Arto Kalevi Javanainen (April 8, 1959 – January 25, 2011) was a professional

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player who played in the

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. He was the first European draft pick in Pittsburgh Penguins history, going in the fifth round (118th overall).

Career

Javanainen played for

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and TPS. During his 14-year career in the

of Finland, he won the goal scoring title five times and led the league in points once, in 1985–86 scoring a career best 71 points in 36 games. He is all-time leading goalscorer in SM-liiga and second in all-time points after

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. Javanainen played one year of professional hockey in North America. He scored four goals and added an assist in 14 games for the

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during the 1984–85

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season. He also played for the

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Baltimore Skipjacks The Baltimore Skipjacks were a minor league professional ice hockey team from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The Skipjacks originated in 1979, and played as the Baltimore Clippers in the Eastern Hockey League for two seasons. The team was ...

that same season, scoring 26 goals and 29 assists for 55 points in the regular season and adding five goals and four assists in the playoffs. He was inducted into the

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The was founded in 1979 with the mission to record, document, and exhibit objects, ...

in 2000.

Death

On January 26, 2011, Javanainen died in a Turku, Finland hospital after battling a long illness. He was 51 years old. He is survived by a wife and two children.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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