Hannu Pikkarainen
Hannu Pikkarainen | |||
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Born |
Helsinki, Finland | October 13, 1983||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
DEL team Former teams |
Iserlohn Roosters HIFK Hartford Wolf Pack Modo Hockey Dinamo Minsk Skellefteå AIK TPS KHL Medveščak Zagreb Leksands IF Schwenninger Wild Wings | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2002–present |
Hannu Pikkarainen (born October 13, 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
Pikkarainen is a product of Helsinki-based club HIFK and made his professional debut with the club in the SM-liiga during the 2002-03 season. He left HIFK to play in the American Hockey League with the Hartford Wolf Pack during the 2006-07 season.[1] Pikkarainen saw action in seven AHL contests and played in eleven games for ECHL's Charlotte Checkers[2] that year before returning to HIFK the following season. After another two years with HIFK, he embarked on a journeyman career including stints in the Swedish Hockey League with Modo Hockey, Skellefteå AIK, Leksands IF,[3] two stints in the Kontinental Hockey League with HC Dynamo Minsk and Medvescak Zagreb[4] and a stop at TPS in the Finnish Liiga, before joining back HIFK.
On May 29, 2015, Pikkarainen concluded his third stint with HIFK and signed a one-year deal with German club Schwenninger Wild Wings.[5] When his contract was up, he agreed to terms with fellow DEL side Iserlohn Roosters inking a deal for the 2016–17 season.[6]
References
- ↑ "The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League | Pikkarainen, Westlund Return From Hartford To Checkers". www.echl.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ↑ "ECHL ◊ mobile | HOME". www.echl.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ↑ "SAIK recruit defenseman Pikkarainen" (in Swedish). Skellefteå AIK. 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Bears fortify their defence with Finn Hannu Pikkarainen". www.medvescak.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ↑ "Fin for Schwenninger". Schwenninger Wild Wings. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
- ↑ "Iserlohn Roosters secure two signings" (in German). Iserlohn Roosters. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
External links
- Hannu Pikkarainen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Hannu Pikkarainen's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Hannu Pikkarainen profile at Eurohockey.com