Harri Pesonen

Harri Pesonen

Harri Pesonen with LHC in 2014
Born (1988-08-06) August 6, 1988
Muurame, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NLA team
Former teams
Lausanne Hockey Club
JYP Jyväskylä
New Jersey Devils
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008present

Harri Pesonen (born August 6, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Lausanne Hockey Club of the National League A (NLA).

Playing career

Undrafted, Pesonen joined the Devils after seasons with Finnish Liiga club, JYP Jyväskylä.[1]

On March 16, 2013, Pesonen made his NHL debut playing with the New Jersey Devils in a loss against the Montreal Canadiens.[2]

After two seasons within the Devils organization, and as a restricted free agent, Pesonen signed a two-year contract with Swiss club, Lausanne HC of the NLA on May 20, 2014.[3]

Personal

Pesonen's brother Jussi also is a professional hockey player.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 JYP SM-l 3 0 0 0 0
2008–09 JYP SM-l 47 4 3 7 12 15 4 1 5 8
2009–10 JYP SM-l 2542635
2010–11 JYP SM-l 54 11 15 26 26 10 4 6 10 6
2011–12 JYP SM-l 60 21 14 35 52 14 6 5 11 37
2012–13 Albany Devils AHL 64 14 17 31 24
2012–13 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Albany Devils AHL 75 15 21 36 52 4 0 1 1 0
Liiga totals 189 40 34 74 125 39 14 12 26 51
NHL totals 4 0 0 0 2

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Finland WJC 6th 6 2 1 3 0
Junior totals 6 2 1 3 0

References

  1. "2010-11 Scoring for JyP HT Jyvaskyla". hockeydb.com. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  2. "Canadiens overcome Devils". NBC Sports. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  3. "Harri Pesonen joins Lausanne Hockey Club" (in French). HC Lausanne. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-20.

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