Kari Jalonen
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| Kari Jalonen | |||
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| Born | January 6, 1960 Oulu, FIN |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Kärpät HIFK TPS Lukko Junkkarit HT Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Skellefteå AIK Rouen HE |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1978–1996 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Finland |
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| European Junior Championships | ||
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1978 Finland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1980 Finland | |
Kari Jalonen (born January 6, 1960) is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga. He is the current head coach of the Finnish national team.
Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 European Championship team.
After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching.
Jalonen has coached successful SM-liiga teams TPS, Kärpät and HIFK. He has won four gold medals as a Head Coach. Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career.
Jalonen started as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011–12 season. In 2013 he coached Lev Prague to the Gagarin Cup finals, losing to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.
He is of no relation to Jukka Jalonen.
Contents
Awards
SM-liiga Rookie of the Year (1979) SM-liiga First All-Star Team (1987, 1989)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Kärpät Oulu Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 24 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1977–78 | Kärpät Oulu Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 23 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 36 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 28 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 35 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 1981–82 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 33 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 25 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 33 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 14 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 1984–85 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-l | 21 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 35 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1986–87 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-l | 44 | 29 | 64 | 93 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1987–88 | Skellefteå HC | SEL | 22 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | TPS Turku | SM-l | 44 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | TPS Turku | SM-l | 37 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1990–91 | TPS Turku | SM-l | 26 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1991–92 | TPS Turku | SM-l | 44 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | JHT Kalajoki | I-Div | 26 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | TPS Turku | SM-l | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Kärpät Oulu | I-Div | 28 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Lukko Rauma | SM-l | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | Dragons de Rouen | FRA | 23 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Dragons de Rouen | FRA | 18 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 37 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| SM-l totals | 422 | 190 | 360 | 550 | 281 | 94 | 37 | 78 | 115 | 86 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1978 | Finland | EJC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1979 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1980 | Finland | WJC | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1981 | Finland | WC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1981 | Finland | CC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1982 | Finland | WC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1983 | Finland | WC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1986 | Finland | WC | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1987 | Finland | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1989 | Finland | WC | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Senior totals | 55 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 15 | |||
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Kari Jalonen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Kari Jalonen's biography at Legends of Hockey
| Preceded by | Winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy 1978–79 |
Succeeded by Pekka Arbelius |
| Preceded by | Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 1986–87 |
Succeeded by Esa Keskinen |
| Preceded by | Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2004–05 |
Succeeded by Jukka Jalonen |
| Preceded by | Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2006–07 |
Succeeded by Petri Matikainen |
| Preceded by | Head Coach of TPS 2001–03 |
Succeeded by Jukka Koivu |
| Preceded by | Head Coach of Kärpät 2004–08 |
Succeeded by Matti Alatalo |
| Preceded by | Head Coach of HIFK 2008-2011 |
Succeeded by Petri Matikainen |
| Preceded by | Head Coach of HC Lev Praha 2013 |
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