Shot Right Role Ice hockey player Position Winger Name Jukka Hentunen Career start 1998 | Playing career Weight 85 kg National team Finland Height 1.78 m | |
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Born May 3, 1974 (age 49)
Joroinen, FIN ( 1974-05-03 ) NHL Draft 176th overall, 2000
Calgary Flames Played for HPK, Jokerit, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, HC Fribourg-Gotteron, HC Lugano, Ak Bars Kazan, KalPa Similar People Niko Kapanen, Petteri Nummelin, Antti‑Jussi Niemi, Jarkko Ruutu, Jere Lehtinen | ||
Jukka Mika Petteri Hentunen (born May 3, 1974 in Joroinen, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with KalPa of the SM-liiga in the 2012–13 season.
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Jukka hentunen
Playing career
Hentunen played with HPK of the SM-liiga when he was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their sixth-round pick, 176th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played a total of 38 National Hockey League games in the 2001–02 NHL season for the Calgary Flames and the Nashville Predators, who he was traded to on March 19, 2002.
Hentunen then promptly left North America to continue his professional career in the European leagues. After two years with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, the right winger signed with Swiss rivals, HC Lugano.
In Finland he's earned a nickname "Härkä" which translates to "bull."