Timo Jutila

Timo Jutila
Born	24 December 1963 Tampere, FIN
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	SM-liiga Tappara NHL Buffalo Sabres Elitserien Luleå HF Nationalliga A SC Bern
National team	Finland
NHL Draft	68th overall, 1982 Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	1979–1999

Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman.

Jutila was drafted by Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Jutila's ice hockey career began at the "Pohjola Leiri" 1978 training camp held by the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation where he was selected as the best player of the camp. He played for Tappara in the 1979–80 season of the Finnish SM-liiga. He continued to play with the team for a total of five Seasons (1980–1984), totalling 144 regular season games.

After the 1983–84 season, Jutila went to the NHL and played for the Buffalo Sabres, the team who drafted him in 1982. However, Jutila's NHL career was short-lived and he left NHL in the following season. Jutila played most of the 1984–85 season in AHL for the Rochester Americans, totalling 56 games with 43 points (13 goals and 30 assists).

After his short NHL spell, Jutila returned to Tappara and stayed with the club for three seasons (1985–1988), winning the Finnish Championship every season. After three successful seasons in Finland, Jutila signed with the Swedish team Luleå HF in Elitserien, where he played for four seasons (1988–1992).

He returned to Finland and Tappara in 1993 and continued to play with his former team Tampere for another four Seasons (1992–1996). During this period, Tappara was not as successful as in 1985–1988; the best result of Jutila's four season tenure was a fourth place after losing the bronze game in overtime to Lukko in the 1994 playoffs.

In 1996, Jutila was contracted by SC Bern in the Swiss elite league Nationalliga A. After only one season with the club, he returned to Finland playing his last two season as an active hockey player with Tappara. He retired in 1999.

After his retirement, Jutila worked as ice hockey commentator, and together with Mika Saukkonen and Jari Kurri he formed the play-by-play team for Finnish ice hockey TV programme Hockey Night, aired on MTV3.

Awards

• Named Best player of Pohjola Leiri in 1978.
• Awarded the Pekka Rautakallio Trophy in 1988.
• Awarded the President's trophy in 1995.
• Awarded Kalen Kannu in 2001.
• Member of the IIHF Hall of Fame
• Named vegan of the year by PETA Finland in 2015.

International career

Jutila was a defenceman and the long time captain for the Finnish national team. He played in total 246 international games, scoring 108 points (40 goals and 68 assists). He played eight World Championships (1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997), three Winter Olympic tournaments (1984, 1992 and 1994) and one Canada Cup (1991).

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
	1994 Lillehammer	Ice hockey
World Championships
	1992 Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey
	1994 Italy	Ice hockey
	1995 Sweden	Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	1981 West Germany	Ice hockey
	1982 United States	Ice hockey

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979–80	Tappara Jr.	Fin-Jr.		26	7	15	22	38		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Tappara	SM-l		36	9	12	21	44		8	3	2	5	6
1981–82	Tappara	SM-l		36	8	11	19	41		11	0	0	0	16
1982–83	Tappara	SM-l		36	8	14	22	46		8	1	3	4	24
1983–84	Tappara	SM-l		37	5	22	27	57		9	0	5	5	18
1984–85	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		10	1	5	6	13		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Rochester Americans	AHL		56	13	30	43	26		5	2	5	7	2
1985–86	Tappara	SM-l		30	6	11	17	14		8	3	6	9	2
1986–87	Tappara	SM-l		44	10	28	38	60		9	1	5	6	18
1987–88	Tappara	SM-l		44	12	34	46	50		10	6	6	12	16
1988–89	Luleå HF	SEL		35	7	19	26	42		3	0	0	0	2
1989–90	Luleå HF	SEL		36	6	23	29	42		5	1	2	3	0
1990–91	Luleå HF	SEL		40	8	25	33	55		5	0	2	2	8
1991–92	Luleå HF	SEL		40	11	26	37	48		2	1	0	1	4
1992–93	Tappara	SM-l		47	10	33	43	54		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Tappara	SM-l		48	13	36	49	30		10	2	5	7	12
1994–95	Tappara	SM-l		50	11	30	41	66		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Tappara	SM-l		49	14	37	51	62		4	0	0	0	6
1996–97	SC Bern	NDA		29	8	20	28	26		2	0	0	0	2
1997–98	Tappara	SM-l		48	7	20	27	77		4	1	1	2	2
1998–99	Tappara	SM-l		48	9	18	27	50		—	—	—	—	—
SM-l totals				561	124	311	435	659		81	17	33	50	120
SEL totals				151	32	93	125	187		15	2	4	6	14

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980	Finland	EJC		5	0	2	2	8
1981	Finland	WJC		5	1	0	1	2
1981	Finland	EJC		5	1	4	5	12
1982	Finland	WJC		7	1	6	7	14
1983	Finland	WJC		7	1	1	2	14
1984	Finland	OLY		5	0	0	0	8
1987	Finland	WC		9	1	3	4	4
1987	Finland	CC		5	1	0	1	6
1991	Finland	WC		10	0	1	1	14
1991	Finland	CC		6	0	0	0	2
1992	Finland	OLY		8	2	2	4	2
1992	Finland	WC		8	2	5	7	10
1993	Finland	WC		6	1	2	3	8
1994	Finland	OLY		8	1	2	3	6
1994	Finland	WC		8	3	4	7	6
1995	Finland	WC		8	5	2	7	10
1996	Finland	WC		6	0	1	1	4
1997	Finland	WC		8	1	3	4	6
Junior totals				29	4	13	17	50
Senior totals				95	17	25	42	86

External links

• Timo Jutila's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database