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{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Ossi Louhivaara
| name = Ossi Louhivaara
| image = NLA, Lausanne HC vs. Genève-Servette HC, 26th September 2014 12.JPG
| team = [[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]
| image_size = 225px
| league = [[SM-liiga]]
| caption = Ossi Louhivaara with LHC in 2014
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|31}}
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| birth_place = [[Kotka]], [[Finland]]
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| position = [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
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| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[JYP Jyväskylä]]<br>[[Lausanne HC]]
| weight_lb =
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| ntl_team = FIN
| draft = 260th overall
| birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1922|2|22}} -->
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| draft_team = [[Ottawa Senators]]
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'''Ossi Louhivaara''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] professional [[ice hockey]] player who currently plays for [[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]] of the [[SM-liiga]].<ref>[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/csl.php?tid=1234 2010-11 Scoring for JyP HT Jyvaskyla (SM-liiga)]</ref>
'''Ossi Louhivaara''' (born August 31, 1983) is a Finnish former professional [[ice hockey]] player who most notably played with [[JYP Jyväskylä]] of the [[Liiga]]. Louhivaara was selected by the [[Ottawa Senators]] in the 8th round (260th overall) of the [[2003 NHL Entry Draft]].

==Playing career==
Louhivaara made his debut in Finland's top-flight [[Liiga]] playing with [[JYP Jyväskylä]] during the [[2004–05 SM-liiga season]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=42&year0=2005&status=stats | publisher = Eliteprospects.com | title = 2004–05 JYP player statistics | date = 1 March 2006 | accessdate = 1 March 2012}}</ref> He captured the Finnish national championship with JYP in 2009 and 2012.

After having spent ten years with JYP, he moved abroad to join [[Lausanne HC]] of the Swiss [[National League A]] with whom he signed a two-year deal prior to the 2014–15 season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lausanne-hc-engage-ailier-finlandais-ossi-louhivaara/story/10207102|title = Le Lausanne HC engage l'ailier finlandais Ossi Louhivaara|newspaper = 24 Heures}}</ref>

When his contract with Lausanne was up in 2016, Louhivaara returned to Finland with original club, JYP.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.jypliiga.fi/uutiset/2016/04/25/ossi-louhivaara-palaa-innolla-jyvaskylaan|title = Ossi Louhivaara palaa innolla Jyväskylään|website = www.jypliiga.fi|access-date = 2016-05-03}}</ref>

Louhivaara played 15 seasons with JYP Jyväskylä, making a total of 729 Liiga appearances before ending his 19-year professional career following the [[2020-21 Liiga season|2020–21]] season, announcing his retirement on 6 April 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.instagram.com/p/CNUISDlFoSi/ | title = Ossi Louhivaara announces retirement | publisher = [[Instagram]] | date = 6 April 2021 | accessdate = 6 April 2021 | language = Finnish}}</ref>

==International play==
After having represented Finnland's national team at the [[Euro Hockey Tour]] on several occasions, he made the roster for the 2015 World Championship in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/teams/#FIN|title = Teams - 2015 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|website = www.iihfworlds2015.com|access-date = 2016-05-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518035947/http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/teams/#FIN|archive-date = May 18, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1999–2000
| Titaanit
| [[Suomi-sarja|FIN.3]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01
| Titaanit
| FIN.3
| 32 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2001–02
| Titaanit
| FIN.3
| 34 || 13 || 14 || 27 || 10
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 Mestis season|2002–03]]
| [[KooKoo (ice hockey club)|KooKoo]]
| [[Mestis]]
| 44 || 20 || 15 || 35 || 20
| 9 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 4
|-
| [[2003–04 Mestis season|2003–04]]
| KooKoo
| Mestis
| 41 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 4
| 9 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004–05 SM-liiga season|2004–05]]
| [[JYP Jyväskylä|JYP]]
| [[SM-liiga|SM-l]]
| 56 || 4 || 9 || 13 || 12
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[2005–06 SM-liiga season|2005–06]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 53 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 30
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 SM-liiga season|2006–07]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 34 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2007–08 SM-liiga season|2007–08]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 41 || 10 || 8 || 18 || 14
| 6 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 Mestis season|2007–08]]
| [[SaPKo]]
| Mestis
| 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2008–09 SM-liiga season|2008–09]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 58 || 9 || 18 || 27 || 14
| 15 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009–10 SM-liiga season|2009–10]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 54 || 12 || 20 || 32 || 34
| 14 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 2
|-
| [[2009–10 Mestis season|2009–10]]
| [[D Team]]
| Mestis
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 SM-liiga season|2010–11]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 60 || 18 || 22 || 40 || 6
| 10 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
| [[2011–12 SM-liiga season|2011–12]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 59 || 15 || 12 || 27 || 8
| 13 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 SM-liiga season|2012–13]]
| JYP
| SM-l
| 57 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 20
| 11 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 27
|-
| [[2013–14 Liiga season|2013–14]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 60 || 21 || 15 || 36 || 4
| 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 NLA season|2014–15]]
| [[Lausanne HC]]
| [[National League A|NLA]]
| 46 || 14 || 15 || 29 || 37
| 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|-
| [[2015–16 NLA season|2015–16]]
| Lausanne HC
| NLA
| 43 || 12 || 16 || 28 || 18
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2016–17 Liiga season|2016–17]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 39 || 12 || 7 || 19 || 2
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[2017–18 Liiga season|2017–18]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 31 || 8 || 3 || 11 || 6
| 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2018–19 Liiga season|2018–19]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 56 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 4
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| [[2019–20 Liiga season|2019–20]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 55 || 6 || 11 || 17 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2020–21 Liiga season|2020–21]]
| JYP
| Liiga
| 16 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SM-l/Liiga totals
! 729
! 154
! 168
! 322
! 174
! 95
! 23
! 16
! 39
! 43
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[2015 IIHF World Championship|2015]]
| [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals
! 6
! 0
! 1
! 1
! 0
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 09:22, 27 April 2024

