Jyrki Välivaara

Jyrki Välivaara (born May 30, 1976) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. In the past he played for JYP of the SM-liiga. He was on Finland's IIHF gold medal-winning team on 2011.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 JYP Jyväskylä U18 U18 SM-sarja 31 3 3 6 24 — — — — — 1993–94 JYP Jyväskylä U18 U18 SM-sarja 14 2 2 4 6 — — — — — 1994–95 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 35 12 8 20 32 8 1 5 6 10 1995–96 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 31 6 6 12 45 6 0 1 1 10 1996–97 JYP Jyväskylä U20 U20 SM-liiga 34 8 13 21 22 7 4 0 4 2 1997–98 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 47 2 3 5 28 — — — — — 1998–99 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 54 5 7 12 30 3 0 1 1 0 1999–00 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 53 5 13 18 8 — — — — — 2000–01 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 56 6 10 16 28 — — — — — 2001–02 Tappara SM-liiga 52 10 11 21 34 10 1 1 2 4 2002–03 Tappara SM-liiga 40 7 0 7 16 — — — — — 2003–04 Linköping HC Elitserien 48 2 14 16 36 5 0 0 0 6 2004–05 Linköping HC Elitserien 47 5 10 15 48 5 0 1 1 8 2005–06 Linköping HC Elitserien 42 2 13 15 28 13 0 0 0 33 2006–07 Linköping HC Elitserien 11 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 2006–07 Malmö Redhawks Elitserien 31 2 11 13 36 — — — — — 2007–08 Malmö Redhawks HockeyAllsvenskan 43 5 23 28 62 9 1 1 2 2 2008–09 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 57 6 16 22 48 15 2 6 8 10 2009–10 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 14 3 5 8 10 14 0 2 2 8 2010–11 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 53 8 20 28 42 10 1 4 5 6 2011–12 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 53 2 16 18 20 — — — — — 2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 49 3 7 10 38 11 1 0 1 10 2013–14 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 45 3 11 14 32 3 0 1 1 2 SM-liiga totals 520 58 103 161 314 66 5 15 20 40 Elitserien totals 179 12 48 60 156 23 0 1 1 47