Position Centre Name Kari Jalonen Career start 1978 Playing career Weight 84 kg | NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.87 m Shot Left Role Ice hockey coach Career end 1996 | |
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Born January 6, 1960 (age 64)
Oulu, FIN ( 1960-01-06 ) Played for Karpat
HIFK
TPS
Lukko
Junkkarit HT
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Skelleftea AIK
Rouen HE Team Finnish National Men's Ice Hockey Team Similar People Jukka Jalonen, Hannu Aravirta, Juhani Tamminen, Kari Heikkila, Mikko Haapakoski | ||
Man on spot kari jalonen charakter und traume
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.
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- Man on spot kari jalonen charakter und traume
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Awards and titles
- References
Despite the identical last names, he is not related to another ice hockey coach, 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 Praha and guided the side to 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). He guided the Finnish national team to a silver medal at the 2016 IIHF World Championships in Russia before stepping aside to take on the Bern job. He guided Bern to the Swiss championship in his first year in charge.