Pasi Petriläinen

Pasi Petriläinen
Born (1978-05-05) 5 May 1978 (age 46)
Pirkkala, Finland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
AUT team
Former teams
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
SM-liiga
Tappara
TPS
Ilves
Elitserien
Timrå IK
Södertälje SK
Allsvenskan
Skellefteå AIK
NHL draft 225th overall, 1996
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1994–present

Pasi Petriläinen (born 5 May 1978) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for France team Etoile Noire de Strasbourg who play in the Ligue Magnus.

Playing career

A New Jersey Devils draft pick (225th overall in 1996), Petriläinen spent six seasons with Tappara between 1994 and 2000 before moving to Sweden to play for Timrå IK in the Elitserien for one season. He returned to SM-liiga in 2002 playing for TPS for two seasons. He then returned to Tappara in 2003 for one season. He went back to Sweden in 2004, joining second division side Skellefteå AIK before returning to Elitserien with Södertälje SK in an unsuccessful season which saw the team relegated to the second division. He returned to Finland and joined Ilves. In 2007, he signed with Olimpija Ljubljana. He signed with the Etoile Noire de Strasbourg (literally Black Star) for the 2010–2011 season.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 Tappara U16 Jr. C SM-sarja 1 0 0 0 2
1993–94 Tappara U16 Jr. C SM-sarja 30 6 20 26 36 7 2 4 6 4
1994–95 Tappara U18 Jr. B SM-sarja 7 3 4 7 8 7 1 3 4 2
1994–95 Tappara U20 Jr. A I-Divisioona 11 3 4 7 6
1994–95 Tappara Liiga 25 3 0 3 14
1995–96 Tappara U18 Jr. B SM-sarja 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2
1995–96 Tappara U20 Jr. A I-Divisioona 2 0 2 2 2
1995–96 Tappara Liiga 40 0 4 4 18 4 0 0 0 2
1996–97 Tappara Liiga 43 2 9 11 46 3 0 0 0 2
1997–98 Tappara U20 Jr. A SM-liiga 1 0 1 1 10
1997–98 Tappara Liiga 48 4 7 11 34 4 0 0 0 4
1998–99 Tappara Liiga 35 3 3 6 26
1999–00 Tappara Liiga 39 1 9 10 22 4 0 1 1 0
2000–01 Timrå IK SHL 49 3 10 13 22
2001–02 HC TPS Liiga 56 1 8 9 32 8 0 0 0 4
2002–03 HC TPS Liiga 56 6 12 18 26 7 0 0 0 2
2003–04 Tappara Liiga 47 3 13 16 51 3 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Skellefteå AIK Allsvenskan 27 0 7 7 14 10 0 1 1 12
2005–06 Södertälje SK SHL 32 0 3 3 59
2006–07 Ilves Liiga 45 2 7 9 58 7 0 0 0 6
2007–08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 17 3 5 8 28 14 2 0 2 20
2007–08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 4 0 0 0 8
2008–09 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 49 2 2 4 64
2008–09 IF Björklöven Allsvenskan 6 0 0 0 10
2009–10 Lempäälän Kisa Mestis 3 0 1 1 0
2009–10 Ilves Liiga 4 0 0 0 6
2010–11 Étoile Noire de Strasbourg France 25 2 5 7 55 13 1 2 3 32
2011–12 Étoile Noire de Strasbourg France 15 2 2 4 16
Liiga totals 438 25 72 97 333 40 0 1 1 20
Preceded by Captain of Tappara
1999–2000
Succeeded by