Joonas Hallikainen (born October 5, 1985, in
Helsinki,
Finland) is a
Finnish ice hockey goaltender.
Hallikainen has played with the
Jokerit junior team, and has represented Team Finland in international play. When netminder
Pasi Häkkinen
Pasi Häkkinen (born 25 June 1977) is a Finnish former ice hockey goaltender.
Career
Häkkinen started his pro career with SaiPa in the Finnish SM-liiga, and was the backup goalie for Jokerit for the 2004–2005 season, when he won the silver med ...
left for Denmark after the 2004–2005 season, Hallikainen became the Jokerit #2 goalie in the
SM-liiga. With
Tim Thomas surprisingly abandoning the team just one day before the regular season opened, Hallikainen had to take on his job with only a day's warning in the first game of the season, a local game versus
HIFK
HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...
, with 10,000 fans in attendance. Hallikainen played an excellent game, which Jokerit won in a shootout after overtime. When netminder
Karl Goehring
Karl Goehring (born August 23, 1978, in Apple Valley, Minnesota) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an assistant coach with the UND Fighting Hawks of the NCHC. He led Apple Valley High School to a win in ...
was hurriedly hired to replace Thomas, Hallikainen returned to backup goaltender, and with the arrival of
Mikko Rämö, to games with the Jokerit junior team.
In season 2006/07 Jokerit signed goaltender
Juuso Riksman
Juuso Riksman (born April 1, 1977 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.
Riksman played junior hockey in Espoon Palloseura and in the HIFK organization, but he started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola ...
as its number 1, with Hallikainen fighting out the back up spot with youngster
Niko Hovinen
Niko Hovinen (born 16 March 1988) is a Finnish people, Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for HIFK of The SM-liiga, SM-Liiga in Finland.
Playing career
Jokerit
Niko Hovinen's SM-liiga career started during the ...
. When Riksman was sidelined with a long-term back injury, Jokerit quickly replaced him with
Andy Chiodo
Andy Chiodo (born April 25, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Chiodo played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2003–04 NHL season, for whom he is presently a goal ...
, only for him to pick up an injury almost immediately. Jokerit then signed Finnish netminder
Ari Ahonen
Ari Ahonen (born February 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Ahonen is the only goaltender in SM-liiga histo ...
for the number one spot, with Hallikainen backing him up. When Ahonen was in turn injured, Hallikainen made his season debut in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
against
Kärpät, then leading the league, making 44 saves and allowing only one goal. He followed this up the next day by posting his first career shutout against
Ilves.
Hallikainen represented Finland at the
2007 Winter Universiade
The 2007 Winter Universiade, the XXIII Winter Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy from January 17 to 27, 2007.
Opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Winter Universiade Torino 2007 was held with a cast of acrobats, circus performe ...
in
Turin, where Finland lost the bronze medal game to come in fourth
Career statistics
Regular season
International play
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1985 births
Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
Jokerit players
Ice hockey people from Helsinki
Living people