Hannes Hyvönen Explained

Hannes Hyvönen
Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:202
Played For:HC TPS
Espoo Blues
HC Fribourg-Gotteron
Jokerit
Kärpät
Södertälje SK
Dynamo Minsk
Ak Bars Kazan
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Traktor Chelyabinsk
HIFK
Färjestad BK
Karlskrona HK
Kongsvinger
Kils AIK
League Coach:Liiga
Team Coach:Porin Ässät
Coached For:Laser HT
Peliitat
Ntl Team:Finland
Birth Date:August 29, 1975
Birth Place:Oulu, Finland
Draft:257th overall
Draft Year:1999
Draft Team:San Jose Sharks
Career Start:1994
Career End:2016

Hannes Ossian Hyvönen (born August 29, 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played 42 games in the National Hockey League with the San Jose Sharks and Columbus Blue Jackets between 2002 and 2003, though most of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2009, was spent in European leagues. Internationally Hyvönen played for the Finnish national team at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships, winning a bronze in 2008. Hyvönen now works as a coach for Porin Ässät of the Liiga.

Playing career

Hyvönen started out in the Kärpät junior team, and started playing in the SM-liiga with TPS. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their ninth-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After playing on a number of SM-liiga teams, Hyvönen departed to North America for the 2001–02 season, which he mostly spent with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the former Cleveland Barons. He was next signed by the Florida Panthers, but the Columbus Blue Jackets signed him from the waivers list before the start of the season. Near the end of the 2002–03 NHL season the Blue Jackets loaned Hyvönen to Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien. He started the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with Färjestad, and later transferred to Ilves in the SM-liiga. In 2005 Hyvönen signed with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the NLA, but although he led the team in scoring by the start of November, his performance was deemed unsatisfactory and he was sold to Jokerit.

In February 2002, Hyvönen received an eight-game suspension for high sticking in the AHL. He also received the most penalty minutes, 189, in the SM-liiga during the 1999–2000 season.

Prior to the 2008–09 season, he signed for Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elite League (SEL), but on November 28 his contract was mutually cancelled and Hyvönen moved to HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[1] In the 2010–11 season he played for Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A (NLA), Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL, and HIFK of the SM-liiga.

He signed a 15-game try-out contract with Färjestad of the SEL on September 28, 2011, for a comeback season with the club.[2] His first goal in his comeback with the team was scored in his first game, when he tied a game against Djurgårdens IF 1–1. Djurgården left the game with a 3–2 victory in a shootout.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1992–93Kärpät U18FIN U1833 17 12 29 73
1993–94Kärpät U20FIN U2035 15 13 28 263 0 0 0 0
1993–94KärpätFIN-23 3 1 4 2
1994–95TPS U20FIN U2010 8 2 10 64
1994–95TPSFIN9 4 3 7 165 0 0 0 2
1994–95Kiekko-67FIN-216 4 2 6 10
1995–96TPSSML30 11 5 16 497 1 0 1 28
1995–96Kiekko-67FIN-22 1 0 1 8
1996–97TPSFIN41 10 5 15 4810 4 2 6 14
1997–98TPSFIN29 2 6 8 712 0 0 0 0
1998–99Espoo BluesFIN52 23 18 41 744 2 1 3 2
1999–00Espoo BluesFIN18 5 2 7 124
1999–00HIFKFIN22 2 2 4 659 4 0 4 8
2000–01HIFKFIN56 14 12 26 345 0 0 0 8
2001–02Cleveland BaronsAHL67 24 18 42 136
2001–02San Jose SharksNHL6 0 0 0 0
2002–03Columbus Blue JacketsNHL36 4 5 9 22
2002–03Färjestads BKSWE10 11 0 11 1214 5 0 5 41
2003–04Färjestads BKSWE47 15 13 28 9817 7 5 12 43
2004–05Färjestads BKSWE8 1 0 1 10
2004–05IlvesFIN16 4 8 12 167 4 1 5 6
2005–06HC Fribourg-GottéronNLA16 4 8 12 16
2005–06JokeritFIN35 16 12 28 93
2006–07KärpätFIN15 9 12 21 1610 3 4 7 18
2007–08KärpätFIN54 24 42 66 4215 8 13 21 14
2008–09Södertälje SKSWE24 10 7 17 10
2008–09Dinamo MinskKHL25 12 8 20 22
2009–10Dinamo MinskKHL32 16 11 27 42
2009–10Ak Bars KazanKHL12 2 3 5 1816 5 3 8 6
2010–11Rapperswil-Jona LakersNLA4 4 2 6 2
2010–11Traktor ChelyabinskKHL17 2 0 2 6
2010–11HIFKFIN10 3 1 4 29
2011–12Färjestad BKSWE36 10 9 19 418 2 1 3 54
2012–13Karlskrona HKSWE-210 1 2 3 4
2013–14Kongsvinger KnightsNOR-29 13 4 17 20
2015–16Kils AIKSWE-48 7 3 10 12
NHL totals42 4 5 9 22
FIN totals407 150 138 288 71274 26 21 47 100

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
2008FinlandWC6 1 3 4 29
2009FinlandWC7 2 4 6 12
Senior totals13 3 7 10 41

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Södertälje Sportklubb - Nedsläpp: SSK-Västervik. www.sodertaljesk.se. Södertälje Sportklubb -. www.sodertaljesk.se. 2016-09-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204005320/http://www.sodertaljesk.se/0708nyheter.asp?NPK=2951. 2008-12-04.
  2. Web site: Hannes Hyvönen klar för Färjestad . . Jörgen Kalitzki . Swedish . 2011-09-28 . 2011-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402145306/http://www.farjestadsbk.se/showpage.asp?PID=1569350016 . 2012-04-02 .
  3. Web site: Game report: Färjestad - Djurgården 2-3 (0-0, 0-1, 2-1, 0-0, 0-1) . . Daniel Samuelsson . Swedish . 2011-09-29 . 2011-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402145317/http://www.farjestadsbk.se/showpage.asp?PID=588243328 . 2012-04-02 .