Patrik Parkkonen

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|01|23}}

| birth_place = Porvoo, Finland

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 187

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| team = Free agent

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| former_teams = Ässät
Orli Znojmo
Chicago Wolves
HC Energie Karlovy Vary
HK Nitra

| draft = Undrafted

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Patrik Parkkonen (born 23 January 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a free agent.

Playing career

Coming through the youth system of HIFK, he spent two years in Canada, playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL (2010-2012), before returning to his native Finland. Parkkonen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ässät during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.[http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=49&year0=2013&status=stats Eliteprospects.com - 2012–13 Ässät player statistics] Following a three-year stint at Ässät, Parkkonen signed with Lausitzer Füchse of Germany’s second division DEL2. In December 2015, his original short-term contract was extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|title = Weißwasser: Füchse trennen sich von Dolan und verlängern mit Parkkonen :: lr-online|url = http://www.lr-online.de/sport/fuechse/Fuechse-trennen-sich-von-Dolan-und-verlaengern-mit-Parkkonen;art80234,5289012|website = www.lr-online.de|access-date = 2016-02-12|first = Lausitzer|last = Rundschau}}

After three European seasons away from Finland, Parkkonen opted to return to North America as a professional, agreeing to a contract with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL on 25 September 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.echl.com/news/2019/9/pair-of-blueliners-head-to-wichita | title = Pair of blueliners head to Wichita | publisher = ECHL | date = 25 September 2019 | accessdate = 25 September 2019}}