Juha-Pekka Hytönen (born May 22, 1981) is a Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for

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 ...

Career

Juha-Pekka Hytönen started his career in JYP Jyväskylä junior teams. In 1999 he was chosen to Finnish national U18 team and next year to the Finnish national U20 team. In 2000 Hytönen played his first game in SM-liiga, the Finnish elite league. Before his move to KHL he played always with JYP Jyväskylä apart from one season in Jukurit and few games in Diskos both teams in

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 ...

. In 2006 he became captain of JYP and played in championship-winning team in 2009. He was also chosen to Finland's squad for the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

that year, as well as in 2010, 2013 and 2015. After winning another Finnish championship with JYP in 2012, Hytönen embarked on a new challenge, joining

KHL 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 ...

side

Amur Khabarovsk Hockey Club Amur (), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Khabarovsk, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Located in the Russian Far East, th ...

, where he spent the 2012-13 campaign. In 2013 he signed a 2-year contract with Lausanne Hockey Club (LHC) in the Swiss

National League A The National League (NL) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss league system. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league was known as National League A. During the 2018–19 season, the league h ...

(NLA). As the team's top scorer, he helped Lausanne qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the club's history by tallying 39 points (16 goals/23 assists) in 49 games. In 2014, he was named LHC's alternate captain along with Etienne Froidevaux. Hytönen left Lausanne after three years, opting to return to his hometown team JYP in April 2016.

Career statistics

Awards

Champions Hockey League The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe. Backgrou ...

Champion in 2017–18 *Finnish Champion (

Kanada-malja The Kanada-malja, or Poika (Literally "''Boy''" or "''Son''"), is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the Finnish SM-liiga playoffs. Kanada-malja is Finnish language, Finnish for "Canada Bowl"; the trophy is s ...

) in 2008–09, 2011–12. *

Champion in 2002–03

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* 1981 births Amur Khabarovsk players EHC Black Wings Linz players Finnish ice hockey centres JYP-Akatemia players JYP Jyväskylä players Mikkelin Jukurit players Living people Lausanne HC players Ice hockey people from Jyväskylä 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub