Ice hockey player
| Patrik Parkkonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 31) Porvoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| team Former teams |
Free agent Ässät Orli Znojmo Chicago Wolves HC Energie Karlovy Vary HK Nitra | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Patrik Parkkonen (born 23 January 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a free agent.
Playing career
Coming through the youth system of HIFK, he spent two years in Canada, playing for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL (2010-2012), before returning to his native Finland. Parkkonen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ässät during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season. Following a three-year stint at Ässät, Parkkonen signed with Lausitzer Füchse of Germany’s second division DEL2. In December 2015, his original short-term contract was extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.
After three European seasons away from Finland, Parkkonen opted to return to North America as a professional, agreeing to a contract with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL on 25 September 2019.
References
- Eliteprospects.com - 2012–13 Ässät player statistics
- Rundschau, Lausitzer. "Weißwasser: Füchse trennen sich von Dolan und verlängern mit Parkkonen :: lr-online". www.lr-online.de. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- "Pair of blueliners head to Wichita". ECHL. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players
- BIK Karlskoga players
- Finnish ice hockey defencemen
- Lausitzer Füchse players
- Lempäälän Kisa players
- Medicine Hat Tigers players
- IK Oskarshamn players
- Orli Znojmo players
- TuTo players
- Wichita Thunder players
- Sportspeople from Porvoo
- Ice hockey people from Uusimaa
- HC Karlovy Vary players
- HK Nitra players
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Finnish ice hockey defenceman stubs