Joonas Hurri (born 31 March 1991) is a Finnish professional

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who currently plays for HK Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraleague (BXL).

Playing career

Hurri has also played on

Peliitat Heinolan Peliitat (''formerly Heinolan Kiekko'') is an ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland. The club is made up of 11 teams with the top team playing in the Mestis. They play their home games in the Versowood Areena, which has a capacity o ...

, HeKi and on various Kiekko-Reipas teams. He made appearances at the 2008 World Hockey Challenge U-17 tournament (which took place between 29 December 2007 and 4 January 2008) and also at the

2009 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009. Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Cen ...

(which took place from 9 to 19 April 2009). Other leagues that Hurri has been involved with were the

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, in addition to the

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and Jr. C SM-sarja Q leagues. One of his first honors in his hockey career was being on the camp roster for Kiekko-Reipas at the

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league in May 2006. Hurri's amateur hockey career has seen him enter the playoffs once with the Pelicans U20 squad and relegated twice with the same squadron. His current contract with the Pelicans is in good standing through the

2012–13 SM-liiga season The 2012–13 SM-liiga season was the 38th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by Ässät Pori who defeated Tappara Tampere in the finals. Teams * Head coaches m ...

. In 2018 Hurri made an agreement with the

Nikkō Ice Bucks The is an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. Logo design: The word IceBucks in italicized English in black with white trim, with the words "NIKKO KOBE" in bold italics in orange trimmed with white Mascot: An orange an ...

, and plays in the Asian Ice Hockey League.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1991 births Finnish ice hockey defencemen KRS Heilongjiang players Living people Lahti Pelicans players Nikkō Ice Bucks players Sportspeople from Lahti 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub