Jukka Rautakorpi
| Jukka Rautakorpi | |
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December 17, 1963 Kauhajoki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation | Head coach of Tappara |
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| Ice hockey | ||
Representing  Finland
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| IIHF European Junior Championships | ||
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1998 Sweden | |
Jukka Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963) is a Finnish ice hockey head coach with Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL.
Shortly after his playing career ended Rautakorpi began his coaching career starting out with the under-16 team of JYP Jyväskylä. After two years with the under-16 squad he progressed to the under-18 team then the under-20 squad. In 1994–95 Rautakorpi moved up to become an assistant coach with JYP Jyväskylä on the SM-liiga squad.
Rautakorpi moved on to Tappara for the 1995-96 season for his first stint as a head coach in the SM-liiga. He stayed for 2 seasons coaching 100 regular season games for a record of 42 wins, 43 loses and 15 ties, both seasons Tappara lost in the playoff quarterfinals.
From 1997-1999 Rautakorpi coached various Finnish junior teams including the under-18 team at the 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship winning silver, and the under-20 team in the 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship finishing 5th.
Tappara rehired Rautakorpi for the 1999–2000 season and he started his second run as Tappara head coach that would last 4 seasons this time. Rautakorpi had a much more successful tenure this time amassing a record of 126 wins, 69 loses and 27 ties in 222 games. Under his tutelage Tappara appeared in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 finals and won the Kanada-malja as playoff champion in 2002–03.
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