Timo Jutila

Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman.

Timo Jutila
Born (1963-12-24) 24 December 1963
Tampere, FIN
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for SM-liiga
Tappara
NHL
Buffalo Sabres
Elitserien
Luleå HF
Nationalliga A
SC Bern
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 68th overall, 1982
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1979–1999

Jutila was drafted by Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Jutila's ice hockey career began at the "Pohjola Leiri" 1978 training camp held by the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation where he was selected as the best player of the camp. He played for Tappara in the 1979–80 season of the Finnish SM-liiga. He continued to play with the team for a total of five Seasons (1980–1984), totalling 144 regular season games.

After the 1983–84 season, Jutila went to the NHL and played for the Buffalo Sabres, the team who drafted him in 1982. However, Jutila's NHL career was short-lived and he left NHL in the following season. Jutila played most of the 1984–85 season in AHL for the Rochester Americans, totalling 56 games with 43 points (13 goals and 30 assists).

After his short NHL spell, Jutila returned to Tappara and stayed with the club for three seasons (1985–1988), winning the Finnish Championship every season. After three successful seasons in Finland, Jutila signed with the Swedish team Luleå HF in Elitserien, where he played for four seasons (1988–1992).

He returned to Finland and Tappara in 1993 and continued to play with his former team Tampere for another four Seasons (1992–1996). During this period, Tappara was not as successful as in 1985–1988; the best result of Jutila's four season tenure was a fourth place after losing the bronze game in overtime to Lukko in the 1994 playoffs.

In 1996, Jutila was contracted by SC Bern in the Swiss elite league Nationalliga A. After only one season with the club, he returned to Finland playing his last two season as an active hockey player with Tappara. He retired in 1999.

After his retirement, Jutila worked as ice hockey commentator, and together with Mika Saukkonen and Jari Kurri he formed the play-by-play team for Finnish ice hockey TV programme Hockey Night, aired on MTV3.

Awards

International career

Jutila was a defenceman and the long time captain for the Finnish national team. He played in total 246 international games, scoring 108 points (40 goals and 68 assists). He played eight World Championships (1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997), three Winter Olympic tournaments (1984, 1992 and 1994) and one Canada Cup (1991).

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer Ice hockey
Canada Cup
1991 Hamilton Ice hockey
World Championships
1992 Czechoslovakia Ice hockey
1994 Italy Ice hockey
1995 Sweden Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
1981 West Germany Ice hockey
1982 United States Ice hockey

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1979–80 Tappara Fin-Jr. 26 7 15 22 38 — — — — —
1980–81 Tappara SM-l 36 9 12 21 44 8 3 2 5 6
1981–82 Tappara SM-l 36 8 11 19 41 11 0 0 0 16
1982–83 Tappara SM-l 36 8 14 22 46 8 1 3 4 24
1983–84 Tappara SM-l 37 5 22 27 57 9 0 5 5 18
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 1 5 6 13 — — — — —
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 56 13 30 43 26 5 2 5 7 2
1985–86 Tappara SM-l 30 6 11 17 14 8 3 6 9 2
1986–87 Tappara SM-l 44 10 28 38 60 9 1 5 6 18
1987–88 Tappara SM-l 44 12 34 46 50 10 6 6 12 16
1988–89 Luleå HF SEL 35 7 19 26 42 3 0 0 0 2
1989–90 Luleå HF SEL 36 6 23 29 42 5 1 2 3 0
1990–91 Luleå HF SEL 40 8 25 33 55 5 0 2 2 8
1991–92 Luleå HF SEL 40 11 26 37 48 2 1 0 1 4
1992–93 Tappara SM-l 47 10 33 43 54 — — — — —
1993–94 Tappara SM-l 48 13 36 49 30 10 2 5 7 12
1994–95 Tappara SM-l 50 11 30 41 66 — — — — —
1995–96 Tappara SM-l 49 14 37 51 62 4 0 0 0 6
1996–97 SC Bern NDA 29 8 20 28 26 2 0 0 0 2
1997–98 Tappara SM-l 48 7 20 27 77 4 1 1 2 2
1998–99 Tappara SM-l 48 9 18 27 50 — — — — —
SM-l totals 561 124 311 435 659 81 17 33 50 120
SEL totals 151 32 93 125 187 15 2 4 6 14
NHL totals 10 1 5 6 13 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1980 Finland EJC 5 0 2 2 8
1981 Finland WJC 5 1 0 1 2
1981 Finland EJC 5 1 4 5 12
1982 Finland WJC 7 1 6 7 14
1983 Finland WJC 7 1 1 2 14
1984 Finland OLY 5 0 0 0 8
1987 Finland WC 9 1 3 4 4
1987 Finland CC 5 1 0 1 6
1991 Finland WC 10 0 1 1 14
1991 Finland CC 6 0 0 0 2
1992 Finland OLY 8 2 2 4 2
1992 Finland WC 8 2 5 7 10
1993 Finland WC 6 1 2 3 8
1994 Finland OLY 8 1 2 3 6
1994 Finland WC 8 3 4 7 6
1995 Finland WC 8 5 2 7 10
1996 Finland WC 6 0 1 1 4
1997 Finland WC 8 1 3 4 6
Junior totals 29 4 13 17 50
Senior totals 95 17 25 42 86

References
  1. "IIHF class of 2013 honoured". IIHF.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
Preceded by
Hannu Virta		 Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy
1987–88		 Succeeded by
Hannu Virta
Preceded by
Jari Kurri		 Winner of the President's trophy
1994–95		 Succeeded by
Hannu Virta
Preceded by
Timo Tuomi		 Winner of the Kalen Kannu
2000–01		 Succeeded by
Kari Lehtonen
Preceded by
Pekka Laksola		 Captain of Tappara
1992–1996		 Succeeded by
Harri Laurila
Preceded by
Valeri Krykov		 Captain of Tappara
1997–1999		 Succeeded by
Pasi Petriläinen

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