Ilkka Pikkarainen

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Ilkka Pikkarainen
Ilkka Pikkarainen.jpg
Pikkarainen with the Albany River Rats in 2004
Born (1981-04-19) April 19, 1981 (age 40)
Sonkajärvi, Finland
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Mestis team
Former teams		 IPK
HIFK
New Jersey Devils
HC CSKA Moscow
Timrå IK
Pelicans
TPS
KalPa
NHL Draft 218th overall, 2002
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 2000–present

Ilkka Pikkarainen (born April 19, 1981 in Sonkajärvi, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey right winger who last played for IPK in Mestis. Most of his career has been spent in the Finnish Liiga, though he also played 31 games in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils during the 2009–10 season.

Career[]

Pikkarainen began his professional career in the SM-liiga with HIFK at the end of the 2000–01 season. He played there for two full seasons and was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the seventh round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 218th overall. Pikkarainen came over to North America to play for the Albany River Rats, the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, starting in the 2003–04 season. After playing in the AHL for three seasons, Pikkarainen returned to play with HIFK for the 2008–09 season, where he played in 54 games and scored 24 goals, leading the team.

The Devils re-signed Pikkarainen at age 28 on July 2, 2009, intending to keep him on the NHL roster.[1] After missing the Devils' first game of the 2009–10 season with the stomach flu,[2] Pikkarainen made his NHL debut on October 5 against the New York Rangers, and later scored his first NHL goal against the Montreal Canadiens on December 16, 2009. In January 2010, Pikkarainen cleared waivers to play in the KHL for CSKA Moscow after the Devils had decided that he was unable to fully adjust to the NHL style, partially due to health reasons.[3]

In May 2010, Ilkka signed with Timrå IK in Sweden.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 HIFK U18 FIN U18 24 6 12 18 26 2 1 0 1 27
1999–00 HIFK U20 FIN U20 28 3 2 5 14 3 1 1 2 2
2000–01 HIFK U20 FIN U20 38 27 31 58 186 9 2 5 7 26
2000–01 HIFK FIN 4 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0
2001–02 HIFK FIN 54 9 9 18 111 — — — — —
2002–03 HIFK FIN 47 11 12 23 40 — — — — —
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 63 8 10 18 118 — — — — —
2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 71 12 12 24 102 — — — — —
2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 62 9 11 20 85 — — — — —
2006–07 HIFK FNL 53 17 20 37 140 5 0 1 1 2
2007–08 HIFK FNL 37 8 10 18 100 — — — — —
2008–09 HIFK FNL 54 24 13 37 149 2 0 0 0 0
2009–10 New Jersey Devils NHL 31 1 3 4 10 — — — — —
2009–10 Lowell Devils AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 CSKA Moscow KHL 6 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Timrå IK SWE 50 15 13 28 119 — — — — —
2011–12 Timrå IK SWE 27 5 5 10 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Pelicans FIN 11 6 4 10 20 16 1 3 4 38
2012–13 Pelicans FIN 48 6 13 19 135 — — — — —
2013–14 Pelicans FIN 49 7 8 15 61 8 1 3 4 2
2014–15 TPS FIN 57 7 14 21 103 — — — — —
2015–16 TPS FIN 39 12 12 24 35 6 2 1 3 27
2016–17 TPS FIN 45 11 14 25 18 — — — — —
2017–18 TPS FIN 52 8 11 19 98 10 0 0 0 22
2018–19 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 31 7 9 16 96 — — — — —
2018–19 KalPa FIN 16 5 5 10 6 — — — — —
2019–20 IPK FIN-2 43 16 29 45 92 — — — — —
FIN totals 566 131 145 276 1026 56 5 10 15 97
NHL totals 31 1 3 4 10 — — — — —

References[]

  1. ^ "Devils sign F Ilkka Pikkarainen". New Jersey Devils. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  2. ^ Gulitti, Tom (October 1, 2009). "Devils delay roster cut". The Record. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Chere, Rich (January 28, 2010). "Ilkka Pikkarainen's NJ Devils career likely over; assigned to CSKA Moscow". The Star Ledger. Retrieved February 6, 2010.

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