Jukka-Pekka Seppo (born January 22, 1968) is a Finnish former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who primarily played in the Finnish

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and German

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(DEL). Seppo was drafted in the second round of the

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by the

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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

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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 {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub