Mika Pyörälä (born 13 July 1981) is a

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former professional

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forward. He played for the

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of the

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(NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and

Amur Khabarovsk Hockey Club Amur (russian: Хоккейный клуб Амур), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Khabarovsk. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

of the Russian

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. Pyörälä played his entire career in Finnish Liiga in Oulun Kärpät. After 2-1 overtime loss for Ilves Tampere in the seventh game of Finnish Championship Playoffs quarterfinals at 6th April 2022 he announced the end of his professional hockey career.

Playing career

On 14 July 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's

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, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on 29 July 2010. Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championships. He scored a goal in the

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against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1981 births Adirondack Phantoms players Amur Khabarovsk players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Finnish ice hockey centres Frölunda HC players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Living people Luleå HF players Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Oulun Kärpät players Philadelphia Flyers players Sportspeople from Oulu Timrå IK players Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub