Jere Karjalainen | |
Team: | Augsburger Panther |
League: | DEL |
Former Teams: | Jokerit HPK Tappara HC Sochi Dinamo Riga Lukko |
Ntl Team: | FIN |
Position: | Right Wing |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 176 |
Shoots: | Right |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1992 |
Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Jere Karjalainen (born May 23, 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Karjalainen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Jokerit during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.[1]
After eight seasons in the Liiga with Jokerit, HPK and Tappara, Karjalainen left Finland following the 2019–20 season to sign a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Sochi of the KHL, on 2 May 2020.[2]
Karjalainen left HC Sochi as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with fellow KHL club, Dinamo Riga, on 3 May 2021.[3]
After two seasons abroad, Karjalainen returned to Finland in signing a one-year contract with Lukko on 14 August 2022.[4]