David Pulkkinen

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name=David Pulkkinen

| image=

| caption=

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| position =Centre

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in =0

| weight_lb = 195

| played_for=New York Islanders

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|5|18}}

| birth_place =Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 77th overall

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| draft_year = 1969

| career_start = 1969

| career_end = 1975

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David Joel John "Dave" Pulkkinen (born May 18, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders during the 1972–73 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1975, was spent in various minor leagues.

Pulkkinen is of Finnish descent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jaakiekkokirja.fi/digijulkaisut/jaakiekkokirja-1972-1973/62/ |title=JÄÄKIEKKOKIRJA 1972-1973 |last=Honkavaara |first=Aarne |author-link=Aarne Honkavaara |website=Jaakiekkokirja.fi |language=fi |access-date=7 April 2023 |quote=Dave Pulkkinen. Toinenkin suomalainen}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1967–68 \| Lockerby Composite School \| CAHS \| —	—	—	—	— \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1968–69 \| Oshawa Generals \| OHA \| 54	17	19	36	50 \| —	—	—	—	—
1969–70 \| Port Huron Flags \| IHL \| 43	11	16	27	51 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1969–70 \| Kansas City Blues \| CHL \| 11	1	2	3	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1970–71 \| Port Huron Flags \| IHL \| 25	3	12	15	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1970–71 \| Dayton Gems \| IHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1971–72 \| Kansas City Blues \| CHL \| 70	12	46	58	49 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1972–73 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 2	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1972–73 \| New Haven Nighthawks \| AHL \| 75	25	41	66	55 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1973–74 \| Baltimore Clippers \| AHL \| 60	11	24	35	39 \| 2	0	1	1	0
1974–75 \| Syracuse Eagles \| AHL \| 11	0	3	3	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —