Jari Kaarela

Jari Kaarela (born 8 August 1958 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League and SM-liiga. He played five games with the Colorado Rockies during the 1980–81 season and then two seasons with for HIFK of the SM-liiga between 1984 and 1986.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1971–72 Ilves U16 FIN-U16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1972–73 Ilves U20 FIN-U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 Ilves U16 FIN-U16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976–77 Ilves U20 FIN-U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977–78 Ilves U20 FIN-U20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978–79 SaPKo Savonlinna FIN-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 SaPKo Savonlinna FIN-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Indianapolis Checkers CHL 2 2 0 0 120 4 1 2.00 .902 — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Fort Worth Texans CHL 36 13 20 2 2093 133 1 3.81 .854 — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Colorado Rockies NHL 5 2 2 0 220 22 0 6.00 .809 — — — — — — — — 1981–82 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 49 — — — 2682 219 1 4.90 — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 Fort Worth Texans CHL 2 0 2 0 120 13 0 6.50 .822 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Kiekko-Reipas Lahti FIN 3 — — — — 13 — — .860 — — — — — — — — 1983–84 Kärpät Oulu FIN 6 — — — — 24 0 3.00 .863 1 — — — 1 — — — 1984–85 HIFK FIN 15 — — — — 55 1 3.67 .864 — — — — — — — — 1985–86 HIFK FIN 14 — — — — 43 — 4.18 .883 2 — — — 7 — — — 1992–93 Karhu-Kissat FIN-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — NHL totals 5 2 2 0 220 115 0 6.00 .809 — — — — — — — —