Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974) is a Finnish former professional

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forward. He represented several teams in the Finnish

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in the Swedish Elitserien and the

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and

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in the

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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

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

, 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

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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

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NLA.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 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 {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub