Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974) is a
Finnish former professional
ice hockey
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forward. He represented several teams in the Finnish
SM-liiga
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,
Frölunda HC
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in the
Swedish Elitserien and the
Columbus Blue Jackets
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and
Pittsburgh Penguins
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in the
NHL
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.
Playing career
Pirjetä spent the majority of his first nine years of his professional career playing in his native Finnish league the SM-Liiga. After nominating, Pirjetä was selected by the
Columbus Blue Jackets
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as their fifth-round pick, 133rd overall, in the
2002 NHL Entry Draft, as an overage draftee. Pirjetä made the jump to the NHL immediately in
2002–03 season with the Blue Jackets, appearing in 51 games with a solid 21 points. In the following
2003–04 season, Pirjetä struggled to maintain his form from his debut season and was traded by the Blue Jackets, to the
Pittsburgh Penguins
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, for
Brian Holzinger on March 10, 2004.
After starting the
2005–06 season with Pittsburgh, he was sent down to the Penguins'
AHL team, the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
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on December 15, 2005.
After playing only 8 games with Wilkes-Barre on January 20, Pirjetä returned to Europe to play for the
Kloten Flyers in the
Swiss
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NLA.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
*
1974 births
Living people
Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
Columbus Blue Jackets players
Finnish ice hockey centres
Frölunda HC players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
EHC Kloten players
Oulun Kärpät players
Malmö Redhawks players
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Ice hockey people from Oulu
Syracuse Crunch players
Tacoma Rockets players
Tappara players
HC TPS players
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players
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