Jarkko Immonen

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Jarkko Immonen
Jarkko Immonen.jpg
Immonen with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2006
Born (1982-04-19) April 19, 1982 (age 42)
Rantasalmi, Finland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 Jukurit
Ässät
JYP Jyväskylä
New York Rangers
Ak Bars Kazan
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
EV Zug
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
NHL draft 254th overall, 2002
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1998–2024

Jarkko Immonen (born April 19, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Mikkelin Jukurit of the Liiga.

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Playing career

Immonen made his debut in Finland's second-tier league Mestis with TuTo Hockey during the 2000–01 season. For the following year, he joined Ässät of the country's top-tier Liiga. He then signed with fellow Liiga side JYP Jyväskylä in 2002 and remained three years at the club.

Immonen was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as their eighth round pick, 254th overall.

On March 3, 2004, Immonen was traded by the Maple Leafs to the New York Rangers as part of the Brian Leetch trade. [1] He made his NHL debut for the Rangers during the 2005–06 season. In the course of his two-year stint with the Rangers, he played a total of 20 games in the NHL and mostly gained playing time in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Hartford Wolf Pack. In his 141 AHL contests played, he scored 54 goals and had 75 assists. [2]

He returned to Finland for the 2007-08 campaign, again joining JYP, where he spent another two years and won the Finnish championship in 2009, before signing with Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) shortly after. In his first year, he won the championship with Kazan. After four years with Ak Bars, Immonen decided to move on and join fellow KHL team Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod for the 2014–15 season.

On March 30, 2015, he agreed to a two-year contract with Swiss club, EV Zug of the NLA. [3] At the conclusion of his contract with Zug, Immonen returned to Finland to play with his original club, JYP on a three-year contract from the 2017–18 season. [4]

On 14 April 2021, Immonen extended his professional career, leaving JYP as a free agent and signing a one-year contract with fellow Liiga club, Mikkelin Jukurit. [5]

ON 5 May 2024, Immonen announced his retirement via an Instagram post. [6]

International play

Immonen won the bronze medal with Finland at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. [7] He won the gold medal with Finland at the 2011 IIHF World Championship, where he scored the most goals (9 in 9 games) and the most points (12) in the tournament. He was also named to the all-star lineup.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1997–98 SaPKo FIN.2 U2014812200—————
1998–99SaPKoFIN.2 U20126101614—————
1998–99 SaPKo FIN.2 362246—————
1999–2000SaPKoFIN.2 U20211210—————
1999–2000 SaPKoFIN.24218163434—————
2000–01 TuTo FIN U2010110—————
2000–01 TuTo Mestis 412020402211571210
2001–02 Ässät SM-l 440226—————
2001–02ÄssätFIN.2 U20—————54046
2002–03 JYP SM-l561023333471128
2003–04 JYPSM-l522326492820000
2004–05 JYPSM-l541928472430222
2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 743040703462352
2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 62020—————
2006–07 Hartford Wolf PackAHL542026463072682
2006–07 New York RangersNHL141564—————
2007–08 JYPSM-l542637635461898
2008–09 JYPSM-l5823416440151101124
2009–10 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 561326392622410148
2010–11 Ak Bars KazanKHL532117383092462
2011–12 Ak Bars KazanKHL531412268120220
2012–13 Ak Bars KazanKHL50112031101844812
2013–14 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL541424381873142
2014–15 Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodKHL571722392652242
2015–16 EV Zug NLA 492417412240224
2016–17 EV ZugNLA491214262815461041
2017–18 JYPLiiga5913375014631414
2018–19 JYPLiiga601532474230112
2019–20 JYPLiiga5921234414—————
2020–21 JYPLiiga5913152814—————
2021–22 Jukurit Liiga601810282471122
Liiga totals615182274456294497243160
NHL totals203584—————
KHL totals323901212111187315233826
Medal record
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Slovakia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Belarus
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Czech Republic

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2000 Finland WJC18 Gold medal icon.svg73474
2002 Finland WJC Bronze medal icon.svg74376
2009 Finland WC 5th71452
2010 Finland OG Bronze medal icon.svg60000
2010 FinlandWC6th73144
2011 FinlandWCGold medal icon.svg993122
2012 FinlandWC4th103250
2014 FinlandOGBronze medal icon.svg52022
2014 FinlandWCSilver medal icon.svg103362
2015 FinlandWC6th70002
Junior totals14771410
Senior totals6121133414

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References

  1. ↑ "Rangers trade Brian Leetch to Toronto". USA Today . March 3, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2004.
  2. ↑ "TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League". theahl.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  3. ↑ "Zug signs Finnish World Champion Jarkko Immonen for the next two seasons". swisshockeynews.ch. March 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jarkko Immonen has signed a three-year contract with JYP". swisshockeynews.ch. June 4, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jukurit sign veteran Jarkko Immonen" (in Finnish). Mikkelin Jukurit. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jarkko Immonen retires". The Hockey News. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Finland claim Bronze at Vancouver". National Hockey League . 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2010-02-03.


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