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Harri Pesonen

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Harri Pesonen
Harri Pesonen with LHC in 2014
Born (1988-08-06) August 6, 1988 (age 36)
Muurame, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams
SCL Tigers
JYP Jyväskylä
New Jersey Devils
Lausanne HC
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Ak Bars Kazan
National team  Finland
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Harri Pesonen (born August 6, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger for the SCL Tigers of the National League (NL). He previously played in the NL with Lausanne HC and in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Ak Bars Kazan.

Playing career

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Undrafted, Pesonen joined the Devils after seasons with Finnish Liiga club, JYP Jyväskylä.[1]

On March 16, 2013, Pesonen made his NHL debut playing with the New Jersey Devils in a loss against the Montreal Canadiens.[2]

After two seasons within the Devils organization and as a restricted free agent, Pesonen signed a two-year contract with Swiss club Lausanne HC of the NLA on May 20, 2014.[3]

On May 8, 2020, Pesonen left the SCL Tigers as a free agent and agreed to a two-year contract with Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[4] In the following 2020–21 season, Pesonen appeared in 33 regular season games with Metallurg, producing six goals and 14 points before he was mutually released from his contract on December 10, 2020. He was later signed for the remainder of the season to continue in the KHL with Ak Bars Kazan on December 24, 2020.[5]

On June 14, 2021, Pesonen returned to Switzerland and the Tigers as a free agent, agreeing to a two-year deal through the 2022–23 season.[6]

Personal

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Pesonen's brother Jussi also is a professional hockey player.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 JYP FIN U18 19 6 3 9 6
2005–06 JYP FIN U18 Q 9 3 3 6 6
2005–06 JYP FIN U18 24 13 14 27 49
2006–07 JYP Jr. A 40 8 17 25 10
2007–08 JYP Jr. A 37 21 24 45 63 9 4 13 17 33
2007–08 JYP SM-l 3 0 0 0 0
2008–09 JYP Jr. A 1 0 0 0 2
2008–09 JYP SM-l 47 4 3 7 12 15 4 1 5 8
2008–09 D Team Mestis 10 10 6 16 10
2009–10 JYP SM-l 25 4 2 6 35
2009–10 D Team Mestis 18 4 3 7 33 11 1 3 4 8
2010–11 JYP SM-l 54 11 15 26 26 10 4 6 10 6
2010–11 D Team Mestis 2 0 3 3 4
2011–12 JYP SM-l 60 21 14 35 52 14 6 5 11 37
2012–13 Albany Devils AHL 64 14 17 31 24
2012–13 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Albany Devils AHL 75 15 21 36 52 4 0 1 1 0
2014–15 Lausanne HC NLA 48 10 19 29 49 7 1 3 4 2
2015–16 Lausanne HC NLA 50 22 24 46 18
2016–17 Lausanne HC NLA 49 15 22 37 20 4 0 2 2 6
2017–18 Lausanne HC NL 41 12 17 29 34
2018–19 SCL Tigers NL 50 21 22 43 40 6 2 2 4 6
2019–20 SCL Tigers NL 48 18 24 42 44
2020–21 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 33 6 8 14 16
2020–21 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 17 1 3 4 8 10 1 4 5 8
2021–22 SCL Tigers NL 50 21 23 44 67
2022–23 SCL Tigers NL 52 20 19 39 30
Liiga totals 189 40 34 74 125 39 14 12 26 51
NHL totals 4 0 0 0 2
NL totals 388 139 170 309 302 17 3 7 10 14
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Finland WJC 6th 6 2 1 3 0
2019 Finland WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 4 3 7 0
2022 Finland OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 3 1 4 4
2022 Finland WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 1 5 6 0
2023 Finland WC 7th 7 1 2 3 2
Junior totals 6 2 1 3 0
Senior totals 33 9 11 20 6

References

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  1. ^ "2010-11 Scoring for JyP HT Jyvaskyla". hockeydb.com. June 12, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Canadiens overcome Devils". NBC Sports. March 16, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Harri Pesonen joins Lausanne Hockey Club" (in French). HC Lausanne. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Metallurg signs a contract with forward Harri Pesonen" (in Russian). Metallurg Magnitogorsk. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Harri Pesonen - Ak Bars player" (in Russian). Ak Bars Kazan. December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Finnish forward Harri Pesonen returns to the SCL Tigers". swisshockeynews.ch. June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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