| Juha-Pekka Haataja | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born | October 31, 1982 Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Liiga team Former teams | KooKoo Oulun Kärpät Lukko HIFK Atlant Moscow Oblast Modo Hockey | ||
| National team |  Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2001–2020 | ||
Juha-Pekka Haataja (born October 31, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger. He currently plays for KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga.
In the 2012–13 season, he had the most points in the SM-Liiga at 59 while playing for Oulun Kärpät. [1] Haataja spent parts of two seasons with Modo Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League before returning to the Liiga, signing a deal with KooKoo on October 12, 2015. [2] In the 2019–20 season, on November 20, 2019, Haataja scored the 95th power-play goal of her league career, with which he became the player with the highest number of power-play goals in the regular season in the Finnish Liiga, overtaking Janne Ojanen.
| Awards | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Liiga | ||
| Finnish Champion (Kanada-malja) | 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11 | |
| Runners-up | 2002-03 | |
| Bronze Medal | 2005-06, 2017-18 | |
| Aarne Honkavaara award | 2012-13 | |
| Veli-Pekka Ketola award | 2012-13 | |
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–2000 | Kärpät | FIN U18 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 82 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 40 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 41 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kärpät | SM-l | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | SM-l | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | SM-l | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | SM-l | 48 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kärpät | SM-l | 55 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | Lukko | SM-l | 56 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Lukko | SM-l | 33 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Lukko | SM-l | 58 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HIFK | SM-l | 46 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | HIFK | SM-l | 52 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Kärpät | SM-l | 55 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kärpät | SM-l | 60 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL | 42 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Kärpät | Liiga | 32 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Modo Hockey | SHL | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Modo Hockey | SHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | KooKoo | Liiga | 49 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | KooKoo | Liiga | 60 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HIFK | Liiga | 49 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | KooKoo | Liiga | 54 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | KooKoo | Liiga | 59 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SM-l/Liiga totals | 881 | 256 | 326 | 582 | 422 | 99 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 30 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Finland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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