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Juuso Hietanen

Finnish ice hockey player

Juuso Hietanen (born 14 June 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Ambrì-Piotta of the National League (NL).

Contents

  • 1 Playing career
  • 2 International play
  • 3 Personal life
  • 4 Career statistics
    • 4.1 Regular season and playoffs
    • 4.2 International
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Playing career

Hietanen made his SM-liiga debut with HPK during the 2003–04 season, and two years later he became a regular player on the team. He also visited Pelicans early in his career and was part of the Finnish national junior team in the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. At the time of his SM-liiga debut, he was the first third generation player in the top level of Finnish ice hockey. In 2006 he celebrated the championship with HPK. He scored two goals and an *ist in the second final, but HPK suffered its only loss in the series.

In 2007, he moved to Sweden to play in the Elitserien with Brynäs IF and for 2010–11 season he signed with HV71.

Hietannen played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) during 2011 to 2021, first with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and later with Dynamo Moscow.

International play

Hietanen was selected for Finnish national team in 2010 IIHF World Championship.

Personal life

Hietanen's father Juha Hietanen and grandfather Aarno Hietanen also played professional ice hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

    External links

    Media related to Juuso Hietanen at Wikimedia Commons

    • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or:Eurohockey.com, or:The Internet Hockey Database
    • Juuso Hietanen at the International Olympic Committee
    • Juuso Hietanen at Olympedia