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Jere Karalahti

#8 HV71 / SHL - 15/16

Date of Birth

Mar 25, 1975

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 188 cm

Place of Birth

Helsinki, FIN

Weight

209 lbs / 95 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

HIFK

Status

Retired

Drafted

1993 round 6 #146 overall by Los Angeles Kings

Jere Karalahti was a defenseman known for his booming shot. A good passer, he was also a sound defensive player who played a hard, physical game.
- Erik K. Piri, Elite Prospects

Brother: Keni Karalahti

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Jere Karalahti Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1991-92	HIFK U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	4*	2*	1*	3*	2*	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	2	-
1992-93	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	7*	3*	1*	4*	4*	-*	\|
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	30*	2*	13*	15*	49*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6*	2*	2*	4*	8*	-*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	12*	4*	2*	6*	16*	-*	\|
1993-94	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Relegation	3	0	0	0	0	-
	HIFK	SM-liiga	46*	1*	10*	11*	36*	11*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	-3
	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	12*	-*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	3*	2*	5*	4*	5*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17*	4*	3*	7*	28*	-*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	1*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland II (all)	International	4*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-*	\|
1994-95	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	1*	0*	0*	0*	8*	-*	\|
	HIFK	SM-liiga	37*	1*	7*	8*	42*	16*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-1
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	2*	4*	6*	8*	-*	\|
1995-96	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	3*	1*	2*	3*	2*	-*	\|
	HIFK	SM-liiga	36*	4*	6*	10*	102*	-3*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	4	-3
1996-97	HIFK	SM-liiga	18*	3*	5*	8*	20*	1*	\|
1997-98	HIFK	SM-liiga	43*	14*	16*	30*	59*	15*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	0	2	8	9
	Finland	WC	10*	4*	3*	7*	6*	2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	23*	6*	6*	12*	14*	-*	\|
1998-99	HIFK	SM-liiga	49*	11*	22*	33*	65*	22*	\|	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	10	3
	Finland	WC	12*	5*	3*	8*	2*	5*	\|
1999-00	HIFK	SM-liiga	13*	2*	2*	4*	55*	-3*	\|
	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	48*	6*	10*	16*	18*	3*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	-3
	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	10*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-4*	\|
	Finland	WC	9*	1*	1*	2*	8*	0*	\|
2000-01	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	56*	2*	7*	9*	38*	8*	\|	Playoffs	13	0	0	0	18	-7
2001-02	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	30*	0*	1*	1*	29*	-5*	\|
	Nashville Predators	NHL	15*	0*	1*	1*	12*	-1*	\|
	Finland	WC	9*	2*	3*	5*	10*	-4*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	11*	2*	3*	5*	14*	-1*	\|
2002-03	Did not play		*	*	*	*	*	*	\|
2003-04	HIFK	SM-liiga	45*	7*	16*	23*	148*	15*	\|	Playoffs	12	3	4	7	2	2
	Finland	WC	7*	0*	0*	0*	4*	2*	\|
2004-05	HIFK “A”	SM-liiga	42*	4*	10*	14*	93*	11*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	6	-4
	Finland	WC	7*	1*	3*	4*	6*	0*	\|
2005-06	HIFK “C”	SM-liiga	20*	4*	11*	15*	43*	7*	\|	Playoffs	11	1	2	3	2	1
2006-07	HIFK	SM-liiga	51*	5*	9*	14*	132*	11*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	27	0
2007-08	Kärpät	SM-liiga	15*	2*	4*	6*	43*	4*	\|
2008-09	Hamburg Freezers	DEL	50*	7*	16*	23*	148*	12*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	10	-5
2009-10	Hamburg Freezers	DEL	47*	5*	14*	19*	193*	-11*	\|
2010-11	Blues	SM-liiga	53*	11*	19*	30*	147*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	18	0	5	5	36	0
2011-12	Dynamo Minsk	KHL	54*	7*	7*	14*	90*	2*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	6	0
2012-13	Dynamo Minsk “C”	KHL	45*	1*	9*	10*	96*	-9*	\|
2013-14	Jokerit	Liiga	56*	8*	27*	35*	76*	11*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	14	-3
	Finland	WC	10*	1*	3*	4*	10*	0*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	24*	2*	7*	9*	24*	3*	\|
2014-15	Jokerit	KHL	22*	1*	8*	9*	40*	7*	\|
	HV71	SHL	30*	6*	13*	19*	57*	-9*	\|	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	2	-1
2015-16	HV71	SHL	36*	3*	9*	12*	72*	1*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	6	-4

