Juha Jyrkkiö (born January 17, 1959) is a Finnish retired professional

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player who played in the

SM-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 Mest ...

. Born in

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, he played for FoPS,

Jokerit Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters of Helsinki) is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland, which competes in Mestis. Jokerit plays its home games at the Helsinki Ice Hall and Helsinki Halli in ...

, Ässät and HPK during his 18-year career. At the age of 16, he became the youngest scorer in league history, a record he held for 37 years until Aleksander Barkov Jr. broke it in 2011. Internationally, he represented his nation at two European Junior Championships (

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) as well as three World Junior Championships (

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). He finished as the fourth-leading scorer at the 1977 World Juniors. After his playing career, he became a coach. He spent one season in charge of the Ässät under-16 team, leading them to a Junior C championship. He then moved up to the under-20 squad in 2006, where he got to coach his son, Jesse Jyrkkiö. He later coached the Finland national under-16 team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jyrkkio, Juha Living people 1959 births Finnish ice hockey left wingers Finnish ice hockey coaches FoPS players Jokerit players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players HPK players People from Forssa Ice hockey people from Kanta-Häme