#Pekka Valkeejärvi

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Helmiä ja sikoja [Pearls and pigs] (Perttu Leppä, 2003)

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QUICK CHECK-UP: JYP

2019-20 SEASON: 8TH PLACE

Coming into the New Year’s JYP Jyväskylä was one of the hottest teams in the league. But then… A catastrophic 8 game losing streak at the start of the year 2020 made them drop from 3rd place to 7th. The coach Pekka Tirkkonen admitted that they had been seeing an issue in their game earlier but not done anything about it at the time being because of still being able to win games.

2020-21 SEASON

With leading score leader Julius Nättinen leaving the team, it is up to the young talent to fill up the gap he left. The team acquired Carolina Hurricanes prospect Patrik Puistola during the off-season after he had been playing in three different teams the previous season. Rookie Brad Lambert also made headlines by leaving HIFK and joining JYP instead because of having a better chance to break into the core lineup.

ROSTER MOVES

LOANS

Veini Vehviläinen (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL option)

CONTRACT EXTENSIONS

Aleksi Malinen

Tomi Niku

Kimi Kuusela

Joni Airo

Samuel Valkeejärvi

PLAYERS JOINING

Brad Lambert (<- HIFK)

Patrik Puistola (<- KooKoo)

Severi Lahtinen (<- Pelicans),

Mikko Salmio (<- Ässät)

Aleksi Salonen (<- TPS)

Samuel Helenius (<- Jokerit U20, JR SM-Liiga)

Joni Jurmo (<- Jokerit U20, JR SM-Liiga)

PLAYERS LEAVING

Samuli Ratinen (-> KooKoo)

Julius Nättinen (-> Ambri-Piotta, NLA)

Juuso Vainio (-> Växjö, SHL)

Juho-Pekka Hytönen (->  Black Wings 1992, IceHL/EBEL)

Anton Stråka (-> Dornbirner , IceHL/EBEL)

Olli-Petteri Viinikainen (-> Koovee, Mestis)

Jaakko Jokinen (-> HC Vita Hästen, Allsvenskan)

Eetu Laurikainen (-> ?)

Julius Honka (-> ?)

Mikko Mäenpää (-> ?)

Petrus Palmu (-> ?)

Aleksi Rutanen (-> ?)

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2020-21 J.Y.P. Roster

Wingers

#12 Jani Tuppurainen (Oulu, Finland) A

#14 Samuel Helenius (Järvenpää, Finland)

#22 Samuel Valkeejärvi (Jyväskylä, Finland)

#25 Patrik Siikonen (Espoo, Finland)

#27 Miska Siikonen (Tampere, Finland)

#32 Jerry Turkulainen (Mikkeli, Finland)

#88 Robert Roopa (Tallinn, Estonia)

#92 Brad Lambert (Lahti, Finland)

#98 Severi Lahtinen (Vantaa, Finland)

Centers

#15 Juha-Pekka Hytönen (Jyväskylä, Finland) C

#20 Antti Kalapudas (Oulainen, Finland)

#21 Patrik Puistola (Tampere, Finland)

#26 Jarkko Immonen (Rantasalmi, Finland) A

#33 Mikko Salmio (Jämsä, Finland)

#39 Oskari Kalajanniska (Haapajärvi, Finland)

Defensemen

#2 Valtteri Kakkonen (Jyväskylä, Finland)

#3 Anttoni Honka (Jyväskylä, Finland)

#4 Kimi Kuusela (Jyväskylä, Finland)

#6 Aleksi Salonen (Muurame, Finland)

#7 Mikko Kalteva (Hyvinkää, Finland)

#24 Aleksi Malinen (Tuusula, Finland)

#36 Roni Allén (Rovaniemi, Finland)

#45 Alex Lintuniemi (Helsinki, Finland)

#70 Joni Jurmo (Espoo, Finland)

Goalies

#35 Veini Vehviläinen (Jyväskylä, Finland)

#40 Markus Ruusu (Jämsä, Finland)