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Hannu Jortikka

b. 1956

Finnish ice hockey player and coach

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Born 1956. Hannu Jortikka is a Finnish ice hockey player and ice hockey coach.

Hannu Jortikka (born 16 December 1956) is a Finnish former ice hockey player and current coach.

Jortikka spent most of his playing career in TPS. He was a part of the championship-winning TPS team in 1976.

Jortikka is best known for his success in club teams. In 1988 he took over as the head coach of TPS, leading them to three successive championships. After being eliminated in quarter-finals in 1992, Jortikka was sacked and he signed with HPK. HPK went to the finals, but Jortikka was sacked before semi-finals after it was revealed that he had already signed for Swiss team SC Bern for the following season. He has also coached Malmö IF for two non-successive seasons. Jortikka was replaced by Erkka Westerlund as Jokerit head coach in November 2010.

At the start of the 2011-12 season, Jortikka was appointed as the head coach of Amur Khabarovsk.

Jortikka was elected to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006 as a coach.

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Who is Hannu Jortikka?

Finnish ice hockey player and coach

When was Hannu Jortikka born?

Hannu Jortikka was born on 16 December 1956 in Turku.

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Hannu Jortikka is an ice hockey player and ice hockey coach.

What nationality is Hannu Jortikka?

Hannu Jortikka is Finnish.

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· Wikipedia: Hannu Jortikka

· Wikidata: Q1388094

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