Mika Pyörälä

Mika Pyörälä
Born	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 Oulu, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
NL team Former teams	SC Bern Timrå IK Philadelphia Flyers Frölunda HC Amur Khabarovsk Luleå HF
National team	Finland
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2001–present

Mika Pyörälä (born 13 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. Pyörälä played his entire career in Finnish Liiga in Oulun Kärpät.

Playing career

Mika Pyörälä

Medal record
Representing Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	2011 Slovakia
Silver medal – second place	2016 Russia
Silver medal – second place	2007 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place	2008 Canada

On 14 July 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on 29 July 2010.

Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championship. He scored a goal in the final against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997–98	Kärpät	FIN U18		27	2	4	6	4		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Kärpät	FIN U18		36	10	18	28	12		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Kärpät	FIN U20		40	6	10	16	18		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Kärpät	FIN U20		40	21	35	56	52		2	0	0	0	0
2000–01	Kärpät	SM-l		5	0	0	0	0		9	1	0	1	2
2001–02	Kärpät	SM-l		51	4	2	6	35		4	0	1	1	2
2001–02	Kärpät	FIN U20		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	2	2	0
2002–03	Kärpät	SM-l		56	17	11	28	22		15	2	3	5	6
2003–04	Kärpät	SM-l		53	12	19	31	8		13	0	1	1	0
2004–05	Kärpät	SM-l		56	9	13	22	18		11	3	1	4	4
2005–06	Kärpät	SM-l		41	13	8	21	10		11	5	6	11	0
2006–07	Kärpät	SM-l		56	28	17	45	30		10	4	2	6	2
2007–08	Timrå IK	SEL		46	17	16	33	18		11	6	4	10	0
2008–09	Timrå IK	SEL		55	21	22	43	10		7	2	1	3	6
2009–10	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		36	2	2	4	10		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		35	8	10	18	10		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Frölunda HC	SEL		47	14	9	23	8		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Frölunda HC	SEL		53	22	18	40	12		6	1	2	3	2
2012–13	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		25	5	5	10	4		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Luleå HF	SEL		32	5	12	17	6		13	1	2	3	8
2013–14	Kärpät	SM-l		60	13	23	36	16		16	6	10	16	4
2014–15	Kärpät	Liiga		57	15	18	33	28		19	8	6	14	4
2015–16	Kärpät	Liiga		49	15	17	32	12		14	5	7	12	12
2016–17	Kärpät	Liiga		60	26	29	55	20		2	0	1	1	0
2017–18	SC Bern	NL		32	4	5	9	16		3	0	1	1	0
2018–19	Kärpät	Liiga		45	16	16	32	14		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Kärpät	Liiga		51	20	25	45	18		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Kärpät	Liiga		56	12	22	34	32		5	1	3	4	2
2021–22	Kärpät	Liiga		53	16	12	28	14		7	1	1	2	4
Liiga totals				749	216	232	448	277		136	36	42	78	42
SEL totals				234	79	77	156	54		37	10	9	19	16
NHL totals				36	2	2	4	10		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007	Finland	WC		8	0	1	1	2
2008	Finland	WC		9	0	0	0	0
2009	Finland	WC		6	1	1	2	0
2011	Finland	WC		9	1	2	3	4
2012	Finland	WC		9	1	1	2	2
2016	Finland	WC		10	1	3	4	0
2017	Finland	WC		10	0	2	2	6
2018	Finland	OG		5	1	0	1	0
Senior totals				66	5	10	15	14

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com