Mika Pyörälä (born 13 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), Timrå IK and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien, and Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. Pyörälä played his entire career in Finnish Liiga in Oulun Kärpät.
Playing career
On 14 July 2009, Pyörälä signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. After splitting the 2009–10 season between the Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms, Pyörälä returned to Europe, signing a three-year contract with Frölunda HC on 29 July 2010.
Pyörälä represented Finland in the 2011 World Championship. He scored a goal in the final against Sweden as Finland took the gold medal.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Kärpät FIN U18 272464 ————— 1998–99 Kärpät FIN U18 3610182812 ————— 1999–2000 Kärpät FIN U20 406101618 ————— 2000–01 Kärpät FIN U20 4021355652 20000 2000–01 Kärpät SM-l 50000 91012 2001–02 Kärpät SM-l 5142635 40112 2001–02 Kärpät FIN U20 ————— 10220 2002–03 Kärpät SM-l 5617112822 152356 2003–04 Kärpät SM-l 531219318 130110 2004–05 Kärpät SM-l 569132218 113144 2005–06 Kärpät SM-l 411382110 1156110 2006–07 Kärpät SM-l 5628174530 104262 2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 4617163318 1164100 2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 5521224310 72136 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3622410 ————— 2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 358101810 ————— 2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 47149238 ————— 2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 5322184012 612322012–13Amur KhabarovskKHL2555104—————2012–13Luleå HFSEL325121761312382013–14KärpätSM-l6013233616166101642014–15KärpätLiiga571518332819861442015–16KärpätLiiga4915173212145712122016–17KärpätLiiga602629552020110 2017–18 SC Bern NL 32 4 5 9 16 3 0 1 1 02018–19KärpätLiiga 45 16 16 32 14 — — — — —2019–20KärpätLiiga 51 20 25 45 18 — — — — —2020–21KärpätLiiga 56 12 22 34 32 5 1 3 4 22021–22KärpätLiiga 53 16 12 28 14 7 1 1 2 4 Liiga totals 749 216 232 448 277 136 36 42 78 42 SEL totals 234 79 77 156 54 37 10 9 19 16 NHL totals 36 2 2 4 10 — — — — —
International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Finland WC 8 0 1 1 2 2008 Finland WC 9 0 0 0 0 2009 Finland WC 6 1 1 2 0 2011 Finland WC 9 1 2 3 4 2012 Finland WC 9 1 1 2 2 2016 Finland WC 10 1 3 4 0 2017 Finland WC 10 0 2 2 6 2018 Finland OG 5 1 0 1 0 Senior totals 66 5 10 15 14
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