Juha-Pekka Haataja

Juha-Pekka Haataja
Born (1982-10-31) October 31, 1982 (age 42)
Oulu, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 KooKoo
Oulun Kärpät
Lukko
HIFK
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Modo Hockey
National team  Finland
Playing career 2001–2020

Juha-Pekka Haataja (born October 31, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger. He currently plays for KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

In the 2012–13 season, he had the most points in the SM-Liiga at 59 while playing for Oulun Kärpät.[1] Haataja spent parts of two seasons with Modo Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League before returning to the Liiga, signing a deal with KooKoo on October 12, 2015.[2] In the 2019–20 season, on November 20, 2019, Haataja scored the 95th power-play goal of her league career, with which he became the player with the highest number of power-play goals in the regular season in the Finnish Liiga, overtaking Janne Ojanen.

Awards, honors and records

Awards Year
Liiga
Finnish Champion (Kanada-malja) 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11
Runners-up 2002-03
Bronze Medal 2005-06, 2017-18
Aarne Honkavaara award 2012-13
Veli-Pekka Ketola award 2012-13

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–2000 Kärpät FIN U18 34 20 12 32 82 6 3 5 8 0
1999–2000 Kärpät FIN U20 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Kärpät FIN U20 40 28 19 47 41 6 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Kärpät FIN U20 41 16 20 36 16 2 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Kärpät SM-l 15 4 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Kärpät SM-l 56 4 6 10 4 11 0 2 2 4
2003–04 Kärpät SM-l 44 3 4 7 10 15 2 0 2 6
2004–05 Kärpät SM-l 48 6 15 21 10 9 0 1 1 2
2005–06 Kärpät SM-l 55 9 16 25 24 11 3 2 5 4
2006–07 Lukko SM-l 56 27 32 59 52 3 0 0 0 2
2007–08 Lukko SM-l 33 10 17 27 8 — — — — —
2008–09 Lukko SM-l 58 24 26 50 26 — — — — —
2009–10 HIFK SM-l 46 16 21 37 14 6 4 2 6 4
2010–11 HIFK SM-l 52 16 22 38 26 14 8 8 16 4
2011–12 Kärpät SM-l 55 24 16 40 16 9 4 2 6 0
2012–13 Kärpät SM-l 60 28 31 59 69 3 0 1 1 2
2013–14 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 42 5 9 14 10 — — — — —
2014–15 Kärpät Liiga 32 7 11 18 24 — — — — —
2014–15 Modo Hockey SHL 16 2 5 7 6 — — — — —
2015–16 Modo Hockey SHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2015–16 KooKoo Liiga 49 14 19 33 8 — — — — —
2016–17 KooKoo Liiga 60 20 21 41 42 — — — — —
2017–18 HIFK Liiga 49 13 15 28 26 14 4 6 10 2
2018–19 KooKoo Liiga 54 14 21 35 45 — — — — —
2019–20 KooKoo Liiga 59 17 33 50 16 — — — — —
SM-l/Liiga totals 881 256 326 582 422 99 25 24 49 30

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Finland WC 6 0 0 0 2

References

  1. ^ "HIFK Helsinki's 2010-11 Roster". hockeydb.com. May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Haataja to KooKoo!" (in Finnish). KooKoo. October 12, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.


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