Jere Karjalainen

Medal record
Representing Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships

Jere Karjalainen
Jere Karjalainen
Born	May 23, 1992 (age 32); Helsinki, Finland
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
DEL team; Former teams	Augsburger Panther; Jokerit; HPK; Tappara; HC Sochi; Dinamo Riga; Lukko
National team	Finland
Playing career	2013–present

Jere Karjalainen (born May 23, 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Karjalainen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Jokerit during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.^[1]

After eight seasons in the Liiga with Jokerit, HPK and Tappara, Karjalainen left Finland following the 2019–20 season to sign a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Sochi of the KHL, on 2 May 2020.^[2]

Karjalainen left HC Sochi as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with fellow KHL club, Dinamo Riga, on 3 May 2021.^[3]

After two seasons abroad, Karjalainen returned to Finland in signing a one-year contract with Lukko on 14 August 2022.^[4]

Career statistics

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2021	Finland	WC			3	0	0	0	0
Senior totals					3	0	0	0	0

References

^ "2012–13 Jokerit player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ "Sochi has signed a contract with Jere Karjalainen" (in Russian). HC Sochi. May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ Rīga, Dinamo. "Contract concluded with the Finnish forward Jere Karjalainen". Hokeja kluba Dinamo Rīga oficiālā mājaslapa (in Latvian). Retrieved May 6, 2021.
^ "Jere Karjalainen with a one-year contract" (in Finnish). Lukko. August 14, 2022. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.