Hannu Järvenpää

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Born (1963-05-19) 19 May 1963 (age 61)
Ii, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Winnipeg Jets
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
NHL draft 145th overall, 1982
Montreal Canadiens
71st overall, 1986
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19811995

Hannu Rainer Järvenpää (born 19 May 1963 in Ii, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey player. He is the current Head Coach of HC Gherdëina, an Italian team playing in the Alps Hockey League.

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Järvenpää played 114 games for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL and is a member of the Finnish ice hockey Hall of Fame. [1]

Playing career

Järvenpää played for Kärpät in Finland's top-flight Liiga in the early- and mid-1980s. From 1986 to 1989, he played 114 games for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He then returned to Finland and joined Lukko in 1989, where he spent two years. The 1991–92 season saw him skate for Leksands IF in Sweden. After wearing Jokerit colours in 1992–93, he moved to fellow Liiga team Espoo Blues, where he spent the last two years of his playing career.

Järvenpää represented Finland's national team on several occasions, including the 1992 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1992 (silver medal).

Coaching career

He served as assistant coach of Liiga team SaiPa from 2003 to 2005 followed by a one-year stint with fellow Liiga outfit Lahti Pelicans in the same position.

Järvenpää took over head coaching duties at HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, a Slovenian member of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL), in 2009 and remained in that job until 2012. He then served as head coach of fellow EBEL team EV VSV from 2012 to November 2015, when he was sacked. [2] In early January 2016, he was named head coach of Alba Volán Székesfehérvár [3] and parted ways with the EBEL team at the end of the 2015–16 season.

In May 2016, he was named head coach of Lausitzer Füchse of the German second division DEL2. [4] He was presented with DEL2 Coach of the Year honors in the 2016–17 season. [5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1981–82 Kärpät SM-l 14112131831124
1982–83 KärpätSM-l331582354
1983–84 KärpätSM-l37151328461033610
1983–84 OlympiajoukkueSM-l41014
1984–85 KärpätSM-l341212244572242
1985–86 KärpätSM-l362693548552712
1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 201898
1987–88 Winnipeg JetsNHL416111734
1987–88 Moncton Hawks AHL 53142
1988–89 Winnipeg JetsNHL53471141
1988–89 Moncton HawksAHL41010
1989–90 Lukko SM-l3812152748
1990–91 LukkoSM-l4327184554
1991–92 Leksands IF SEL 2244828
1991–92 Leksands IF Allsv 182810161113412
1992–93 Jokerit SM-l4468143630110
1993–94 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l4415163140
1994–95 Kiekko-EspooSM-l4596152040002
SM-l totals372149107256413321192030
NHL totals11411263783

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1981 Finland EJC 52134
1982 Finland WJC 74486
1983 FinlandWJC60114
1985 Finland WC 10921110
1986 FinlandWC954912
1989 FinlandWC92134
1991 FinlandWC922422
1991 Finland CC 60114
1992 Finland OG 8561114
1992 FinlandWC813414
Junior totals19661214
Senior totals5924194380

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