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Finland Janne Pesonen

#20 Kärpät / Liiga - 19/20

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3. Macklin Celebrini 35 31 28 59
4. Jackson Blake 39 21 38 59
5. Gabe Perreault 32 18 39 57
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Janne Pesonen Facts

Date of Birth
Position
LW/C
Age
41
Height
5'11" / 181 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
179 lbs / 81 kg
Nation
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Status
Retired
Highlights
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time AHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time KHL Gagarin Cup Champion 1
2-time Liiga All-Star Team 2
4-time Liiga Champion 4
1-time Liiga Most Points (Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy) 1
1-time Liiga Rookie of the Year 1
1-time SHL Champion 1
Team Staff profile of Janne Pesonen also available
He is a good skater and has good shot, which helps him being a capable scorer, Lasse Johansson (GM Skellefteå) 2014

Janne Pesonen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1997-98 Hokki U16 U16 SM-sarja 16* 3* 4* 7* 8* -* |
1998-99 Hokki II-divisioona 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
1999-00 Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 33* 6* 12* 18* 30* -* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 0 -
2000-01 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 41* 9* 22* 31* 18* -* | Playoffs 6 1 1 2 0 -
2001-02 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 42* 12* 19* 31* 18* -* | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 2 -
Kärpät SM-liiga 9* 2* 0* 2* 0* 1* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002-03 Hokki Mestis 40* 14* 21* 35* 62* 5* | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 4 1
Finland II (all) International 4* 1* 0* 1* 2* 0* |
2003-04 Kärpät SM-liiga 56* 17* 13* 30* 28* 15* | Playoffs 15 1 1 2 4 2
Finland (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2004-05 Kärpät SM-liiga 55* 11* 18* 29* 42* 11* | Playoffs 12 2 0 2 0 -1
2005-06 Kärpät SM-liiga 53* 8* 14* 22* 34* 10* | Playoffs 11 4 0 4 8 0
2006-07 Kärpät SM-liiga 56* 22* 33* 55* 38* 22* | Playoffs 9 4 3 7 10 7
Finland (all) International 6* 3* 0* 3* 0* -* |
2007-08 Kärpät “A” SM-liiga 56* 34* 44* 78* 58* 37* | Playoffs 14 7 9 16 10 9
Finland (all) International 8* 3* 3* 6* 6* 0* |
2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7* 0* 0* 0* 0* -3* |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 70* 32* 50* 82* 33* 13* | Playoffs 5 1 5 6 0 0
2009-10 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 42* 14* 11* 25* 12* 15* | Playoffs 8 1 0 1 4 2
Finland (all) International 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2010-11 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 46* 14* 13* 27* 28* 5* | Playoffs 8 3 1 4 4 0
Finland WC 9* 2* 5* 7* 4* 2* |
Finland (all) International 14* 3* 5* 8* 6* -2* |
2011-12 HIFK SM-liiga 38* 13* 15* 28* 18* 11* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 0 -2
Finland WC 9* 1* 2* 3* 2* -3* |
Finland (all) International 22* 8* 9* 17* 43* 6* |
2012-13 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 45* 17* 10* 27* 42* 10* | Playoffs 18 4 8 12 28 7
Finland WC 9* 2* 6* 8* 27* 4* |
Finland (all) International 13* 3* 8* 11* 27* 5* |
2013-14 Ak Bars Kazan “A” KHL 48* 16* 6* 22* 18* 13* | Playoffs 6 1 2 3 6 -3
Finland (all) International 3* 0* 1* 1* 0* -1* |
2014-15 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 22* 7* 3* 10* 8* 2* |
Skellefteå AIK SHL 20* 16* 10* 26* 14* 4* | Playoffs 15 4 6 10 2 6
Finland WC 8* 1* 4* 5* 2* 3* |
Finland (all) International 10* 2* 4* 6* 2* 2* |
2015-16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 21* 11* 11* 22* 2* 9* | Playoffs 16 3 5 8 0 4
2016-17 HC Ambrì-Piotta “A” NLA 49* 13* 21* 34* 18* -7* | Relegation 8 2 1 3 2 -1
2017-18 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 30* 8* 14* 22* 4* 10* | Playoffs 12 3 5 8 2 6
Finland WC 8* 2* 2* 4* 0* 3* |
Finland (all) International 10* 2* 3* 5* 0* 4* |
2018-19 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 42* 17* 13* 30* 18* 8* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 1
Finland (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2019-20 Kärpät Liiga 27* 6* 9* 15* 14* 10* |

