Jukka Peltola

Jukka Peltola (born 26 August 1987) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey Forward.

Playing career Peltola played throughout the first 12 seasons of his professional career with Tappara of the Finnish Liiga.

Peltola prefers to play as a right wing, but he can play other forward positions and even as a defenceman when needed. He is known as an elite two-way forward, but in the 2015–16 season, he made his personal record when he scored 17 goals and had 22 assists in 59 games. In the 2016–17 season, he led his team to second consecutive championship and was awarded the Jari Kurri Trophy which is handed to the most valuable player of Liiga playoffs.

Despite having a contract with Tappara until 2019, Peltola agreed to a new challenge in signing a one-year contract for the 2018–19 season with Russian outfit, HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the KHL, on 27 April 2018.

International play Peltola was also called into the National Team for the first time in five years in 2017. He made his full international debut for Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 KOOVEE FIN.2 U18 6 2 3 5 0 10 3 2 5 2 2004–05 Tappara FIN U18 30 9 10 19 4 2 0 1 1 0 2005–06 Tappara FIN U20 37 7 4 11 12 — — — — — 2006–07 Tappara FIN U20 32 15 22 37 6 5 1 0 1 0 2006–07 Tappara SM-l 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Tappara FIN U20 28 13 18 31 26 3 0 1 1 0 2007–08 Tappara SM-l 15 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Tappara SM-l 52 8 11 19 10 — — — — — 2009–10 Tappara SM-l 49 4 4 8 12 9 0 1 1 0 2009–10 LeKi Mestis 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2010–11 Tappara SM-l 55 4 12 16 22 — — — — — 2011–12 Tappara SM-l 47 8 16 24 18 — — — — — 2012–13 Tappara SM-l 52 6 4 10 12 15 6 2 8 6 2013–14 Tappara Liiga 60 7 17 24 22 20 2 3 5 8 2014–15 Tappara Liiga 59 9 14 23 51 20 4 4 8 2 2015–16 Tappara Liiga 59 17 22 39 16 17 1 3 4 2 2016–17 Tappara Liiga 51 11 24 35 20 18 4 5 9 0 2017–18 Tappara Liiga 54 14 19 33 12 16 6 7 13 2 2018–19 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 45 8 13 21 8 — — — — — 2019–20 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 48 9 13 22 12 5 0 1 1 0 2020–21 Tappara Liiga 52 13 15 28 10 9 4 4 8 4 2021–22 Tappara Liiga 25 2 3 5 4 12 1 4 5 2 Liiga totals 634 103 162 265 209 136 28 33 61 26

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2018 Finland OG 5 0 1 1 2 Senior totals 5 0 1 1 2