Harri Pesonen
Harri Pesonen | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1988 Finland |
| Occupation | Professional ice hockey player |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Left winger for the SCL Tigers in the National League (NL) |
Harri Pesonen (born August 6, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays as a left winger for the SCL Tigers in the National League (NL). His career also includes stints with Lausanne HC in the NL and with Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Although he was not selected in the NHL Draft, Pesonen signed with the New Jersey Devils on June 16, 2012, following several seasons competing for JYP Jyväskylä in Finland's Liiga.
Pesonen made his first NHL appearance on March 16, 2013, playing for the Devils against the Montreal Canadiens.
After spending two seasons within the Devils organization and becoming a restricted free agent, he inked a two-year contract with Swiss National League team Lausanne HC on May 20, 2014.
On May 8, 2020, Pesonen departed from the SCL Tigers as a free agent and agreed to a two-year deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the KHL. During the 2020–21 campaign, he participated in 33 regular season games, registering six goals and accumulating 14 points before mutually ending his contract on December 10, 2020. Subsequently, he joined Ak Bars Kazan for the remainder of that season on December 24, 2020.
Pesonen returned to Switzerland and rejoined the SCL Tigers as a free agent on June 14, 2021, signing a two-year contract extending through the end of the 2022–23 season.
Personal
Harri Pesonen's brother, Jussi, is also active professionally as an ice hockey player.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | JYP | FIN U18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | JYP | FIN U18 Q | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | JYP | FIN U18 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | JYP | Jr. A | 40 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | JYP | Jr. A | 37 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 63 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 33 | ||
| 2007–08 | JYP | SM-l | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | JYP | Jr. A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | JYP | SM-l | 47 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | D Team | Mestis | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | JYP | SM-l | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | D Team | Mestis | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2010–11 | JYP | SM-l | 54 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | JYP | SM-l | 60 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | ||
| 2012–13 | Albany Devils | AHL | 64 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 24 | |||||||
| 2012–13 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 2013–14 | Albany Devils | AHL | 75 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 52 | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 48 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 50 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 18 | |||||||
| 2016–17 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 49 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Lausanne HC | NL | 41 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 34 | |||||||
| 2018–19 | SCL Tigers | NL | 50 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | SCL Tigers | NL | 48 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 44 | |||||||
| 2020–21 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 33 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 | |||||||
| 2020–21 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2021–22 NL season | SCL Tigers | NL | 50 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 67 | |||||||
| 2022–23 NL season | SCL Tigers | NL | 52 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 30 | |||||||
| "Liiga totals" | 189 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 125 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 51 | ||||
| "NHL totals" | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "NL totals" | 388 | 139 | 170 | 309 | 302 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Tournament | Placement | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Finland | WJC | 6th place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Finland | WC | Template:Gold1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Finland | OG | Template:Gold1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Finland | WC | Template:Gold1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Finland | WC | 7th place | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Junior career totals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Senior career totals | 33 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 | ||||