Hannu Järvenpää
{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = File:Hannu Järvenpää 2013-11-22.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| team =
| played_for = Winnipeg Jets
| league =
| position = Right Wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 194
| ntl_team = FIN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|19|mf=y}}
| draft = 145th overall, 1982
Montreal Canadiens
71st overall
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_team = Winnipeg Jets
| career_start = 1981
| career_end = 1995
}}
Hannu Rainer Järvenpää (born May 19, 1963 in Ii, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey player. He is the current Head Coach of HC Gherdëina, an Italian team playing in the Alps Hockey League.
Järvenpää played 114 games for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL and is a member of the Finnish ice hockey Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://jaakiekkomuseo.vapriikki.fi/leijonat/jarvenpaa.htm|title=Suomen jääkiekkomuseo: Jääkiekkoleijonat - Hannu Järvenpää|website=jaakiekkomuseo.vapriikki.fi|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521124847/http://jaakiekkomuseo.vapriikki.fi/leijonat/jarvenpaa.htm|archive-date=2016-05-21|url-status=dead}}
Playing career
Järvenpää played for Kärpät in Finland's top-flight Liiga in the early- and mid-1980s. From 1986 to 1989, he played 114 games for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He then returned to Finland and joined Lukko in 1989, where he spent two years. The 1991–92 season saw him skate for Leksands IF in Sweden. After wearing Jokerit colours in 1992–93, he moved to fellow Liiga team Espoo Blues, where he spent the last two years of his playing career.
Järvenpää represented Finland's national team on several occasions, including the 1992 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1992 (silver medal).
Coaching career
He served as assistant coach of Liiga team SaiPa from 2003 to 2005 followed by a one-year stint with fellow Liiga outfit Lahti Pelicans in the same position.
Järvenpää took over head coaching duties at HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, a Slovenian member of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL), in 2009 and remained in that job until 2012. He then served as head coach of fellow EBEL team EV VSV from 2012 to November 2015, when he was sacked.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/wintersport/eishockey/VSV-wirft-Trainer-Hannu-Jaervenpaeae-raus;art193191,2022777|title=VSV wirft Trainer Hannu Järvenpää raus|website=www.nachrichten.at|access-date=2016-05-21}} In early January 2016, he was named head coach of Alba Volán Székesfehérvár{{Cite web|url=http://www.eishockeynews.at/c/6/home/n/61304/hannu%2520jaervenpaeae%2520new%2520coach%2520at%2520szekesfehervar|title=Hannu Järvenpää new coach at Szekesfehervar - eishockeynews.at|last=marksoft|website=www.eishockeynews.at|access-date=2016-05-21}} and parted ways with the EBEL team at the end of the 2015–16 season.
In May 2016, he was named head coach of Lausitzer Füchse of the German second division DEL2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lausitzer-fuechse.de/nachrichten/fuechse/8719-hannu_jaervenpaeae_wird_neuer_trainer_der_lausitzer_fuechse.html|title=News {{!}} Lausitzer Füchse|last=Friebel|first=Andreas|website=www.lausitzer-fuechse.de|access-date=2016-05-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521121955/http://www.lausitzer-fuechse.de/nachrichten/fuechse/8719-hannu_jaervenpaeae_wird_neuer_trainer_der_lausitzer_fuechse.html|archive-date=2016-05-21}} He was presented with DEL2 Coach of the Year honors in the 2016–17 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.del-2.org/nachrichten/del2/2894-kaufbeurens_stefan_vajs_ist_bester_spieler_in_der_del2_20162017.html|title=Kaufbeurens Stefan Vajs ist bester Spieler in der DEL2 2016/2017 {{!}} del-2.org|last=GmbH|first=Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade|website=del-2.org|language=de|access-date=2017-03-05}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1981–82
| Kärpät | SM-l | 14 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 18
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | Kärpät | SM-l | 33 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 54
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| Kärpät | SM-l | 37 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 46
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84 | Olympiajoukkue | SM-l | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85
| Kärpät | SM-l | 34 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 45
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | Kärpät | SM-l | 36 | 26 | 9 | 35 | 48
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 1986–87
| NHL | 20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| AHL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 53 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 41
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| Moncton Hawks | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | Lukko | SM-l | 38 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 48
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| Lukko | SM-l | 43 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 54
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | SEL | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| Leksands IF | Allsv | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Jokerit | SM-l | 44 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993–94
| SM-l | 44 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-l | 45 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 20
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SM-l totals ! 372 ! 149 ! 107 ! 256 ! 413 ! 32 ! 11 ! 9 ! 20 ! 30 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 114 ! 11 ! 26 ! 37 ! 83 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 1981
| Finland | EJC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 1983
| Finland | WJC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985 | Finland | WC | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 1986
| Finland | WC | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989 | Finland | WC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1991
| Finland | WC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991 | Finland | CC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992
| Finland | OG | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992 | Finland | WC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Junior totals ! 19 ! 6 ! 6 ! 12 ! 14 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 59 ! 24 ! 19 ! 43 ! 80 |
References
External links
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- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Finnish ice hockey coaches
Category:Finnish ice hockey right wingers
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Category:Moncton Hawks players
Category:Montreal Canadiens draft picks
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
Category:Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks