Juha Jyrkkiö
Finnish ice hockey player
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Juha Jyrkkiö (born January 17, 1959) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. Born in Forssa, he played for FoPS, Jokerit, Ässät and HPK during his 18-year career. At the age of 16, he became the youngest scorer in league history, a record he held for 37 years until Aleksander Barkov Jr. broke it in 2011.[1]
Internationally, he represented his nation at two European Junior Championships (1976, 1977) as well as three World Junior Championships (1977, 1978, 1979). He finished as the fourth-leading scorer at the 1977 World Juniors.
After his playing career, he became a coach. He spent one season in charge of the Ässät under-16 team, leading them to a Junior C championship.[2] He then moved up to the under-20 squad in 2006, where he got to coach his son, Jesse Jyrkkiö.[3] He later coached the Finland national under-16 team.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1974–75 | FoPS | I-Divisioona | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | FoPS | Liiga | 36 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | FoPS | Liiga | 34 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | FoPS | I-Divisioona | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Jokerit | Liiga | 36 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Ässät | Liiga | 36 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 1980–81 | Ässät | Liiga | 36 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Ässät | Liiga | 35 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Ässät | Liiga | 35 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Ässät | Liiga | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1984–85 | Ässät | Liiga | 36 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 1985–86 | Ässät | Liiga | 36 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Ässät | Liiga | 43 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Ässät | Liiga | 43 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | HPK | Liiga | 38 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | HPK | Liiga | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Ässät | Liiga | 42 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Ässät | Liiga | 44 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Liiga totals | 615 | 116 | 175 | 291 | 785 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 68 | ||||