Mika Pyörälä

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = MikaPyöräläTimrå.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| team = SC Bern

| league = NL

| former_teams = Timrå IK
Philadelphia Flyers
Frölunda HC
Amur Khabarovsk
Luleå HF

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 179

| ntl_team = FIN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|7|13}}

| birth_place = Oulu, Finland

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2001

}}

Mika Pyörälä (born 13 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. Pyörälä played his entire career in Finnish Liiga in Oulun Kärpät.

Playing career

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On 14 July 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on 29 July 2010.{{cite news |last=Gyllander |first=Peter |date=2009-07-29 |title=Forwarden Mika Pyörälä till Frölunda |url=http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/forwarden-mika-pyorala-till-frolunda/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731171442/http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/forwarden-mika-pyorala-till-frolunda/ |archive-date=31 July 2012 |access-date=2009-07-30 |publisher=Frölunda Indians |df=dmy-all}}

Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championship. He scored a goal in the final against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.

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
1997–98 \| Kärpät \| FIN U18 \| 27	2	4	6	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Kärpät \| FIN U18 \| 36	10	18	28	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
1999–2000 \| Kärpät \| FIN U20 \| 40	6	10	16	18 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Kärpät \| FIN U20 \| 40	21	35	56	52 \| 2	0	0	0	0
2000–01 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 5	0	0	0	0 \| 9	1	0	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 51	4	2	6	35 \| 4	0	1	1	2
2001–02 \| Kärpät \| FIN U20 \| —	—	—	—	— \| 1	0	2	2	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 56	17	11	28	22 \| 15	2	3	5	6
2003–04 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 53	12	19	31	8 \| 13	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 56	9	13	22	18 \| 11	3	1	4	4
2005–06 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 41	13	8	21	10 \| 11	5	6	11	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Kärpät \| SM-l \| 56	28	17	45	30 \| 10	4	2	6	2
2007–08 \| Timrå IK \| SEL \| 46	17	16	33	18 \| 11	6	4	10	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Timrå IK \| SEL \| 55	21	22	43	10 \| 7	2	1	3	6
2009–10 \| Philadelphia Flyers \| NHL \| 36	2	2	4	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Adirondack Phantoms \| AHL \| 35	8	10	18	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
2010–11 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 47	14	9	23	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 53	22	18	40	12 \| 6	1	2	3	2
2012–13 \|Amur Khabarovsk \|KHL \|25 \|5 \|5 \|10 \|4 \|— \|— \|— \|— \|—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2012–13 \|Luleå HF \|SEL \|32 \|5 \|12 \|17 \|6 \|13 \|1 \|2 \|3 \|8
2013–14 \|Kärpät \|SM-l \|60 \|13 \|23 \|36 \|16 \|16 \|6 \|10 \|16 \|4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2014–15 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \|57 \|15 \|18 \|33 \|28 \|19 \|8 \|6 \|14 \|4
2015–16 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \|49 \|15 \|17 \|32 \|12 \|14 \|5 \|7 \|12 \|12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2016–17 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \|60 \|26 \|29 \|55 \|20 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|0
2017–18 \| SC Bern \| NL \| 32 \| 4 \| 5 \| 9 \| 16 \| 3 \| 0 \| 1 \| 1 \| 0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2018–19 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \| 45 \| 16 \| 16 \| 32 \| 14 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
2019–20 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \| 51 \| 20 \| 25 \| 45 \| 18 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2020–21 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \| 56 \| 12 \| 22 \| 34 \| 32 \| 5 \| 1 \| 3 \| 4 \| 2
2021–22 \|Kärpät \|Liiga \| 53 \| 16 \| 12 \| 28 \| 14 \| 7 \| 1 \| 1 \| 2 \| 4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Liiga totals ! 749 ! 216 ! 232 ! 448 ! 277 ! 136 ! 36 ! 42 ! 78 ! 42
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| SEL totals ! 234 ! 79 ! 77 ! 156 ! 54 ! 37 ! 10 ! 9 ! 19 ! 16
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 36 ! 2 ! 2 ! 4 ! 10 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! —