Jukka Voutilainen

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).

Jukka Voutilainen
Born (1980-05-14) May 14, 1980
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

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.
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