Janne Pesonen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2002-03 Finland II Nagano Cup 3* 1* 0* 1* 0* 0* |
2003-04 Finland EHT 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2004-05 Kärpät ECC 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
2005-06 Kärpät ECC 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
2006-07 Finland EHT 6* 3* 0* 3* 0* -* |
2007-08 Kärpät “A” ECC 2* 3* 0* 3* 0* 0* |
Finland EHT 8* 3* 3* 6* 6* 0* |
2009-10 Finland EHT 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2010-11 Finland EHT 5* 1* 0* 1* 2* -4* |
2011-12 Finland EHT 9* 5* 4* 9* 41* 8* |
2012-13 Finland EHT 2* 1* 1* 2* 0* 1* |
2013-14 Finland EHT 3* 0* 1* 1* 0* -1* |
2014-15 Finland EHT 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* -1* |
2015-16 Skellefteå AIK Champions HL 8* 4* 5* 9* 0* 4* |
2017-18 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 7* 1* 5* 6* 2* 2* |
Finland EHT 2* 0* 1* 1* 0* 1* |
2018-19 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 5* 2* 1* 3* 2* 2* |
Finland EHT 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2019-20 Kärpät Champions HL 4* 2* 0* 2* 0* 0* |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2021-22 Finland U20 (all) International-Jr Team Manager From April 14th
2022-23 Finland U20 (all) International-Jr Team Manager
Finland U20 WJC-20 Team Manager
2023-24 Finland U20 WJC-20 Team Manager
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Janne Pesonen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 70* 32* 50* 82* 1.17* 33* 13* | 1 5 1 * 5 * 6 * 1.20 * 0 * 0 *
Champions HL 4 24* 9* 11* 20* 0.83* 4* 8* | 0 * * * * * *
ECC 3 8* 3* 0* 3* 0.38* 4* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 11 44* 14* 10* 24* 0.55* 51* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
II-divisioona 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International 12 97* 25* 33* 58* 0.60* 88* 15* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 5 203* 68* 43* 111* 0.55* 108* 45* | 4 40 9 * 11 * 20 * 0.50 * 42 * 6 *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 8 350* 113* 146* 259* 0.74* 232* 117* | 7 66 18 * 14 * 32 * 0.48 * 32 * 15 *
Mestis 1 40* 14* 21* 35* 0.88* 62* 5* | 1 3 2 * 0 * 2 * 0.67 * 4 * 1 *
Nagano Cup 1 3* 1* 0* 1* 0.33* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 1 7* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
NLA (NL) 1 49* 13* 21* 34* 0.69* 18* -7* | 1 8 2 * 1 * 3 * 0.38 * 2 * -1 *
SHL 4 113* 52* 48* 100* 0.89* 38* 31* | 4 49 10 * 17 * 27 * 0.55 * 4 * 17 *
U16 SM-sarja 1 16* 3* 4* 7* 0.44* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 1 33* 6* 12* 18* 0.55* 30* -* | 1 3 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.33 * 0 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 2 83* 21* 41* 62* 0.75* 36* -* | 2 9 3 * 1 * 4 * 0.44 * 2 * - *
WC 5 43* 8* 19* 27* 0.63* 35* 9* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.
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Janne Pesonen Connections

Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
10/22/2020
10/22/2020 Confirmed Kärpät Retired
05/16/2019
05/16/2019 Confirmed Växjö Lakers HC Kärpät
07/11/2017
07/11/2017 Confirmed HC Ambrì-Piotta Växjö Lakers HC
10/09/2016
10/09/2016 Extension HC Ambrì-Piotta HC Ambrì-Piotta
08/25/2016
08/25/2016 Confirmed Skellefteå AIK HC Ambrì-Piotta
12/30/2014
12/30/2014 Confirmed Ak Bars Kazan Skellefteå AIK
12/16/2014
12/16/2014 Confirmed Ak Bars Kazan Unknown
06/01/2014
06/01/2014 Extension Ak Bars Kazan Ak Bars Kazan
06/18/2013
06/18/2013 Extension Ak Bars Kazan Ak Bars Kazan
06/01/2012
06/01/2012 Confirmed HIFK Ak Bars Kazan
10/07/2011
10/07/2011 Confirmed Ak Bars Kazan HIFK
08/04/2010
08/04/2010 Extension Ak Bars Kazan Ak Bars Kazan
08/04/2009
08/04/2009 Confirmed Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Ak Bars Kazan

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Janne Pesonen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Hokki

Cult/Star player for Kärpät

Cult/Star player for Skellefteå AIK

Career transactions
- 2010-08-04 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2009-08-04 • Signed to a one-year contract by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2008-07-07 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2003-05-07 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by Hokki

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