Jukka Hentunen

Date of Birth: May 03, 1974
Age: 52
Place of Birth: Joroinen, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Warkis
Position: RW
Height: 178 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Jukka Hentunen Facts

Player Type: GrinderSpeedsterWorkhorse
Drafted: 2000 round 6 #176 overall by Calgary Flames

Hentunen was a speedy winger with a good shot. Played a gritty, feisty game despite being of smallish stature. Would finish his checks while forechecking.

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Jukka Hentunen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1993-1994	Warkis	II-divisioona	16	7	6	13	10	-
1994-1995	Warkis	II-divisioona	29	23	23	46	28	-
1995-1996	Diskos	I-divisioona	43	23	18	41	14	-	Relegation	10	5	6	11	4	-
1996-1997	Hermes	I-divisioona	35	10	13	23	43	-	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-
1997-1998	Hermes	I-divisioona	44	15	16	31	26	-	Playoffs	8	7	3	10	10	-
1998-1999	Hermes "A"	I-divisioona	0	0	0	0	0	-
1998-1999	HPK	SM-liiga	41	13	21	34	32	18	Playoffs	8	1	4	5	12	-1
1999-2000	HPK	SM-liiga	53	17	28	45	76	13	Playoffs	8	4	2	6	12	-4
1999-2000	Finland	WC	9	3	3	6	12	9
2000-2001	Jokerit "A"	SM-liiga	56	27	28	55	24	15	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	4	1
2000-2001	Finland	WC	9	1	3	4	2	5
2001-2002	Calgary Flames	NHL	28	2	3	5	4	-9
2001-2002	Saint John Flames	AHL	9	3	3	6	0	1
2001-2002	Nashville Predators	NHL	10	2	2	4	0	0
2002-2003	Jokerit	SM-liiga	48	11	11	22	28	6	Playoffs	10	4	2	6	0	1
2003-2004	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	47	25	28	53	22	-	Playoffs	4	2	4	6	6	-
2003-2004	Finland	WC	7	3	3	6	2	2
2004-2005	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA	44	24	20	44	46	-	Relegation	8	5	6	11	6	-
2004-2005	Finland	WCup	6	1	1	2	2	-
2004-2005	Finland	WC	7	3	1	4	6	2
2005-2006	HC Lugano	NLA	44	24	18	42	44	-	Playoffs	17	7	6	13	6	-
2005-2006	Finland Olympics	OG	8	0	0	0	2	0
2005-2006	Finland	WC	9	1	3	4	20	2
2006-2007	HC Lugano	NLA	44	26	20	46	63	-	Playoffs	6	1	4	5	0	-
2006-2007	Finland	WC	9	4	1	5	4	3
2007-2008	HC Lugano	NLA	13	5	9	14	6	-
2007-2008	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	33	10	17	27	10	15	Playoffs	10	2	8	10	33	4
2008-2009	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	54	14	13	27	36	7	Playoffs	21	9	2	11	8	5
2009-2010	Jokerit	SM-liiga	58	28	22	50	50	-1	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	4	0
2010-2011	Jokerit	SM-liiga	55	6	26	32	38	-3	Playoffs	7	2	4	6	2	3
2011-2012	KalPa	SM-liiga	55	18	13	31	18	1	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	25	-2
2012-2013	KalPa	SM-liiga	45	7	14	21	20	3	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	6	-1

Jukka Hentunen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2000-2001	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	4	1	1	2	0	-
2002-2003	Finland	EHT	5	1	1	2	4	-
2003-2004	Jokerit Loan	Spengler Cup	4	1	2	3	0	0
2003-2004	Finland	EHT	8	3	0	3	4	-
2004-2005	Finland	EHT	7	0	2	2	2	-
2005-2006	Finland	EHT	9	3	7	10	6	-
2006-2007	HC Lugano	ECC	2	0	0	0	2	-1
2006-2007	Finland	EHT	5	1	0	1	4	0
2007-2008	Ak Bars Kazan	Continental Cup	3	1	0	1	6	0
2007-2008	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2	1
2008-2009	Finland	EHT	3	0	2	2	0	-1
2009-2010	Finland	EHT	3	1	1	2	0	0
2010-2011	Jokerit	ET	8	1	4	5	0	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-
2011-2012	KalPa	ET	8	3	0	3	0	-
2012-2013	KalPa	ET	7	1	1	2	2	-

Jukka Hentunen Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	9	3	3	6	0.67	0	1	0
Continental Cup	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	6	0	0
ECC	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	-1	0
EHT	8	43	9	13	22	0.51	22	0	0
ET	3	23	5	5	10	0.43	2	-	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	-
I-divisioona	4	122	48	47	95	0.78	83	-	3	21	13	9	22	1.05	14	-
II-divisioona	2	45	30	29	59	1.31	38	-	0
KHL	1	54	14	13	27	0.50	36	7	1	21	9	2	11	0.52	8	5
NHL	1	38	4	5	9	0.24	4	-9	0
NLA (NL)	5	192	104	95	199	1.04	181	-	4	35	15	20	35	1.00	18	-
OG	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
Russia	1	33	10	17	27	0.82	10	15	1	10	2	8	10	1.00	33	4
SM-liiga (Liiga)	8	411	127	163	290	0.71	286	52	8	52	13	16	29	0.56	65	-3
Spengler Cup	2	8	2	3	5	0.63	0	0	0
WC	6	50	15	14	29	0.58	46	23	0
WCup	1	6	1	1	2	0.33	2	-	0

Jukka Hentunen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1998-1999	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
1999-2000	SM-liiga Bronze Medal World Championship Best Plus/Minus (+9) World Championship Bronze Medal
2000-2001	SM-liiga Player of the Month (January) World Championship Silver Medal
2004-2005	World Cup Runner Up
2005-2006	NLA Champion (Lugano) Olympic Silver Medal World Championship Bronze Medal
2006-2007	World Championship Silver Medal
2007-2008	Continental Cup Champion
2008-2009	KHL Gagarin Cup Champion KHL Playoffs Most Goals (9)
2009-2010	SM-liiga Most Goals (Aarne Honkavaara Trophy) (28)
2016-2017	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#236)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
06/22/2011	Confirmed	Jokerit	KalPa
05/05/2009	Confirmed	Ak Bars Kazan	Jokerit

Jukka Hentunen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Ak Bars Kazan
Cult/Star player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Cult/Star player for HC Lugano
Cult/Star player for Hermes
Cult/Star player for HPK
Cult/Star player for Jokerit
Cult/Star player for Warkis