Lasse Pirjetä
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Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets as their fifth-round pick, #133 overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
[edit] Playing career
Pirjetä has represented several teams in the Finnish SM-liiga, Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL.
After starting the 2005-06 NHL season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was sent down to the Penguins' AHL team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and on January 20, Pirjetä returned to Europe to play for the Kloten Flyers in the Swiss Nationalliga A.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002-03 | Columbus BlueJackets | NHL | 51 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Columbus BlueJackets | NHL | 57 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | HIFK | SM-Liiga | 45 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2005-06 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Kloten | NLA | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 146 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] External links
- Profile on hockeydb.com
- Lasse Pirjetä on nhlfinns.com
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