Kari Jalonen
| Kari Jalonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
January 6, 1960 Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Kärpät HIFK TPS Lukko Junkkarit HT Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Skellefteå AIK Rouen HE | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1978–1996 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Finland
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| European Junior Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1978 Finland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Finland | |
Kari Jalonen (born January 6, 1960) is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for SC Bern.
He is of no relation to Jukka Jalonen.
Playing career
A product of Oulun Kärpät, Jalonen played parts of two seasons (82-83, 83-84) at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. He made a total of 37 NHL appearances. He is best known for his time in SM-liiga, but also had stints in Sweden (Skellefteå HC) and France (Dragons de Rouen).
Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 European Championship team.
Coaching career
After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching.
Jalonen has coached successful SM-liiga teams TPS, Kärpät and HIFK. He has won four Finnish national championships as a Head Coach: Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career. He received Liiga Coach of the Year honors in 2005 and 2007.
Jalonen started as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011–12 season and parted ways with the club during the 2012-13 season. During the 2013-14 season he took over as head coach of fellow KHL team Lev Prahatand guided the sideo the Gagarin Cup finals, losing to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.
He was appointed head coach of Finland's national team in 2014. In April 2016, he was named head coach of SC Bern of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).[1] He guided the Finnish national team to a silver medal at the 2016 IIHF World Championships in Russia[2] before stepping aside to take on the Bern job.[3]
Awards and titles
- SM-liiga Rookie of the Year (1979)
- SM-liiga First All-Star Team (1987, 1989)
- Finnish national champion (1999, 2000, 2001) (as assistant coach), (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011) (as head coach)
- Liiga Coach of the Year (2005, 2007)
- Silver medal at IIHF World Championships (as head coach) (2016)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Kärpät Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 24 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1977–78 | Kärpät Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 23 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Kärpät | SM-l | 36 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Kärpät | SM-l | 28 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | Kärpät | SM-l | 35 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 1981–82 | Kärpät | SM-l | 33 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 25 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 33 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Kärpät | SM-l | 14 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 1984–85 | HIFK | SM-l | 21 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Kärpät | SM-l | 35 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1986–87 | Kärpät | SM-l | 44 | 29 | 64 | 93 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1987–88 | Skellefteå HC | SEL | 22 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | TPS | SM-l | 44 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | TPS | SM-l | 37 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1990–91 | TPS | SM-l | 26 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1991–92 | TPS | SM-l | 44 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | JHT | I-Div | 26 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | TPS | SM-l | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Kärpät | I-Div | 28 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Lukko | SM-l | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | Dragons de Rouen | FRA | 23 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Dragons de Rouen | FRA | 18 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| SM-l totals | 422 | 190 | 360 | 550 | 281 | 94 | 37 | 78 | 115 | 86 | ||||
| NHL totals | 37 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Finland | EJC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1979 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1980 | Finland | WJC | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1981 | Finland | WC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1981 | Finland | CC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1982 | Finland | WC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1983 | Finland | WC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1986 | Finland | WC | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1987 | Finland | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1989 | Finland | WC | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Senior totals | 55 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 15 | |||
External links
Media related to Kari Jalonen at Wikimedia Commons
- Kari Jalonen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Kari Jalonen's biography at Legends of Hockey
References
- ↑ Bern, SC. "Confirmed - SC Bern signs Kari Jalonen to two-year contract". www.swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ↑ "sports | Finland Times". www.finlandtimes.fi. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ↑ "Marjamaki to take over". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
| Preceded by Markku Kiimalainen |
Winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy 1978–79 |
Succeeded by Pekka Arbelius |
| Preceded by Arto Javanainen |
Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 1986–87 |
Succeeded by Esa Keskinen |
| Preceded by Kari Heikkilä |
Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2004–05 |
Succeeded by Jukka Jalonen |
| Preceded by Jukka Jalonen |
Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2006–07 |
Succeeded by Petri Matikainen |
| Preceded by Hannu Jortikka |
Head Coach of TPS 2001–03 |
Succeeded by Jukka Koivu |
| Preceded by Kari Heikkilä |
Head Coach of Kärpät 2004–08 |
Succeeded by Matti Alatalo |
| Preceded by Paul Baxter |
Head Coach of HIFK 2008-2011 |
Succeeded by Petri Matikainen |
| Preceded by Václav Sýkora |
Head Coach of HC Lev Praha 2013 |
Succeeded by |