Petri Ylönen
Petri Ylönen | |||
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Born |
Helsinki, Finland | October 2, 1962||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Ligue Magnus HC Briançon Rouen HE Division 2 1. Divisioona TuTo | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 1986–2002 |
Petri Ylönen (born October 2, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish born French former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the French national ice hockey team.
Playing career[]
Early career[]
Petri Ylönen started his career in Finnish First Division team TuTo, which is based in Turku. Ylönen was raised by Karhu-Kissat.
Career in France[]
Ylönen moved to HC Briançon in 1987 and spent two seasons, playing for the team. After Briançon, Ylönen moved to Rouen HE, where he won five Ligue Magnus-championships. He received 5 times the Jean Ferrand Trophy as best goaltender in the league.
Move to Germany and retirement[]
Ylönen played his last two seasons in Germany, where he played for Augsburger Panther.
Ylönen retired in 1998.
Return[]
After retiring, Ylönen moved to live near Toulouse.
Ylönen made a two-season return to ice hockey as he played for Division 2 team from 2000 to 2002.
International career[]
Petri Ylönen is a French National and played 150 games for the French national ice hockey team.
Ylönen played six times in the Ice Hockey World Championships: 1991 Pool B Yugoslavia, 1992 Czechoslovakia, 1993 Germany, 1994 Italy, 1995 Sweden, 1996 Austria, and twice in the Winter Olympics, Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994.
References[]
- "Petri Ylönen's biography". prohockey.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1962 births
- Sportspeople from Helsinki
- Augsburger Panther players
- Diables Rouges de Briançon players
- Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
- French ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic ice hockey players of France
- Rouen HE 76 players
- TuTo players
- French people of Finnish descent