Ossi Louhivaara
Ossi Louhivaara with LHC in 2014
Born (1983-08-31) August 31, 1983 (age 41)
Kotka, Finland
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for JYP Jyväskylä
Lausanne HC
National team  Finland
NHL draft 260th overall, 2003
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2002–2021

Ossi Louhivaara (born August 31, 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who most notably played with JYP Jyväskylä of the Liiga. Louhivaara was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 8th round (260th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Louhivaara made his debut in Finland's top-flight Liiga playing with JYP Jyväskylä during the 2004–05 SM-liiga season.[1] He captured the Finnish national championship with JYP in 2009 and 2012.

After having spent ten years with JYP, he moved abroad to join Lausanne HC of the Swiss National League A with whom he signed a two-year deal prior to the 2014–15 season.[2]

When his contract with Lausanne was up in 2016, Louhivaara returned to Finland with original club, JYP.[3]

Louhivaara played 15 seasons with JYP Jyväskylä, making a total of 729 Liiga appearances before ending his 19-year professional career following the 2020–21 season, announcing his retirement on 6 April 2021.[4]

International play

After having represented Finnland's national team at the Euro Hockey Tour on several occasions, he made the roster for the 2015 World Championship in the Czech Republic.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–2000 Titaanit FIN.3 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Titaanit FIN.3 32 10 12 22 10 — — — — —
2001–02 Titaanit FIN.3 34 13 14 27 10 3 1 1 2 0
2002–03 KooKoo Mestis 44 20 15 35 20 9 1 3 4 4
2003–04 KooKoo Mestis 41 13 17 30 4 9 1 1 2 2
2004–05 JYP SM-l 56 4 9 13 12 3 0 0 0 0
2005–06 JYP SM-l 53 7 11 18 30 3 0 2 2 2
2006–07 JYP SM-l 34 8 4 12 10 — — — — —
2007–08 JYP SM-l 41 10 8 18 14 6 2 0 2 0
2007–08 SaPKo Mestis 2 2 1 3 2 — — — — —
2008–09 JYP SM-l 58 9 18 27 14 15 5 2 7 8
2009–10 JYP SM-l 54 12 20 32 34 14 4 3 7 2
2009–10 D Team Mestis 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 JYP SM-l 60 18 22 40 6 10 3 3 6 0
2011–12 JYP SM-l 59 15 12 27 8 13 4 2 6 0
2012–13 JYP SM-l 57 13 20 33 20 11 1 4 5 27
2013–14 JYP Liiga 60 21 15 36 4 6 3 0 3 2
2014–15 Lausanne HC NLA 46 14 15 29 37 7 1 1 2 0
2015–16 Lausanne HC NLA 43 12 16 28 18 — — — — —
2016–17 JYP Liiga 39 12 7 19 2 5 0 0 0 0
2017–18 JYP Liiga 31 8 3 11 6 6 0 0 0 0
2018–19 JYP Liiga 56 8 8 16 4 3 1 0 1 2
2019–20 JYP Liiga 55 6 11 17 8 — — — — —
2020–21 JYP Liiga 16 3 0 3 2 — — — — —
SM-l/Liiga totals 729 154 168 322 174 95 23 16 39 43

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Finland WC 6 0 1 1 0
Senior totals 6 0 1 1 0

References

  1. ^ "2004–05 JYP player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. March 1, 2006. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Le Lausanne HC engage l'ailier finlandais Ossi Louhivaara". 24 Heures.
  3. ^ "Ossi Louhivaara palaa innolla Jyväskylään". www.jypliiga.fi. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ossi Louhivaara announces retirement" (in Finnish). Instagram. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Teams - 2015 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". www.iihfworlds2015.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
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