Jukka-Pekka Seppo (born January 22, 1968) is a Finnish former professional
ice hockey
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player who primarily played in the Finnish
Liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
and German
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...
(DEL).
Seppo was drafted in the second round of the
1986 NHL Entry Draft
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by the
Philadelphia Flyers
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, but he never played professionally in North America.
He spent most of his professional career in Finland, playing ten seasons in the Liiga including six seasons with
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 ...
.
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1968 births
Living people
Essen Mosquitoes players
Finnish ice hockey centres
HIFK (ice hockey) players
HPK players
Kassel Huskies players
Sportspeople from Vaasa
Ice hockey people from Ostrobothnia (region)
Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Tappara players
TuTo players
Vaasan Sport players
VEU Feldkirch players
VHK Vsetín players
Wipptal Broncos players
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
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