Mika Hannula

Mika Stefan Hannula (born 2 April 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.

Mika Hannula
Born (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979
Huddinge, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for KHL
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
SKA Saint Petersburg
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
HC CSKA Moscow
AHL
Houston Aeros
SEL
Modo Hockey
Malmö Redhawks
HV71
Djurgårdens IF
Espoo Blues
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 269th overall, 2002
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2000–2014
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place2006 Turin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Latvia
Silver medal – second place2003 Finland

Playing career

Hannula started playing ice hockey with Finnish team TPS. He is a hard-working and quick player with very good skating abilities. He is intense, works hard and is dangerous around the opponent's net.[1]

Hannula was drafted in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by Minnesota Wild with their 9th choice, 269th overall selection. During his career, he has played for three different hockey teams in the Stockholm area: AIK Hockey, Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF. He also tried playing in the United States for the Houston Aeros in the American Hockey League during the season 2003–04, totalling 27 points in 67 regular season games.[1]

During the semifinal game in the 2006 World Championships in Riga, Latvia, against Canada, Hannula cross-checked the Canadian player Sidney Crosby to the neck and head area when Crosby was celebrating a goal he just had scored.[2] Hannula was immediately suspended for the final game against Czech Republic, and later the IIHF Disciplinary Committee extended his suspension to the first four games of the 2007 World Championships in Moscow, Russia, plus a fine of 5,000 euro (approx. $6,400).[3]

The Swedish club HV71 signed Hannula from Malmö Redhawks in April 2005, for three years.[4] He played for the club in one season and started the 2006–07 season successfully. Although, on November 13, 2006, HV71's general manager Fredrik Stillman announced through the club's web site that Hannula will take an indefinite break from ice hockey due to personal reasons.[5] One week later, November 20, it was noted that he participated in a training session with the Stockholm-based club Vallentuna BK, where Hannula's younger brother played at the same time.[6]

On December 1, HV71's chairman Hans-Göran Frick announced that the club let Hannula go and broke his contract, which had one year left.[7] Hannula signed on December 19 with the Russian club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League. After his first season in RSL, scoring 15 points in 23 games, Hannula signed with SKA Saint Petersburg for one year. According to media, the contract was worth approximately 770,000 euro after tax deductions.[8] After an unsuccessful season, scoring 14 points in 46 games, he signed with HC CSKA Moscow in June 2008.[9]

Hannula signed a short-term contract with Djurgårdens IF in December 2009 when Djurgården temporarily lost three players, Daniel Brodin, Jacob Josefson and Marcus Krüger, to the World Junior Hockey Championship.[10] He had previously practiced with Djurgården's J20 team before signing on for the senior team.[10] After his stint at Djurgården he moved on to KHL team Salavat Yulaev.[11] Hannula played a total of 13 games, scoring 3 goals and 10 points. He moved on to league rival Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2010–11 KHL season; however, he was able to play only one game for the team due to an injury.[12] His contract was terminated and he spent the rest of the 2010 fall rehabilitating.[12] Hannula signed on again for Djurgården in the beginning of January 2011, a contract that expired at the end of the 2010–11 Elitserien season.[13]

On 30 August 2011, Hannula signed a contract of unknown duration with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien.[14] The contract ended on 16 October, one day after a game against Luleå HF which ended 3–1 in Modo's favour. Hannula recorded two goals and one assist in that game, but after just two goals in twelve games he was not expected to stay with the team.[15][16][17] However, on 17 October 2011, Hannula extended his contract with Modo to expire on 5 November.[18]

On 21 November 2011, the SM-liiga team Espoo Blues announced having signed the forward for the current season.[19]

Off the ice

Hannula is of Finnish descent through his father, and he has a younger brother, Ronnie, who is also a hockey player.[1]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 AIK J20 26 4 4 8 58 — — — — —
1997–98 Lukko FIN U20 6 2 0 2 36 — — — — —
1997–98 Djurgårdens IF J20 14 10 6 16 22 — — — — —
1998–99 Lidingö Vikings SWE.2 32 10 0 10 47 — — — — —
1999–2000 Hammarby IF Allsv 43 10 10 20 53 2 0 0 0 2
2000–01 MIF Redhawks J20 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2000–01 MIF Redhawks SEL 45 2 9 11 26 8 3 2 5 14
2001–02 MIF Redhawks SEL 41 10 7 17 14 5 2 1 3 0
2002–03 MIF Redhawks SEL 49 15 15 30 72 — — — — —
2003–04 Houston Aeros AHL 67 9 18 27 59 — — — — —
2004–05 Malmö Redhawks SEL 47 14 9 23 71 — — — — —
2005–06 HV71 SEL 45 13 18 31 62 12 3 8 11 22
2006–07 HV71 SEL 18 9 6 15 64 — — — — —
2006–07 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 23 7 8 15 32 5 0 3 3 10
2007–08 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 46 7 7 14 34 9 1 0 1 4
2008–09 CSKA Moscow KHL 52 14 10 24 57 3 0 2 2 0
2009–10 Djurgårdens IF SEL 7 3 1 4 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 13 3 7 10 4 16 2 3 5 18
2010–11 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Djurgårdens IF SEL 14 5 3 8 14 5 3 0 3 0
2011–12 MODO Hockey SEL 20 5 9 14 8 — — — — —
2011–12 Espoo Blues SM-l 22 4 10 14 16 16 5 7 12 10
2012–13 Espoo Blues SM-l 13 4 1 5 6 — — — — —
2012–13 HIFK SM-l 14 5 4 9 4 6 1 1 2 12
2013–14 Kölner Haie DEL 6 1 0 1 4 17 1 4 5 10
SEL totals 286 76 77 153 331 30 11 11 22 36
RSL totals 69 14 15 29 66 14 1 3 4 14

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Sweden WC 9 2 0 2 2
2006 Sweden OG 8 0 0 0 2
2006 Sweden WC 8 4 1 5 35
Senior totals 25 6 1 7 39

References
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