Petri Pitkäjärvi (born February 5, 1976) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey
right winger
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Pitkäjärvi played 36 games for
Jokerit
Helsingin Jokerit (English: Jokers or Jesters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2002). Jokerit plays its h ...
during the
1997–98 SM-liiga season, scoring no points.
Profile on Liiga.fi
/ref> He then played in the I-Divisioona I-Divisioona was the second tier of ice hockey
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for Haukat
The Jääurheiluseura Hawks, commonly known as the Haukat ('Hawks'), is a men's ice hockey team in the Suomi-sarja, the third-tier professional ice hockey league in Finland. The team is based in Järvenpää, in the Uusimaa region of southern F ...
before joining Kiekko-Vantaa
Kiekko-Vantaa is an ice hockey team from Vantaa, Finland, playing in the Mestis league. It plays its home games in Trio Areena. Kiekko-Vantaa has been in Mestis since the league started in 2000 and have been in the finals twice, losing both times ...
in 2000 where he remained for the rest of his career until his retirement in 2008. His number 10 jersey is retired by Kiekko-Vantaa in his honour.
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1976 births
Living people
Finnish ice hockey right wingers
Jokerit players
Kiekko-Vantaa players
Ice hockey people from Helsinki
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