Jukka Hentunen

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Jukka Hentunen
Jukka Hentunen in December 2011.
Born (1974-05-03) May 3, 1974 (age 50)
Joroinen, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for HPK
Jokerit
Calgary Flames
Nashville Predators
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
HC Lugano
Ak Bars Kazan
KalPa
National team  Finland
NHL draft 176th overall, 2000
Calgary Flames
Playing career 1998–2013

Jukka Mika Petteri Hentunen (born May 3, 1974) is a

2012–13 season.[1]

Playing career

Hentunen played with

2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played a total of 38 National Hockey League games in the 2001–02 NHL season for the Calgary Flames and the Nashville Predators
, who he was traded to on March 19, 2002.

Hentunen then promptly left North America to continue his professional career in the European leagues. After two years with

HC Lugano
.

In Finland he's earned a nickname "Härkä" which translates to "bull."

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   
Regular season
   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Warkis FIN.3 16 7 6 13 10 — — — — —
1994–95 Warkis FIN.3 29 23 23 46 28 — — — — —
1995–96 Diskos FIN.2 43 23 18 41 14 — — — — —
1996–97 Hermes FIN.2 35 10 13 23 43 3 1 0 1 0
1997–98 Hermes FIN.2 44 15 16 31 26 8 7 3 10 10
1998–99 HPK
SM-l
 41 13 21 34 32 8 1 4 5 12
1999–2000 HPK SM-l 53 17 28 45 76 8 4 2 6 12
2000–01 Jokerit SM-l 56 27 28 55 24 5 1 0 1 4
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 28 2 3 5 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Saint John Flames AHL 9 3 3 6 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Nashville Predators NHL 10 2 2 4 0 — — — — —
2002–03 Jokerit SM-l 48 11 11 22 28 10 4 2 6 0
2003–04
HC Fribourg–Gottéron
NLA
 47 25 28 53 22 4 2 4 6 6
2004–05 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 44 24 20 44 46 — — — — —
2005–06 HC Lugano NLA 44 24 18 42 44 17 7 6 13 6
2006–07
 HC Lugano NLA 44 26 20 46 63 6 1 4 5 0
2007–08
 HC Lugano NLA 13 5 9 14 6 — — — — —
2007–08 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 33 10 17 27 10 10 2 8 10 33
2008–09 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 54 14 13 27 36 21 9 2 11 8
2009–10 Jokerit SM-l 58 28 22 50 50 3 0 2 2 4
2010–11 Jokerit SM-l 55 6 26 32 38 7 2 4 6 2
2011–12 KalPa SM-l 55 18 13 31 18 6 1 1 2 25
2012–13 KalPa SM-l 45 7 14 21 20 5 0 1 1 6
FIN.2 totals 122 48 47 95 83 21 13 9 22 14
SM-l totals 411 127 163 290 286 52 13 16 29 65
NLA totals 192 104 95 199 181 35 15 20 35 18

International

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin
World Championships
Silver medal – second place
2001
 Germany
Silver medal – second place
2007
 Russia
Bronze medal – third place
2000
 Russia
Bronze medal – third place
2006
 Latvia
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Finland
WC
 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 3 3 6 12
2001 Finland WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 1 3 4 2
2004 Finland WC 6th 7 3 3 6 2
2004 Finland WCH 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1 1 2 2
2005 Finland WC 7th 7 3 1 4 6
2006 Finland OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 0 0 0 2
2006 Finland WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 1 3 4 20
2007 Finland WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 4 1 5 4
Senior totals 64 16 15 31 50

References

  1. ^ "KalPa sign veteran Hentunen" (in Finnish). KalPa. 2011-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
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