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Esa Pirnes

Kärpät / Liiga - 15/16

Player Facts

Date of Birth

Apr 01, 1977
Age

41
Place of Birth

Oulu, FIN
Nation

Finland
Youth Team

Kärpät

Position

C
Height

6'0" / 184 cm
Weight

185 lbs / 84 kg
Shoots

L
Status

Retired

Drafted

2003 round 6 #174 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Highlights

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Pirnes was a center who played a very well-rounded game. He had terrific playmaking ability and vision, which made him excel on the powerplay. He also skated well with good speed, and worked hard all over the ice. (EP)

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1992-93	Kärpät U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	22	14	17	31	2		\|
1993-94	Kärpät U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	31	15	15	30	24		\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	2
1994-95	Kärpät U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	6	6	3	9	8		\|
	Kärpät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	18	3	3	6	10		\|	Relegation	14	5	6	11	6	3
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	2		\|
1995-96	Kärpät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	24	19	13	32	8		\|
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	20	8	4	12	12		\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	4	3	3	6	2		\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	0	0	4		\|
1996-97	Kärpät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	25	2	7	9	18		\|
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	36	17	16	33	20		\|	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	16
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	1	0	1	0		\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	4	0	4	10		\|
1997-98	Kärpät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	6	5	8	13	2		\|	Relegation	9	4	15	19	2
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	32	6	15	21	12		\|	Playoffs	9	4	15	19	2
1998-99	Kärpät	I-divisioona	47	26	26	52	16	30	\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	2	1
1999-00	Blues	Liiga	51	15	24	39	12	4	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	1
2000-01	Blues	Liiga	54	10	8	18	49	-17	\|
2001-02	Tappara	Liiga	49	8	16	24	30	11	\|	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	2	1
	Finland (all)	International	7	0	2	2	2	2	\|
2002-03	Tappara	Liiga	56	23	14	37	6	6	\|	Playoffs	15	5	9	14	2	2
	Finland	EHT	7	1	2	3	4		\|
	Finland	WC	6	2	3	5	4	1	\|
2003-04	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	57	3	8	11	12	-9	\|
	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	4	3	1	4	2	2	\|
	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0		\|
	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	6	-3	\|
2004-05	Lukko	Liiga	47	9	29	38	31	16	\|	Playoffs	9	1	3	4	2	-7
	Finland	EHT	7	0	2	2	2		\|
2005-06	Blues	Liiga	44	10	23	33	24	-5	\|	Playoffs	9	5	3	8	2	-2
	Finland	EHT	9	0	1	1	6		\|
	Finland	WC	8	1	3	4	4	4	\|
2006-07	Färjestad BK “A”	SHL	43	17	26	43	28	-1	\|	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	8	-1
	Finland	EHT	8	1	1	2	6	0	\|
2007-08	Färjestad BK	SHL	52	15	23	38	74	3	\|	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	12	-3
	Finland	EHT	12	5	4	9	14	-2	\|
	Finland	WC	4	0	0	0	0	-3	\|
2008-09	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	51	22	28	50	84	28	\|
	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	0	-2	\|
2009-10	Jokerit “A”	Liiga	58	17	21	38	46	6	\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2	0
2010-11	Jokerit “A”	Liiga	39	9	12	21	57	2	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-12	EV Zug	NLA	29	12	14	26	4	-3	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	25	1
2012-13	AIK	SHL	45	10	20	30	28	-8	\|
2013-14	AIK	SHL	43	10	14	24	38	-9	\|
	Kärpät	Liiga	11	3	3	6	4	-3	\|	Playoffs	16	4	4	8	8	3
2014-15	Kärpät	Liiga	46	15	13	28	30	13	\|	Playoffs	19	7	9	16	10	6
2015-16	Kärpät	Liiga	45	10	15	25	10	4	\|	Playoffs	11	2	4	6	2	6

Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1998-99	Jokerit	Euro HL	0	0	0	0	0		\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-1
2006-07	Färjestad BK “A”	ECC	2	1	1	2	0	-1	\|
2010-11	Jokerit “A”	ET	3	1	0	1	0		\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2014-15	Kärpät	Champions HL	6	1	1	2	2	0	\|
2015-16	Kärpät	Champions HL	12	1	4	5	10	-1	\|

Player Career Totals

League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	4	3	1	4	1.00	2	2	\|
Champions HL	18	2	5	7	0.39	12	-1	\|
ECC	2	1	1	2	1.00	0	-1	\|
EHT	48	7	11	18	0.38	32	-4	\|
ET	3	1	0	1	0.33	0	0	\|	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Euro HL	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	\|	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1
I-divisioona	135	57	61	118	0.87	60	30	\|	26	4	20	24	0.92	20	1
International	7	0	2	2	0.29	2	2	\|
International-Jr	26	7	3	10	0.38	18	0	\|
Jr. A SM-liiga	73	29	31	60	0.82	38	0	\|	23	9	21	30	1.30	8	3
Jr. B SM-sarja	37	21	18	39	1.05	32	0	\|	4	1	0	1	0.25	2	0
Jr. C SM-sarja	22	14	17	31	1.41	2	0	\|
KHL	51	22	28	50	0.98	84	28	\|
Liiga	500	129	178	307	0.61	299	37	\|	97	25	34	59	0.61	32	10
NHL	57	3	8	11	0.19	12	-9	\|
NLA	29	12	14	26	0.90	4	-3	\|	3	0	0	0	0.00	25	1
SHL	183	52	83	135	0.74	168	-15	\|	21	6	6	12	0.57	20	-4
WC	25	3	6	9	0.36	14	-1	\|
WJC-20	6	1	0	1	0.17	0		\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1999-2000
- SM-liiga Most Assists by Rookie (24)
- SM-liiga Most Goals by Rookie (15)
- SM-liiga Most Points by Rookie (39)
2001-2002
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2002-2003
2005-2006
- SM-liiga Gentleman of the Year
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2007-2008
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2008-2009
- KHL All-Star Game
2013-2014
- SM-liiga Champion
2014-2015
- SM-liiga Champion
2015-2016
- SM-liiga Bronze Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
06/16/2016
06/16/2016	Confirmed	Kärpät	Retired
05/25/2015
05/25/2015	Extension	Kärpät	Kärpät
10/14/2014
10/14/2014	Extension	Kärpät	Kärpät
02/04/2014
02/04/2014	Confirmed	AIK	Kärpät
05/21/2012
05/21/2012	Confirmed	Zug	AIK
09/12/2011
09/12/2011	Confirmed	Jokerit	Zug
05/05/2009
05/05/2009	Confirmed	Atlant Mytishchi	Jokerit

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Blues

Cult/Star player for Kärpät

Cult/Star player for Tappara

Career transactions
- 2012-05-21 • Signed by AIK
- 2011-09-12 • Signed by Zug
- 2009-05-05 • Signed by Jokerit
- 2008-05-25 • Signed by Atlant Mytishchi
- 2006-04-07 • Signed by Färjestad
- 2005-04-28 • Signed by Blues
- 2004-07-30 • Signed to a lockout contract by Lukko
- 2004-04-27 • Option year exercised by the Los Angeles Kings
- 2003-07-15 • Signed by the Los Angeles Kings

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