Jukka Voutilainen

Jukka Voutilainen
Born	(1980-05-14) May 14, 1980 (age 45) Kuopio, FIN
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Jokerit HPK HV71 KalPa Tappara
Playing career	2001–2015

Jukka Voutilainen (born May 14, 1980, in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who played in the Liiga and Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Voutilainen started his professional career in 2001, when he played seven games for Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga. From 2002, he was a regular in the league. In season 2004–05 he finished the season with the best plus/minus statistic in SM-liiga (+34). ^[1] On April 23, 2006, Voutilainen signed a two-year contract deal with the Swedish Jönköping-based club HV71 in Elitserien and extended it for another two years in December 2007 ^[2] which was followed by another four-year extension in February 2010. He was released though in May 2012, and he return to Finland to re-sign with his hometown team KalPa who he played with at junior level.

After parts of three seasons with KalPa, Voutilainen left Finland for just the second time in his career to sign a one-year contract with German club, Schwenninger Wild Wings of the DEL on June 16, 2015. ^[3] Before the start of the season, he was mutually released from his contract with the German club on October 12, 2015.

Records

• SM-liiga 2004–05 record for plus/minus (34)
• Elitserien 2007–08 record for plus/minus (20)
• Elitserien 2007–08 playoffs record for goals (9)
• Elitserien 2007–08 playoffs record for points (21)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001–02	Jokerit	SM-l		7	1	0	1	2		11	2	2	4	0
2001–02	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis		4	1	0	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Jokerit	SM-l		53	12	12	24	8		10	1	3	4	0
2003–04	HPK	SM-l		44	11	15	26	4		8	2	1	3	12
2004–05	HPK	SM-l		47	23	19	42	38		9	2	3	5	6
2005–06	HPK	SM-l		50	24	17	41	20		12	3	5	8	4
2006–07	HV71	SEL		50	15	19	34	26		14	4	3	7	4
2007–08	HV71	SEL		51	26	20	46	30		17	9	12	21	12
2008–09	HV71	SEL		52	17	30	47	63		18	4	8	12	8
2009–10	HV71	SEL		37	16	21	37	10		15	6	9	15	12
2010–11	HV71	SEL		36	8	13	21	20		4	0	2	2	0
2011–12	HV71	SEL		52	14	19	33	18		6	1	1	2	0
2012–13	KalPa	SM-l		29	10	7	17	16		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	KalPa	Liiga		35	7	8	15	12		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Tappara	Liiga		6	2	1	3	2		18	6	6	12	12
2014–15	KalPa	Liiga		56	17	8	25	20		6	0	2	2	2
Liiga totals				327	107	87	194	122		74	16	22	38	36
SHL totals				278	96	122	218	167		74	24	35	59	36

Awards

• SM-liiga Player of the Month in October 2004.
• Awarded Matti Keinonen trophy (best plus-minus statistics) in 2005.
• SM-liiga Champion with HPK in 2006.
• Elitserien Champion with HV71 in 2008 and 2010.
• Elitserien playoff silver medal with HV71 in 2009.

References

1. "Jukka Voutilainen" (in Swedish). Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2006-09-19.
2. Gustafsson, Daniel (2007-12-21). "Nya kontrakt med Voutilainen och Puistola". HV71.se (in Swedish). HV71. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
3. "Experienced players for Wild Wings" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. 2015-06-16. Archived from the original on 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database