Kari Jalonen
| Kari Jalonen | |||
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| Born |
January 6, 1960 Oulu, Finland |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Kärpät HIFK TPS Lukko Junkkarit HT Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Skellefteå AIK Rouen HE |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1978–1996 | ||
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Representing  Finland
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| European Junior Championships | ||
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1978 Finland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1980 Finland | |
Kari Jalonen (born January 6, 1960) is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for SC Bern.
He is of no relation to Jukka Jalonen.
A product of Oulun Kärpät, Jalonen played parts of two seasons (82-83, 83-84) at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. He made a total of 37 NHL appearances. He is best known for his time in SM-liiga, but also had stints in Sweden (Skellefteå HC) and France (Dragons de Rouen).
Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 European Championship team.
After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching.
Jalonen has coached successful SM-liiga teams TPS, Kärpät and HIFK. He has won four Finnish national championships as a Head Coach: Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career. He received Liiga Coach of the Year honors in 2005 and 2007.
Jalonen started as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011–12 season and parted ways with the club during the 2012-13 season. During the 2013-14 season he took over as head coach of fellow KHL team Lev Prahatand guided the sideo the Gagarin Cup finals, losing to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.
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