Jukka Voutilainen (born May 14, 1980, in

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) is a Finnish former professional

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, who played in the

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and

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(SHL).

Playing career

Voutilainen started his professional career in 2001, when he played seven games for

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in the Finnish

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. From 2002, he was a regular in the league. In season 2004–05 he finished the season with the best plus/minus statistic in SM-liiga (+34). On April 23, 2006, Voutilainen signed a two-year contract deal with the Swedish

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-based club

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in Elitserien and extended it for another two years in December 2007 which was followed by another four-year extension in February 2010. He was released though in May 2012, and he return to Finland to re-sign with his hometown team KalPa who he played with at junior level. After parts of three seasons with KalPa, Voutilainen left Finland for just the second time in his career to sign a one-year contract with German club,

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of the DEL on June 16, 2015. Before the start of the season, he was mutually released from his contract with the German club on October 12, 2015.

Records

* SM-liiga 2004–05 record for plus/minus (34) * Elitserien 2007–08 record for plus/minus (20) * Elitserien 2007–08 playoffs record for goals (9) * Elitserien 2007–08 playoffs record for points (21)

Career statistics

Awards

* SM-liiga Player of the Month in October 2004. * Awarded

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(best plus-minus statistics) in 2005. * SM-liiga Champion with HPK in 2006. * Elitserien Champion with

in 2008 and 2010. * Elitserien playoff silver medal with HV71 in 2009.

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people Finnish ice hockey right wingers HPK players HV71 players Jokerit players KalPa players Kiekko-Vantaa players Ice hockey people from Kuopio Tappara players Ice hockey people from North Savo 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub