Jukka Rautakorpi | |
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 Rautakorpi in 2016 | |
| Born | December 17, 1963 Kauhajoki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation | Ice hockey coach |
Jukka Tapio Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963, in Kauhajoki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach. [1]
Jukka Rautakorpi | |
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| Rautakorpi in 2016 | |
| Born | December 17, 1963 Kauhajoki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation | Ice hockey coach |
Jukka Tapio Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963, in Kauhajoki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach. [1]
Shortly after his playing career ended, Rautakorpi began his coaching career starting out with the under-16 team of JYP Jyväskylä. After two years with the under-16 squad, he progressed to the under-18 team and then to the under-20 squad. In 1994–95 Rautakorpi moved up to become an assistant coach with JYP Jyväskylä on the SM-liiga squad. [2]
Rautakorpi moved on to Tappara for the 1995–96 season for his first stint as a head coach in the SM-liiga. He stayed for 2 seasons coaching 100 regular season games for a record of 42 wins, 43 losses and 15 ties, both seasons Tappara lost in the playoff quarterfinals. [3]
From 1997 to 1999, Rautakorpi coached various Finnish junior teams including the under-18 team at the 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship, winning silver, and the under-20 team in the 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship finishing 5th.
Tappara rehired Rautakorpi for the 1999–2000 season and he started his second run as Tappara head coach that would last 4 seasons this time. Rautakorpi had a much more successful tenure this time, amassing a record of 126 wins, 69 losses and 27 ties in 222 games. Under his tutelage, Tappara appeared in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 finals and won the Kanada-malja as playoff champion in 2002–03. [3] [4] [5]
Rautakorpi spent 2 seasons as the head coach of Finnish club Lukko, leading the club to a record of 52 wins, 36 losses, 14 ties, 4 overtime wins (OTW) and 6 overtime losses (OTL). However, in his first season with the club, they lost in the playoff quarterfinals, and in the second, they lost out to HPK for third place in the playoffs. [6] [7]
Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2005–06 season, coaching the team to record of 28 wins, 15 losses, 5 OTW and 8 OTL, finishing 4th in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. [3] [5]
Rautakorpi did not coach the 2006–07 season, but signed for 2007–08 with Leksands IF of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan which marks the only time he has coached outside of Finland. [5] Rautakorpi led Leksands to a 1st-place finish in the regular season which allowed them to play in the Kvalserien. The series could have led to a promotion to the Elitserien but they were unsuccessful, finishing 5th in the tournament, going back to HockeyAllsvenskan for the next season. [8]
Finnish club HPK signed Rautakorpi to be their head coach for the 2008–09 season after a disappointing 2007–08 season, in which they did not make the playoffs. Rautakorpi was able to lead HPK to the playoffs again in 2008–09 finishing 3rd in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs. Rautakorpi remained with HPK for the 2009–10 season as well, leading HPK to a 5th-place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs where they were defeated by TPS. [9]
Rautakorpi was back with the Finnish under-18 team for the 2010–11 season. He coached them in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships finishing 5th. [10] [11]
After not coaching the 2011–12 season, Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2012–13 season. [12] In his first season back with Tappara, he led the team to a 2nd-place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs, but were defeated by Ässät for the championship. [13]
| Year | Team | League | Regular season | Post season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result | |||
| 1995–96 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 50 | 24 | 19 | 7 | -- | -- | 55 | 4th | Quarterfinal loss |
| 1996–97 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 50 | 18 | 24 | 8 | -- | -- | 44 | 8th | Quarterfinal loss |
| 1999–2000 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 54 | 31 | 15 | 8 | -- | -- | 70 | 3rd | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2000–01 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 32 | 19 | 5 | -- | -- | 69 | 3rd | Final loss |
| 2001–02 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 34 | 13 | 9 | -- | -- | 79 | 1st | Final loss |
| 2002–03 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 29 | 22 | 5 | -- | -- | 65 | 5th | Champion |
| 2003–04 | Lukko | SM-liiga | 56 | 24 | 18 | 14 | -- | -- | 65 | 5th | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2004–05 | Lukko | SM-liiga | 56 | 28 | 18 | -- | 4 | 6 | 98 | 5th | Bronze game loss |
| 2005–06 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 28 | 15 | -- | 5 | 8 | 102 | 4th | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2007–08 | Leksands IF | HockeyAllsvenskan | 45 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 1st | Promoted to Kvalserien |
| 2007–08 | Leksands IF | Kvalserien | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5th | back to HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 2008–09 | HPK | SM-liiga | 58 | 27 | 19 | -- | 6 | 6 | 99 | 3rd | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2009–10 | HPK | SM-liiga | 58 | 26 | 22 | -- | 3 | 7 | 91 | 5th | Final loss |
| 2012–13 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 60 | 29 | 17 | -- | 7 | 7 | 108 | 2nd | Final loss |
| 2013–14 | Tappara | Liiga | 60 | 31 | 14 | -- | 8 | 7 | 116 | 2nd | Final loss |
| 2014–15 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 60 | 11 | 40 | -- | 0 | 6 | 45 | 14th (East) | Did not qualify |
| Liiga (SM-liiga) totals | 726 | 361 | 235 | 56 | 33 | 41 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ice hockey | ||
Representing  Finland | ||
| IIHF European Junior Championships | ||
 | 1998 Sweden | |
| Year | Team | Tournament | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Finland U18 | IIHF European Junior Championships | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | Silver |
| 1999 | Finland U18 | IIHF World U20 Championship | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 5th |
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