Joni Pitkänen
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Joni Pitkänen Facts
- Date of Birth
- Sep 19, 1983
- Age
- 42
- Place of Birth
- Oulu, FIN
- Nation
- Finland
- Youth Team
- Kärpät
- Position
- D
- Height
- 190 cm / 6'3"
- Weight
- 95 kg / 209 lbs
- Shoots
- L
- Status
- Retired
- Player Type
- Offensive DefensemanPuck-Moving Defenseman
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A big and strong defenseman who skates well. A tough player who likes to play physically. Always works hard for his team and is useful on both powerplay and penalty kill. Has suffered a lot injuries throughout his career. (Matias Strozyk)
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| League | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AHL | 1 | 76 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 0.54 | 105 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.33 | 16 | 13 |
 International-Jr | 4 | 37 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 0.51 | 26 | - | 0 | |||||||
 Liiga (SM-liiga) | 4 | 108 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 0.37 | 115 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 0 |
| NHL | 10 | 535 | 57 | 225 | 282 | 0.53 | 484 | -8 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0.33 | 24 | -6 |
| OG | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | 29 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
| U16 SM-sarja | 2 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.48 | 26 | - | 0 | |||||||
| U18 SM-sarja | 2 | 68 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0.47 | 38 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 2 | - |
| U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) | 3 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.65 | 77 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | - |
| WCup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| WHC-17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||
| WJC-20 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.71 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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Joni Pitkänen Career Highlights
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RetiredJoni Pitkänen Biography and Trivia
Cult/Star player for Carolina Hurricanes
Cult/Star player for Kärpät
- 2008-07-01 • Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for Erik Cole
- 2007-07-01 • Traded to the Edmonton Oilers with Geoff Sanderson & a 2009 3rd round pick (Cameron Abney) for Joffrey Lupul & Jason Smith
- 2003-07-15 • Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers