Hannes Hyvönen

Hannes Ossian Hyvönen (born August 29, 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played 42 games in the National Hockey League with the San Jose Sharks and Columbus Blue Jackets between 2002 and 2003, though most of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2009, was spent in European leagues. Internationally Hyvönen played for the Finnish national team at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships, winning a bronze in 2008. Hyvönen now works as a coach for Porin Ässät of the Liiga.

Playing career Hyvönen started out in the Kärpät junior team, and started playing in the SM-liiga with TPS. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their ninth-round pick in the 1999 NHL entry draft. After playing on a number of SM-liiga teams, Hyvönen departed to North America for the 2001–02 season, which he mostly spent with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the former 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 HC 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 1999–2000 season.

Prior to the 2008–09 season, he signed for Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elite League (SEL), but on November 28 his contract was mutually cancelled and Hyvönen moved to HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In the 2010–11 season he played for Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League A (NLA), Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL, and HIFK of the SM-liiga.

He signed a 15-game try-out contract with Färjestad of the SEL on September 28, 2011, for a comeback season with the club. His first goal in his comeback with the team was scored in his first game, when he tied a game against Djurgårdens IF 1–1. Djurgården left the game with a 3–2 victory in a shootout.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Kärpät U18 FIN U18 33 17 12 29 73 — — — — — 1993–94 Kärpät U20 FIN U20 35 15 13 28 26 3 0 0 0 0 1993–94 Kärpät FIN-2 3 3 1 4 2 — — — — — 1994–95 TPS U20 FIN U20 10 8 2 10 64 — — — — — 1994–95 TPS FIN 9 4 3 7 16 5 0 0 0 2 1994–95 Kiekko-67 FIN-2 16 4 2 6 10 — — — — — 1995–96 TPS SML 30 11 5 16 49 7 1 0 1 28 1995–96 Kiekko-67 FIN-2 2 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 1996–97 TPS FIN 41 10 5 15 48 10 4 2 6 14 1997–98 TPS FIN 29 2 6 8 71 2 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Espoo Blues FIN 52 23 18 41 74 4 2 1 3 2 1999–00 Espoo Blues FIN 18 5 2 7 124 — — — — — 1999–00 HIFK FIN 22 2 2 4 65 9 4 0 4 8 2000–01 HIFK FIN 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 SWE 10 11 0 11 12 14 5 0 5 41 2003–04 Färjestads BK SWE 47 15 13 28 98 17 7 5 12 43 2004–05 Färjestads BK SWE 8 1 0 1 10 — — — — — 2004–05 Ilves FIN 16 4 8 12 16 7 4 1 5 6 2005–06 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 16 4 8 12 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Jokerit FIN 35 16 12 28 93 — — — — — 2006–07 Kärpät FIN 15 9 12 21 16 10 3 4 7 18 2007–08 Kärpät FIN 54 24 42 66 42 15 8 13 21 14 2008–09 Södertälje SK SWE 24 10 7 17 10 — — — — — 2008–09 Dinamo Minsk KHL 25 12 8 20 22 — — — — — 2009–10 Dinamo Minsk KHL 32 16 11 27 42 — — — — — 2009–10 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 12 2 3 5 18 16 5 3 8 6 2010–11 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 4 4 2 6 2 — — — — — 2010–11 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 17 2 0 2 6 — — — — — 2010–11 HIFK FIN 10 3 1 4 29 — — — — — 2011–12 Färjestad BK SWE 36 10 9 19 41 8 2 1 3 54 2012–13 Karlskrona HK SWE-2 10 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 2013–14 Kongsvinger Knights NOR-2 9 13 4 17 20 — — — — — 2015–16 Kils AIK SWE-4 8 7 3 10 12 — — — — — NHL totals 42 4 5 9 22 — — — — — FIN totals 407 150 138 288 712 74 26 21 47 100

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2008 Finland WC 6 1 3 4 29 2009 Finland WC 7 2 4 6 12 Senior totals 13 3 7 10 41