Iiro Pakarinen

Iiro Pakarinen
Pakarinen in February 2015
Born (1991-08-25) 25 August 1991
Suonenjoki, Finland
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
KalPa
HIFK
Edmonton Oilers
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 184th overall, 2011
Florida Panthers
Playing career 2009–present

Iiro Pakarinen (born 25 August 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Pakarinen previously played in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa and HIFK and the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers.

Playing career

Pakarinen played in his native Finland from his youth level with professional Liiga club, KalPa. As a skilled versatile forward, Pakarinen was drafted 184th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers. Unable to agree to terms with the Panthers, Pakarinen opted to continue his development in the Finnish Liiga with KalPa.[1] On 3 May 2012, he joined HIFK as a free agent on a two-year contract.[2]

Upon completion of his second season with HIFK in 2013–14 and scoring a career high 20 goals and 30 points, Pakarinen signed his first NHL contract as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers on a two-year entry level deal on 16 June 2014.[3] On 1 December 2017, he was placed on waivers by the Oilers,[4] and was then sent to their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, on 2 December.[5]

On July 2, 2018, Pakarinen left the Oilers and the NHL as a free agent, signing a one-year contract with Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 KalPa SM-l 3835837 123038
2010–11 KalPa SM-l 46731034 710137
2011–12 KalPa SM-l 541031347 72240
2012–13 HIFK SM-l 3357126 63034
2013–14 HIFK Liiga 6020103032 20002
2014–15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 39 17 11 28 20 — — — — —
2014–15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17 1 2 3 2 — — — — —
2015–16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 4 1 2 3 4 — — — — —
2015–16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 5 8 13 8 — — — — —
2016–17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 5 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2016–17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 40 2 1 3 6 — — — — —
2017–18 Bakersfield Condors AHL 18 9 4 13 2 — — — — —
Liiga totals 231452873156 34921151
NHL totals 13410132318 10000
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
2014 Minsk

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Finland WJC18 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 1 1 2 2
2010 Finland WJC 5th 6 1 1 2 2
2011 Finland WJC 6th 6 1 2 3 2
2014 Finland WC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 10 3 0 3 2
Junior totals 18 3 4 7 6
Senior totals 10 3 0 3 2

References

  1. ↑ "2010-11 Scoring for KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)". hockeydb.com. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Pakarinen agrees to transfer to HIFK" (in Finnish). HIFK. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Oilers agree to terms with Iiro Pakarinen". Edmonton Oilers. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  4. ↑ "RELEASE: Oilers Claim Nathan Walker; Place Pakarinen on Waivers". NHL.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "BakersfieldCondors.com | PAKARINEN ASSIGNED TO BAKERSFIELD". www.bakersfieldcondors.com. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Iiro Pakarinen in Metallurg" (in Russian). Metallurg Magnitogorsk. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-07-02.


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