Mika Pyörälä
| Mika Pyörälä | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
July 13, 1981 Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Liiga team Former teams |
Oulun Kärpät Amur Khabarovsk (KHL) Frölunda HC (SEL) Timrå IK (SEL) Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) Adirondack Phantoms (AHL) | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
Mika Pyörälä (born July 13, 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Pyörälä previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League.
Playing career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Finland
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2011 Slovakia | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2007 Moscow | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2008 Canada | |
On July 14, 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on July 29, 2010.[1]
Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championships. He scored a goal in the final against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Kärpät | FNL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kärpät | FNL | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | FNL | 53 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kärpät | FNL | 41 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kärpät | FNL | 56 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Timrå IK | SEL | 46 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Timrå IK | SEL | 55 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 35 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 47 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 53 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ↑ Gyllander, Peter (2009-07-29). "Forwarden Mika Pyörälä till Frölunda". Frölunda Indians. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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