Jukka Rautakorpi

Jukka Rautakorpi
Born Jukka Rautakorpi
(1963-12-17) December 17, 1963
Kauhajoki, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Occupation Head coach of Tappara

Jukka Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963) is a Finnish ice hockey head coach with Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL.[1]

Career

Shortly after his playing career ended Rautakorpi began his coaching career starting out with the under-16 team of JYP Jyväskylä. After two years with the under-16 squad he progressed to the under-18 team then the under-20 squad. In 1994–95 Rautakorpi moved up to become an assistant coach with JYP Jyväskylä on the SM-liiga squad.[2]

Rautakorpi moved on to Tappara for the 1995-96 season for his first stint as a head coach in the SM-liiga. He stayed for 2 seasons coaching 100 regular season games for a record of 42 wins, 43 loses and 15 ties, both seasons Tappara lost in the playoff quarterfinals.[3]

From 1997-1999 Rautakorpi coached various Finnish junior teams including the under-18 team at the 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship winning silver, and the under-20 team in the 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship finishing 5th.

Tappara rehired Rautakorpi for the 1999–2000 season and he started his second run as Tappara head coach that would last 4 seasons this time. Rautakorpi had a much more successful tenure this time amassing a record of 126 wins, 69 loses and 27 ties in 222 games. Under his tutelage Tappara appeared in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 finals and won the Kanada-malja as playoff champion in 2002–03.[3][4][5]

Rautakorpi next spent 2 seasons as the head coach of Finnish club Lukko leading the club to a record of 52 wins, 36 loses, 14 ties, 4 overtime wins (OTW) and 6 overtime loses (OTL). However in his first season with the club they lost in the playoff quarterfinals and in the second they lost out to HPK for third place in the playoffs.[6][7]

Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2005–06 season coaching the team to record of 28 wins, 15 loses, 5 OTW and 8 OTL finishing 4th in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.[3][5]

Rautakorpi did not coach the 2006–07 season, but signed for 2007–08 with Leksands IF of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan which marks the only time he has coached outside of Finland.[5] Rautakorpi led Leksands to a 1st place finish in the regular season which allowed them to play in the Kvalserien. The series could have led to a promotion to the Elitserien but they were unsuccessful, finishing 5th in the tournament, going back to HockeyAllsvenskan for the next season.[8]

Finnish club HPK signed Rautakorpi to be their head coach for the 2008–09 season after a disappointing 2007–08 season in which they did not make the playoffs. Rautakorpi was able to lead HPK to the playoffs again in 2008-09 finishing 3rd in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs. Rautakorpi remained with HPK for the 2009–10 season as well, leading HPK to a 5th place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs where they were defeated by TPS.[9]

Rautakorpi was back with the Finnish under-18 team for the 2010–11 season. He coached them in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships finishing 5th.[10][11]

After not coaching the 2011–12 season, Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2012–13 season.[12] In his first season back with Tappara he led the team to a 2nd place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs but were defeated by Ässät for the championship.[13]

Career coaching statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Year Team League Regular season Post season
GP W L T OTW OTL Pts Finish Result
1995–96 Tappara SM-Liiga 5024197----554thQuarterfinal loss
1996–97 Tappara SM-liiga 5018248----448thQuarterfinal loss
1999–00 Tappara SM-liiga 5431158----703rdQuarterfinal loss
2000–01 Tappara SM-liiga 5632195----693rdFinal loss
2001–02 Tappara SM-liiga 5634139----791stFinal loss
2002–03 Tappara SM-liiga 5629225----655thChampion
2003–04 Lukko SM-liiga 56241814----655thQuarterfinal loss
2004–05 Lukko SM-liiga 562818--46985thBronze game loss
2005–06 Tappara SM-liiga 562815--581024thQuarterfinal loss
2007–08 Leksands IF HockeyAllsvenskan 453362311081stPromoted to Kvalserien
2007–08 Leksands IF Kvalserien 1045010145thback to HockeyAllsvenskan
2008–09 HPK SM-liiga 582719--66993rdQuarterfinal loss
2009–10 HPK SM-liiga 582622--37915thFinal loss
2012–13 Tappara SM-liiga 602917--771082ndFinal loss
Liiga (SM-liiga) totals 666330221562535------

International

Medal record
Ice hockey
Competitor for  Finland
IIHF European Junior Championships
1998 Sweden
Year Team Tournament GP W L T GF GA Finish
1998 Finland U18 IIHF European Junior Championships 53111712Silver
1999 Finland U18 IIHF World U20 Championship 633025205th

References

  1. ↑ Jukka Rautakorpi, Tappara
  2. ↑ KAUSI 1994 - 1995, JYP Jyväskylä
  3. 1 2 3 TAPPARAN VALMENTAJAT, Tappara
  4. ↑ Liiga History, eliteprospects.com
  5. 1 2 3 Juuka Rautakorpi, eliteprospects.com
  6. ↑ Lukko, eliteprospects.com
  7. ↑ Luuko 2004-05 roster,eurohockey.com
  8. ↑ Kvalserien SHL Team Standings 2007 - 2008, eliteprospects.com
  9. ↑ Liiga Team Standings 2009 - 2010, eliteprospects.com
  10. ↑ TOURNAMENT PROGRESS, April 24, 2011, IIHF
  11. ↑ TEAM ROSTER FIN-Finland, April 13, 2011, IIHF
  12. ↑ JUKKA RAUTAKORPI PALAA TAPPARAN VALMENTAJAKSI, November 17, 2011, Tappara
  13. ↑ Liiga Team Standings 2012 - 2013, eliteprospects.com

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