Shoots Left Height 1.75 m Playing career Weight 85 kg | Name Pasi Petrilainen Career start 1994 Role Ice hockey player Positions Defenseman | |
Born 5 May 1978 (age 45)
Pirkkala, FIN ( 1978-05-05 ) AUT team
Former teams HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
SM-liiga
Tappara
TPS
Ilves
Elitserien
Timra IK
Sodertalje SK
Allsvenskan
Skelleftea AIK NHL Draft 225th overall, 1996
New Jersey Devils |
Pasi Petriläinen (born 5 May 1978 in Pirkkala) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for France team Etoile Noire de Strasbourg who play in the Ligue Magnus.
Playing career
A New Jersey Devils draft pick (225th overall in 1996), Petriläinen spent six seasons with Tappara between 1994 and 2000 before moving to Sweden to play for Timrå IK in the Elitserien for one season. He returned to SM-liiga in 2002 playing for TPS for two seasons. He then returned to Tappara in 2003 for one season. He went back to Sweden in 2004, joining second division side Skellefteå AIK before returning to Elitserien with Södertälje SK in an unsuccessful season which saw the team relegated to the second division. He returned to Finland and joined Ilves. In 2007, he signed with Olimpija Ljubljana. He signed with the Etoile Noire de Strasbourg (literally Black Star) for the 2010-2011 season.