Esa Pirnes
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 189 lb (86 kg) |
| SEL Team F. Teams |
Färjestads BK Kärpät Espoo Blues Tappara Los Angeles Kings Manchester Monarchs Lukko |
| Nationality |  Finland |
| Born | April 1, 1977, Oulu, FIN |
| NHL Draft | 174th overall, 2003 Los Angeles Kings |
| Pro Career | 1995 – present |
Esa Pirnes (born April 1, 1977 in Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the 6th round as the 174th pick overall.
[edit] Playing career
Pirnes started his career with Kärpät in the Finnish second league in 1995 and played with them until 1999, when he signed with SM-Liiga club Blues. He stayed with the Blues for two seasons before he moved to rivals Tappara in 2001. In 2003 he was drafted by the Kings after four good seasons in SM-Liiga. Pirnes went over the Atlantic to play in the NHL. But he didn't have the same success in NHL as he had in Finland. Despite playing 57 games with LA he only scored 11 points. Before the season was over he also played a few games with the Kings's farm team, Manchester Monarchs of the AHL. But he didn't stay in the NHL, instead he went back home to Finland and signed with Lukko for the 2004/05 season. After one year in Lukko he moved back to his former club, Blues. But after the season he signed with his fifth club in five years, Swedish club Färjestads BK, for the 2006/07 season. In Färjestad he will reunited with his former teammate from Lukko, Janne Niskala.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995-96 | Kärpät | Finland 2 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 1996-97 | Kärpät | Finland 2 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 20 | |||||||
| 1997-98 | Kärpät | Finland 2 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | |||||||
| 1998-99 | Kärpät | Finland 2 | 47 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 16 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | Blues | SM-Liiga | 51 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2000-01 | Blues | SM-Liiga | 54 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Tappara | SM-Liiga | 49 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | Tappara | SM-Liiga | 56 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2003-04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Lukko | SM-Liiga | 47 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2005-06 | Blues | SM-Liiga | 44 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 24 | |||||||
| 2006-07 | Färjestads BK | Elitserien | ||||||||||||
| SM-Liiga totals | 301 | 75 | 114 | 189 | 154 | |||||||||
| Finland 2 totals | 135 | 57 | 61 | 118 | 60 | |||||||||
| NHL totals | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| AHL totals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Elitserien totals | ||||||||||||||
[edit] External links
- HockeyDB.com
- Esa Pirnes on nhlfinns.com
| Preceded by Kari Lehtonen |
Winner of the Jari Kurri trophy 2001-02 |
Succeeded by Niklas Bäckström |
| Preceded by Jani Rita |
Winner of the Raimo Kilpiö trophy 2005-06 |
Succeeded by current |
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