Jarkko Immonen (born April 19, 1982) is a Finnish professional

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currently playing for

Mikkelin Jukurit Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (also known as Let's Go Areena for sponsorship reasons). The team has won seven ...

of the

Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mesti ...

Playing career

Immonen made his debut in Finland's second-tier league

Mestis Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division ...

with

TuTo Hockey TUTO Hockey (Turun Toverit) is a Finland, Finnish ice hockey team based at the Kupittaan jäähalli (capacity 2,875, inauguration in November 2006). Established in 1929 in sports, 1929, TUTO plays in Turku, Finland, and is one of two clubs in th ...

during the 2000–01 season. For the following year, he joined

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of the country's top-tier

. He then signed with fellow Liiga side

JYP Jyväskylä JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the Synergia-areena, LähiTapiola Areena. History JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club ''Jyväsk ...

in 2002 and remained three years at the club. Immonen was drafted by the

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in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as their eighth round pick, 254th overall. On March 3, 2004, Immonen was traded by the Maple Leafs to the

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as part of the

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trade. He made his NHL debut for the Rangers during the 2005–06 season. In the course of his two-year stint with the Rangers, he played a total of 20 games in the NHL and mostly gained playing time in the

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(AHL) with the

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. In his 141 AHL contests played, he scored 54 goals and had 75 assists. He returned to Finland for the 2007-08 campaign, again joining JYP, where he spent another two years and won the Finnish championship in 2009, before signing with

Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (, , ), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a professional ice hockey club based in Kazan, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded as Mashstroy Kazan in 1956, the n ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL) shortly after. In his first year, he won the championship with Kazan. After four years with Ak Bars, Immonen decided to move on and join fellow KHL team

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod () is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play it ...

for the 2014–15 season. On March 30, 2015, he agreed to a two-year contract with Swiss club,

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of the NLA. At the conclusion of his contract with Zug, Immonen returned to Finland to play with his original club, JYP on a three-year contract from the 2017–18 season. On 14 April 2021, Immonen extended his professional career, leaving JYP as a free agent and signing a one-year contract with fellow Liiga club, Mikkelin Jukurit. ON 5 May 2024, Immonen announced his retirement via an Instagram post.

International play

Immonen won the bronze medal with Finland at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. He won the gold medal with Finland at the

2011 IIHF World Championship The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament. It took place between 29 April and 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Ondrej Nepela Arena, Orange Aren ...

, where he scored the most goals (9 in 9 games) and the most points (12) in the tournament. He was also named to the all-star lineup.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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Jarkko Immonen on nhlfinns.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Immonen, Jarkko 1982 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players EV Zug players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish ice hockey centres Hartford Wolf Pack players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics JYP Jyväskylä players Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Mikkelin Jukurit players New York Rangers players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Rantasalmi SaPKo players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players TuTo players Ice hockey people from South Savo 21st-century Finnish sportsmen