Kari Jalonen
Ice hockey coach
1960 –
Who is Kari Jalonen?
Kari Jalonen is a former professional ice hockey center. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga and with the Finnish national team.
Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 World 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 gold medals as a Head Coach. Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career.
Jalonen will start as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011–12 season. Since 2013 he has been Head Coach of Lev Prague in KHL.
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- Born
- Jan 6, 1960
Oulu - Also known as
- Ялонен, Кари
- Nationality
- Finland
- Lived in
- Oulu
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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