career as a hockey player in 1980 in his hometown at Tappara Tampere , for which he was initially active for four years in the SM-liiga . During this time he and his team became Finnish champions in 1982 and 1984 and vice- champions in 1981. He also reached second place in the European Cup with Tampere in 1980 and was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in the fourth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft as the 68th player . In the 1984/85 season , the defender completed ten games for the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League , in which he scored six scorer points, including one goal. However, he spent most of the season with their farm team , the Rochester Americans from the American Hockey League . After just one year, Jutila returned to his Finnish homeland in 1985 to Tappara Tampere, with whom he was champion in the following two years. Before the 1988/89 season, Jutila ventured abroad a second time. He was active for Luleå HF in the Swedish Elitserien for a total of four years before returning to Tappara for a third time in 1992. After four more seasons at Tappara, Jutila signed a contract with SC Bern for the 1996/97 season , with which he became Swiss champions . The success was followed by another engagement at Tappara Tampere. He ended his career in 1999 where he had started ice hockey 19 years earlier.

Due to his achievements, Timo Jutila was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2003. In addition, Tappara Tampere, where he spent most of his career, will no longer award him "his" jersey number 7 in honor of him.

International

For Finland , Jutila took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1981 , 1982 and 1983 , as well as the A-World Championships in 1987 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 and 1997 . He was also in Finland's squad for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , 1992 in Albertville and 1994 in Lillehammer .

Achievements and Awards

1980 2nd place at the European Cup with Tappara Tampere 1981 Finnish runner-up with Tappara Tampere 1982 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 1983 3rd place in the European Cup with Tappara Tampere 1984 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 1986 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 1987 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 1987 Lynces Academici Defenceman Award 1987 SM-liiga all-star team

1988 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 1988 best defender of the SM-liiga 1988 SM-liiga all-star team 1993 SM-liiga all-star team 1994 Lynces Academici Defenceman Award 1994 SM-liiga All-Star-Team 1995 SM-liiga player of the month October 1996 SM-liiga All-Star-Team 1997 Swiss champion with SC Bern

International

1981 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship 1982 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship 1992 silver medal at the world championship 1992 World Championship All-Star Team 1994 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

1994 All-Star Team at the Winter Olympics 1994 silver medal at the world championship 1994 World Championship All-Star Team 1995 gold medal at the world championship 1995 World Championship All-Star Team

Records

• Most penalty minutes in the playoffs ( SM-liiga ): 188

Web links

• Timo Jutila at hockeydb.com (English)
• Timo Jutila at eurohockey.com
• Timo Jutila in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )