Jaakko Rissanen

Jaakko Rissanen
Born (1989-11-12) November 12, 1989 (age 35)
Kuopio, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Linköpings HC
KalPa
SaiPa
HC Vityaz
Kunlun Red Star
Playing career 2009–present

Jaakko Rissanen (born November 12, 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

He previously played for KalPa and SaiPa in the Finnish Liiga.[1] Following the 2016–17 season, his 8th in Finland, Rissanen left as a free agent seeking a new challenge in agreeing to a two-year contract with Russian club, HC Vityaz of the KHL on May 3, 2017.[2]

In the 2017–18 season, Rissanen made his debut with Vityaz, and appeared in 21 games for 8 points before he was traded to Kunlun Red Star in exchange for fellow Finnish forward Matias Myttynen on November 6, 2017.[3]

On June 3, 2019, Rissanen again left KalPa for the third time following the 2018–19 season, agreeing to a one-year contract with Swedish outfit, Linköpings HC of the SHL.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2010-11 Scoring for KalPa Kuopio (SM-liiga)". hockeydb.com. 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ^ "Vityaz sign four foreigners" (in Russian). HC Vityaz. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  3. ^ "Vityaz trade Rissanen to Kunlun" (in Russian). HC Vityaz. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  4. ^ "Jaakko Rissanen to LHC" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.


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