Juha-Pekka Hytönen

Juha-Pekka Hytönen (born May 22, 1981) is a Finnish ice hockey forward currently playing for JYP Jyväskylä.

Career Juha-Pekka Hytönen started his career in JYP Jyväskylä junior teams. In 1999 he was chosen to Finnish national U18 team and next year to the Finnish national U20 team. In 2000 Hytönen played his first game in SM-liiga, the Finnish elite league. Before his move to KHL he played always with JYP Jyväskylä apart from one season in Jukurit and few games in Diskos both teams in Mestis.

In 2006 he became captain of JYP and played in championship-winning team in 2009. He was also chosen to Finland's squad for the World Championships that year, as well as in 2010, 2013 and 2015.

After winning another Finnish championship with JYP in 2012, Hytönen embarked on a new challenge, joining KHL side Amur Khabarovsk, where he spent the 2012-13 campaign.

In 2013 he signed a 2-year contract with Lausanne Hockey Club (LHC) in the Swiss National League A (NLA). As the team's top scorer, he helped Lausanne qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the club's history by tallying 39 points (16 goals/23 assists) in 49 games.

In 2014, he was named LHC's alternate captain along with Etienne Froidevaux. Hytönen left Lausanne after three years, opting to return to his hometown team JYP in April 2016.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 JYP Jyväskylä U16 U16 SM-sarja 28 22 25 47 26 — — — — — 1997–98 JYP Jyväskylä U18 U18 SM-sarja 36 13 7 20 8 5 1 2 3 2 1998–99 JYP Jyväskylä U18 U18 SM-sarja 20 9 19 28 14 7 4 5 9 4 1999–00 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 39 11 20 31 18 4 1 1 2 0 2000–01 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 12 4 7 11 12 6 2 2 4 0 2000–01 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 35 1 0 1 6 — — — — — 2000–01 Diskos Mestis 3 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 2001–02 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 3 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 2001–02 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 55 3 6 9 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Mikkelin Jukurit Mestis 41 12 16 28 36 12 3 2 5 6 2003–04 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 56 3 5 8 34 2 0 0 0 0 2004–05 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 56 7 12 19 26 3 0 1 1 4 2005–06 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 37 3 6 9 22 3 1 1 2 0 2006–07 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 56 11 17 28 44 — — — — — 2007–08 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 49 15 19 34 42 6 1 2 3 0 2008–09 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 58 17 15 32 22 15 1 8 9 16 2009–10 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 56 22 32 54 32 14 3 7 10 12 2010–11 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 60 18 26 44 30 10 1 2 3 6 2011–12 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 57 19 22 41 44 14 4 4 8 6 2012–13 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 52 4 26 30 26 — — — — — 2013–14 Lausanne HC NLA 49 16 23 39 8 6 3 5 8 0 2014–15 Lausanne HC NLA 41 11 12 23 10 7 0 2 2 4 2015–16 Lausanne HC NLA 48 8 13 21 24 — — — — — 2016–17 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 59 17 22 39 22 15 5 3 8 8 2017–18 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 58 14 22 36 26 6 2 1 3 6 2018–19 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 58 7 12 19 32 3 0 1 1 0 2019–20 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 59 16 15 31 14 — — — — — 2020–21 Steinbach Black Wings Linz ICEHL 45 10 24 34 22 — — — — — 2021–22 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — Liiga totals 810 174 231 405 406 91 18 30 48 62

Awards

Champions Hockey League Champion in 2017–18 Finnish Champion (Kanada-malja) in 2008–09, 2011–12. Mestis Champion in 2002–03