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Finland Petteri Wirtanen

#14 HIFK / Liiga - 21/22
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Date of Birth
May 28, 1986
Position
C
Age
36
Height
6'1" / 186 cm
Place of Birth
Hyvinkää, FIN
Weight
196 lbs / 89 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Jää-Ahmat
Status
Retired
Drafted
2006 round 6 #172 overall by Anaheim Ducks
Highlights
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
1-time U20 WJC Bronze Medal 1
2-time Liiga Champion 2

Wirtanen is a center who is sound defensively. Has decent playmaking skills, but is better on the penalty kill. Effective in puck battles. A hard worker.
- Ulf Andersson, EP

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2001-02 Ahmat Hyvinkää U16 U16 SM-sarja 14 9 3 12 14 - | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 4 -
2002-03 HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja 27 27 12 29 36 - | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -
HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 | Relegation 2 1 0 1 0 -
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 10 3 3 6 4 - |
2003-04 HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja 7 2 3 5 10 - | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 40 7 11 18 26 -3 |
Finland U18 “C” WJC-18 6 0 2 2 6 -3 |
2004-05 HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 37 12 22 34 38 -19 | Relegation 6 2 3 5 4 5
HPK SM-liiga 8 0 0 0 0 1 |
2005-06 HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 3 4 2 6 4 4 |
HPK SM-liiga 50 8 3 11 24 9 | Playoffs 13 1 0 1 12 -3
Suomi U20 Mestis 2 2 0 2 2 -1 |
Finland U20 “C” WJC-20 7 0 1 1 2 1 |
2006-07 Portland Pirates AHL 67 7 11 18 40 -5 |
2007-08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 3 1 0 1 2 1 |
Portland Pirates AHL 78 10 27 37 58 9 | Playoffs 18 0 0 0 14 -9
2008-09 Iowa Chops AHL 78 15 26 41 50 -10 |
2009-10 HIFK SM-liiga 56 10 17 27 32 -1 | Playoffs 6 4 1 5 4 2
2010-11 HIFK SM-liiga 57 12 25 37 40 21 | Playoffs 16 1 5 6 10 8
2011-12 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 55 14 20 34 67 19 | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 33 -4
2012-13 Donbass Donetsk KHL 52 5 11 16 28 1 |
Finland (all) International 12 0 3 3 6 1 |
2013-14 Donbass Donetsk KHL 50 6 9 15 28 2 | Playoffs 13 1 2 3 22 -1
Finland WC 3 0 0 0 2 -1 |
Finland (all) International 17 1 1 2 6 3 |
2014-15 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 14 1 5 6 4 -12 |
Jokerit KHL 32 7 5 12 20 8 | Playoffs 10 0 1 1 4 -1
Finland (all) International 9 0 1 1 10 1 |
2015-16 Jokerit “A” KHL 53 3 10 13 28 8 | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 6 0
2016-17 Jokerit KHL 42 3 6 9 18 -1 | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 2 0
2017-18 Jokerit KHL 28 1 4 5 20 0 | Playoffs 11 0 1 1 8 0
2018-19 TPS Liiga 17 3 8 11 12 9 |
Djurgårdens IF SHL 33 4 5 9 18 2 | Playoffs 19 1 4 5 8 -5
2019-20 TPS “A” Liiga 59 7 8 15 34 -13 |
2020-21 TPS Liiga 54 4 8 12 55 1 | Playoffs 9 2 0 2 2 -1
2021-22 HIFK Liiga 46 1 7 8 12 -9 | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 2 -3
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 HIFK ET 5 0 2 2 2 - |
Finland EHT 6 1 1 2 2 0 |
2011-12 HIFK ET 8 1 2 3 6 - |
Finland EHT 6 0 1 1 2 -1 |
2012-13 Donbass Donetsk Continental Cup 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
