Kari Jalonen

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb)
Pro clubs	SM-liiga Kärpät HIFK TPS Lukko 1. Divisioona Junkkarit HT NHL Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Elitserien Skellefteå AIK Ligue Magnus Rouen HE
Nationality	Finland
Born	January 6, 1960 (1960-01-06) (age 48), Oulu, FIN
Pro career	1978 – 1996

Kari Jalonen (b. January 6, 1960 in Oulu, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey center. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga and with the Finnish national team.

Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 World Championship team.

After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching.

Jalonen has coached successful SM-liiga teams TPS and Kärpät.

Jalonen will start as the Head Coach of HIFK in 2008–09 SM-liiga season. Jalonen played for HIFK during his playing career.

[edit] Awards

SM-liiga Rookie of the Year (1979) SM-liiga First All-Star Team (1987, 1989)

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Preceded by Markku Kiimalainen	Winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy 1978–79	Succeeded by Pekka Arbelius
Preceded by Arto Javanainen	Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 1986–87	Succeeded by Esa Keskinen
Preceded by Kari Heikkilä	Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2004–05	Succeeded by Jukka Jalonen
Preceded by Jukka Jalonen	Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 2006–07	Succeeded by Petri Matikainen
Preceded by Hannu Jortikka	Head Coach of TPS 2001–03	Succeeded by Jukka Koivu
Preceded by Kari Heikkilä	Head Coach of Kärpät 2004–08	Succeeded by Matti Alatalo
Preceded by Paul Baxter	Head Coach of HIFK 2008-	Succeeded by current