Hannes Hyvönen

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Hannes Ossian Hyvönen (born August 29, 1975 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their ninth-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Hyvönen started out in the Kärpät junior team, and started playing in the SM-liiga with TPS. After playing on a number of SM-liiga teams, Hyvönen departed for North America for the 20012002 season, which he mostly spent with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons. He was next signed by the Florida Panthers, but the Columbus Blue Jackets signed him from the waivers list before the start of the season. Near the end of the 2002–03 NHL season the Blue Jackets loaned Hyvönen to Färjestads BK in the Swedish Elitserien. He started the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with Färjestad, and later transferred to Ilves in the SM-liiga. In 2005 Hyvönen signed with Fribourg-Gottéron in the NLA, but although he led the team in scoring by the start of November, his performance was deemed unsatisfactory and he was sold to Jokerit.

In February 2002, Hyvönen received an eight-game suspension for high sticking in the AHL. He also received the most penalty minutes, 189, in the SM-liiga during the 19992000 season.

Prior to the 2008–09 season, he signed for Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elite League.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 TPS SM-liiga 9 4 3 7 16 5 0 0 0 2
1995–96 TPS SM-liiga 30 11 5 16 49 7 1 0 1 28
1996–97 TPS SM-liiga 41 10 5 15 48 10 4 2 6 14
1997–98 TPS SM-liiga 29 2 6 8 71 2 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Blues SM-liiga 52 23 18 41 74 4 2 1 3 2
1999–00 Blues SM-liiga 18 5 2 7 124 -- -- -- -- --
1999–00 HIFK SM-liiga 22 2 2 4 65 9 4 0 4 8
2000–01 HIFK SM-liiga 56 14 12 26 34 5 0 0 0 8
2001–02 Cleveland Barons AHL 67 24 18 42 136 -- -- -- -- --
2001–02 San Jose Sharks NHL 6 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 36 4 5 9 22 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 Färjestads BK Elitserien 10 11 0 11 12 14 5 0 5 41
2003–04 Färjestads BK Elitserien 47 15 13 28 98 17 7 5 12 43
2004–05 Färjestads BK Elitserien 8 1 0 1 10 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Ilves SM-liiga 16 4 8 12 16 7 4 1 5 6
2005–06 HC Fribourg-Gottérton Swiss 16 4 8 12 16 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Jokerit SM-liiga 35 16 12 28 93 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Kärpät SM-liiga 15 9 12 21 16 10 3 4 7 18
NHL totals 42 4 5 9 22 -- -- -- -- --

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