Jere Karalahti Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1988-89	Helsinki Peewee	QC Int PW	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1991-92	Finland U18	Macs Tournament	-*	4*	8*	12*	4*	-*	\|
1998-99	HIFK	Euro HL	6*	2*	1*	3*	2*	3*	\|	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0	3
1999-00	HIFK	Euro HL	4*	1*	2*	3*	0*	3*	\|
2003-04	Finland	EHT	8*	1*	1*	2*	10*	-*	\|
2004-05	HIFK	Spengler Cup	4*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	5*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
2005-06	Finland	EHT	6*	0*	0*	0*	14*	-*	\|
2006-07	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-1*	\|
2008-09	Hamburg Freezers	DEB-Pokal	2*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-*	\|
2010-11	Finland “A”	EHT	6*	0*	3*	3*	12*	-6*	\|
2012-13	Dynamo Minsk	Nadezhda Cup	5*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-4*	\|
2013-14	Jokerit	ET	6*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	8*	1*	2*	3*	12*	-1*	\|
2015-16	HV71	Champions HL	6*	1*	2*	3*	4*	0*	\|

Jere Karalahti Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	1	6*	1*	2*	3*	0.50*	4*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
DEB-Pokal	1	2*	1*	0*	1*	0.50*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
DEL	2	97*	12*	30*	42*	0.43*	341*	1*	\|	1	9	2 *	2 *	4 *	0.44 *	10 *	-5 *
EHT	6	36*	2*	7*	9*	0.25*	58*	-8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	6*	2*	2*	4*	0.67*	8*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	1	6*	0*	1*	1*	0.17*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Euro HL	2	10*	3*	3*	6*	0.60*	2*	6*	\|	1	4	2 *	0 *	2 *	0.50 *	0 *	3 *
IHL	1	10*	0*	3*	3*	0.30*	4*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	4	63*	10*	18*	28*	0.44*	56*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	2	32*	8*	5*	13*	0.41*	56*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Jr. A SM-sarja	1	4*	2*	1*	3*	0.75*	2*	-*	\|	1	1	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	2 *	- *
KHL	3	121*	9*	24*	33*	0.27*	226*	0*	\|	1	4	0 *	2 *	2 *	0.50 *	6 *	0 *
Liiga (SM-liiga)	14	524*	77*	164*	241*	0.46*	1 061*	114*	\|	11	79	7 *	13 *	20 *	0.25 *	115 *	1 *
Macs Tournament	1	-*	4*	8*	12*	-*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Nadezhda Cup	1	5*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	4*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	3	149*	8*	19*	27*	0.18*	97*	5*	\|	2	17	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.06 *	20 *	-10 *
QC Int PW	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	2	66*	9*	22*	31*	0.47*	129*	-8*	\|	2	12	1 *	2 *	3 *	0.25 *	8 *	-5 *
Spengler Cup	1	4*	1*	0*	1*	0.25*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	1	7*	3*	1*	4*	0.57*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	4	34*	3*	15*	18*	0.53*	59*	-*	\|	2	5	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
WC	7	64*	14*	16*	30*	0.47*	46*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	14*	5*	6*	11*	0.79*	12*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jere Karalahti Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2003-2004
2009-2010
- DEL Most Penalized Player (193)
2010-2011
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2011-2012
- KHL All-Star Game
2013-2014
2014-2015
- SHL Highest ATOI (24:37)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
08/25/2016
08/25/2016	Confirmed	HV71	Retired
11/21/2014
11/21/2014	Confirmed	Jokerit	HV71
04/28/2014
04/28/2014	Extension	Jokerit	Jokerit
08/06/2013
08/06/2013	Confirmed	Dynamo Minsk	Jokerit
01/11/2012
01/11/2012	Extension	Dynamo Minsk	Dynamo Minsk
09/02/2011
09/02/2011	Confirmed	Blues	Dynamo Minsk
02/28/2011
02/28/2011	Extension	Blues	Blues
03/16/2010
03/16/2010	Confirmed	Hamburg Freezers	Blues

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Hamburg Freezers

Cult/Star player for HIFK

Cult/Star player for HIFK U20

Cult/Star player for HV71

Career transactions
- 2016-08-25 • Announced his retirement
- 2014-11-21 • Signed by HV71
- 2014-04-28 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by Jokerit
- 2013-08-06 • Signed to a one-year contract by Jokerit
- 2013-04-30 • Released by Dinamo Minsk
- 2011-09-02 • Signed by Dinamo Minsk
- 2010-03-16 • Signed by Blues
- 2009-05-29 • Signed by the Hamburg Freezers
- 2003-03-27 • Signed by HIFK
- 2002-03-16 • Traded to the Nashville Predators with a 2003 4th round pick (Teemu Lassila) for Cliff Ronning