Patrik Parkkonen | |
Birth Date: | 1993 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Porvoo, Finland |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 187 |
Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Left |
Team: | Free agent |
Former Teams: | Ässät Orli Znojmo Chicago Wolves HC Energie Karlovy Vary HK Nitra |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 2012 |
Patrik Parkkonen (born 23 January 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a free agent.
Coming through the youth system of HIFK, he spent two years in Canada, playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL (2010-2012), before returning to his native Finland. Parkkonen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ässät during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.[1] Following a three-year stint at Ässät, Parkkonen signed with Lausitzer Füchse of Germany’s second division DEL2. In December 2015, his original short-term contract was extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.[2]
After three European seasons away from Finland, Parkkonen opted to return to North America as a professional, agreeing to a contract with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL on 25 September 2019.[3]