Donbass Donetsk Nadezhda Cup 4 1 0 1 8 -2 |
Finland EHT 6 0 0 0 0 0 |
2013-14 Donbass Donetsk Continental Cup 3 0 2 2 0 5 |
Finland EHT 8 0 0 0 2 1 |
2014-15 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Swiss Cup 2 1 1 2 0 - |
Jokerit Spengler Cup 2 0 0 0 0 -1 |
Finland EHT 7 0 1 1 6 -1 |
2015-16 Jokerit Spengler Cup 2 0 0 0 0 2 |
2019-20 TPS Spengler Cup 4 0 1 1 14 -2 |
2021-22 HIFK Champions HL 2 0 0 0 2 -2 |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
Liiga
2022-04-06T18:30:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2022-04-05T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2022-04-03T18:30:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2022-04-02T17:00:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2022-03-31T18:30:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2022-03-29T18:30:00+0300 HIFK vs TPS
2022-03-27T17:00:00+0300 HIFK @ TPS
2022-03-21T17:30:00+0100 HIFK vs Lukko
2022-03-19T16:00:00+0100 HIFK @ Jukurit
2022-03-17T17:30:00+0100 HIFK vs Ilves
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 223 32 64 96 0.43 148 -6 | 1 18 0 0 0 0.00 14 -9
Champions HL 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 -2 | 0
Continental Cup 2 6 0 2 2 0.33 0 5 | 0
EHT 5 33 1 3 4 0.12 12 -1 | 0
ET 2 13 1 4 5 0.38 8 - | 0
International 3 38 1 5 6 0.16 22 5 | 0
International-Jr 1 10 3 3 6 0.60 4 - | 0
KHL 6 257 25 45 70 0.27 142 18 | 5 44 1 5 6 0.14 42 -2
Liiga (SM-liiga) 9 402 59 96 155 0.39 276 37 | 6 55 8 7 15 0.27 63 -1
Mestis 1 2 2 0 2 1.00 2 -1 | 0
Nadezhda Cup 1 4 1 0 1 0.25 8 -2 | 0
NHL 1 3 1 0 1 0.33 2 1 | 0
NLA (NL) 1 14 1 5 6 0.43 4 -12 | 0
SHL 1 33 4 5 9 0.27 18 2 | 1 19 1 4 5 0.26 8 -5
Spengler Cup 3 8 0 1 1 0.13 14 -1 | 0
Swiss Cup 1 2 1 1 2 1.00 0 - | 0
U16 SM-sarja 1 14 9 3 12 0.86 14 - | 1 5 1 0 1 0.20 4 -
U18 SM-sarja 2 34 29 15 34 1.00 46 - | 2 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 -
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 80 23 35 58 0.73 68 -18 | 2 8 3 3 6 0.75 4 5
WC 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 -1 | 0
WJC-18 1 6 0 2 2 0.33 6 -3 | 0
WJC-20 1 7 0 1 1 0.14 2 1 | 0
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Juuso Hietanen (D) 2002-2015 9 Finland, Finland, Finland (all), HPK, HPK U18, HPK U20
Ville Lajunen (D) 2010-2021 8 Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Jokerit, TPS
Lauri Korpikoski (F) 2002-2021 8 Finland (all), Finland U17 (all), Finland U18, Finland U20, Suomi U20, TPS
Jesse Joensuu (F) 2003-2018 8 Finland, Finland (all), Finland U18, Finland U20, Jokerit, Suomi U20
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/01/2022
09/01/2022 Confirmed HIFK Retired
10/05/2021
10/05/2021 Extension HIFK HIFK
09/06/2021
09/06/2021 Confirmed TPS HIFK
07/01/2019
07/01/2019 Confirmed Djurgårdens IF TPS
11/05/2018
11/05/2018 Confirmed TPS Djurgårdens IF
09/14/2018
09/14/2018 Confirmed Jokerit TPS
04/12/2016
04/12/2016 Extension Jokerit Jokerit
11/14/2014
11/14/2014 Confirmed HC Fribourg-Gottéron Jokerit
09/02/2014
09/02/2014 Confirmed Donbass Donetsk HC Fribourg-Gottéron
03/02/2013
03/02/2013 Extension Donbass Donetsk Donbass Donetsk
05/21/2012
05/21/2012 Confirmed HIFK Donbass Donetsk
05/23/2011
05/23/2011 Extension HIFK HIFK
02/10/2010
02/10/2010 Extension HIFK HIFK
07/28/2009
07/28/2009 Confirmed Iowa Chops HIFK
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