| David Pulkkinen | |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Played For: | New York Islanders |
| Birth Date: | 1949 5, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | 77th overall |
| Draft Team: | St. Louis Blues |
| Draft Year: | 1969 |
| Career Start: | 1969 |
| Career End: | 1975 |
David Joel John "Dave" Pulkkinen (born May 18, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders during the 1972–73 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1975, was spent in various minor leagues.
Pulkkinen is of Finnish descent.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1967–68 | Lockerby Composite School | CAHS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 54 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Port Huron Flags | IHL | 43 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Port Huron Flags | IHL | 25 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 70 | 12 | 46 | 58 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | New York Islanders | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 75 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 60 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Syracuse Eagles | AHL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||