Pauli Levokari

Pauli Levokari (born 7 April 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career Levokari began his career at Ässät his hometown team where he played from 1996 to 2001. He then moved to Jokerit and then HIFK where he recorded then-career high stats of three goals and five assists for eight points in just 21 games.

He was drafted 257th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2002 NHL entry draft and signed with the organisation. He played six games for the AHL's Chicago Wolves and six games in the ECHL for the Greenville Grrrowl before being traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets with fellow Finn Tomi Kallio for another Finn Petteri Nummelin and Chris Nielsen. He spent the rest of the 2002–03 season with the Syracuse Crunch, playing 45 games and scoring four goals and six assists for ten points, his most productive to date. He continued to play for Syracuse until he was traded once more, moving to the Pittsburgh Penguins for fellow minor-league player Brendan Buckley. He finished the season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and had a short playoff run with the team before returning to Finland.

In 2004, he returned to Ässät for one season before moving to Lukko. In 2006, he signed for SaiPa.

On May 5, 2014, Levokari extended his cameo with KooKoo at the end of the 2013-14 season, in signing an additional one-year contract.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Ässät FIN.2 U18 1995–96 Ässät FIN U18 28 5 6 11 42 — — — — — 1996–97 Ässät FIN U20 35 3 8 11 78 — — — — — 1996–97 Ässät SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Ässät FIN U20 27 2 5 7 79 — — — — — 1997–98 Ässät SM-liiga 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Ässät FIN U20 19 4 3 7 68 — — — — — 1998–99 Ässät SM-liiga 27 0 2 2 8 — — — — — 1999–2000 Ässät SM-liiga 51 3 2 5 80 — — — — — 2000–01 Ässät SM-liiga 12 1 0 1 12 — — — — — 2000–01 Jokerit SM-liiga 10 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2000–01 Kiekko–Vantaa Mestis 22 3 6 9 68 3 0 1 1 6 2001–02 HIFK SM-liiga 29 3 5 8 86 — — — — — 2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 6 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 45 4 6 10 88 — — — — — 2002–03 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL 4 0 0 0 8 — — — — — 2003–04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 28 0 3 3 49 — — — — — 2003–04 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 27 3 4 7 54 3 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Ässät SM-liiga 49 2 2 4 181 2 0 0 0 6 2005–06 Lukko SM-liiga 36 1 3 4 106 — — — — — 2006–07 SaiPa SM-liiga 29 3 1 4 115 — — — — — 2006–07 KooKoo Mestis 1 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2007–08 SaiPa SM-liiga 48 1 7 8 137 — — — — — 2008–09 SaiPa SM-liiga 32 2 4 6 68 — — — — — 2009–10 SaiPa SM-liiga 56 7 10 17 94 — — — — — 2010–11 SaiPa SM-liiga 40 1 4 5 87 — — — — — 2011–12 SaiPa SM-liiga 51 3 7 10 105 — — — — — 2012–13 KalPa SM-liiga 10 0 0 0 16 — — — — — 2013–14 Arystan Temirtau KAZ 8 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2013–14 SønderjyskE Ishockey DEN 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2013–14 KooKoo Mestis 27 1 9 10 55 6 0 0 0 10 2014–15 KooKoo Mestis 45 2 5 7 93 2 0 0 0 14 2015–16 Ketterä Imatra FIN.3 28 5 18 23 55 6 0 1 1 54 SM-liiga totals 497 27 47 74 1101 3 0 0 0 6 AHL totals 106 7 14 21 203 3 0 0 0 2