Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in

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) is a retired Finnish

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defenceman. Jutila was drafted by the

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(4th round, 68th overall) in

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Playing career

Jutila's ice hockey career began at the "Pohjola Leiri" 1978 training camp held by the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation where he was selected as the best player of the camp. He played for

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in the 1979–80 season of the Finnish SM-liiga. He continued to play with the team for a total of five Seasons (1980–1984), totalling 144 regular season games. After the 1983–84 season, Jutila went to the

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and played for the

, the team who drafted him in 1982. However, Jutila's NHL career was short-lived and he left NHL in the following season. Jutila played most of the 1984–85 season in AHL for the

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, totalling 56 games with 43 points (13 goals and 30 assists). After his short NHL spell, Jutila returned to Tappara and stayed with the club for three seasons (1985–1988), winning the Finnish Championship every season. After three successful seasons in Finland, Jutila signed with the Swedish team

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, where he played for four seasons (1988–1992). Jutila returned to Finland and Tappara in 1993 and continued to play with his former team Tampere for another four seasons (1992–1996). During this period, Tappara was not as successful as in 1985–1988; the best result of Jutila's four-season tenure was a fourth place after losing the bronze medal game in overtime to Lukko in the 1994 playoffs. In 1996, Jutila was contracted by SC Bern in the Swiss elite league National League A, Nationalliga A. After only one season with the club, he returned to Finland, playing his last two seasons as an active hockey player with Tappara. He retired in 1999. After his retirement, Jutila worked as an ice hockey commentator, and together with Mika Saukkonen and Jari Kurri he formed the play-by-play team for the Finnish ice hockey TV programme ''Hockey Night'', aired on MTV3.

Awards

* Named Best player of Pohjola Leiri in 1978. * Awarded the Pekka Rautakallio trophy in 1988. * Won the Finnish Champion (Kanada-malja) in 1981–82 SM-liiga season, 1981–82, 1983–84 SM-liiga season, 1983–84, 1985–86 SM-liiga season, 1985–86, 1986–87 SM-liiga season, 1986–87, 1987–88 SM-liiga season, 1987–88. * Awarded the President's trophy (Finland), President's trophy in 1995. * Awarded the IIHF World Championship, WC All-Star Team in 1992, 1994, 1995 * Won the National League (ice hockey), Nationalliga A. Champion in 1996–97 Nationalliga A season, 1996–97. * Awarded Kalen Kannu in 2001. * Member of the IIHF Hall of Fame

International career

Jutila was a defenceman and the long time captain for the Finnish national team. He played in total 246 international games, scoring 108 points (40 goals and 68 assists). He played eight Ice Hockey World Championship, World Championships (1987 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1987, 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1991, 1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1992, 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1993, 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1994, 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1995, 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1996 and 1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1997), three Winter Olympic tournaments (1984, 1992 and 1994) and one Canada Cup (ice hockey), Canada Cup (1991 Canada Cup, 1991).

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jutila, Timo 1963 births Buffalo Sabres draft picks Buffalo Sabres players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Finnish ice hockey world championship gold medalists Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Living people Luleå HF players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Ice hockey people from Tampere Rochester Americans players SC Bern players Tappara players Ice hockey players with retired numbers Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees