Arto Javanainen

Arto Javanainen
Born	(1959-04-08)8 April 1959 Pori, Finland
Died	25 January 2011(2011-01-25) (aged 51) Turku, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	SM-liiga Ässät TPS NHL Pittsburgh Penguins
National team	Finland
NHL draft	118th overall, 1983 Montreal Canadiens 85th overall, 1984 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	1975–1994

Arto Kalevi Javanainen (April 8, 1959 – January 25, 2011) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He was the first European draft pick in Pittsburgh Penguins history, going in the fifth round (85th overall).

Career

Javanainen played for Ässät and TPS. During his 14-year career in the SM-liiga of Finland, he won the goal scoring title five times and led the league in points once, in 1985–86 scoring a career best 71 points in 36 games. He is all-time leading goalscorer in SM-liiga and second in all-time points after Janne Ojanen.

Javanainen played one year of professional hockey in North America. He scored four goals and added an assist in 14 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1984–85 National Hockey League season. He also played for the American Hockey League Baltimore Skipjacks that same season, scoring 26 goals and 29 assists for 55 points in the regular season and adding five goals and four assists in the playoffs.

He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000.

Death

Arto Javanainen's tombstone at Käppärä graveyard in Pori

On January 26, 2011, Javanainen died in a Turku, Finland hospital after battling a long illness. He was 51 years old. He is survived by a wife and two children.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	Ässät	FIN U20		29	10	3	13	41		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Ässät	SM-l		27	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0
1976–77	Ässät	FIN U20		4	3	1	4	16		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Ässät	SM-l		34	9	5	14	8		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Ässät	FIN U20		13	13	7	20	12		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Ässät	SM-l		35	8	8	16	0		9	5	4	9	5
1978–79	Ässät	FIN U20		1	1	0	1	7		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Ässät	SM-l		36	31	18	49	36		8	7	4	11	7
1979–80	Ässät	FIN U20		1	1	1	2	6		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Ässät	SM-l		36	28	29	57	48		7	7	2	9	10
1980–81	Ässät	SM-l		36	37	27	64	40		2	1	0	1	2
1981–82	Ässät	SM-l		36	29	27	56	50		9	5	4	9	8
1982–83	Ässät	SM-l		36	28	23	51	56		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Ässät	SM-l		37	37	25	62	66		9	4	2	6	10
1984–85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		14	4	1	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		59	26	29	55	15		15	5	4	9	2
1985–86	Ässät	SM-l		36	44	27	71	26		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Ässät	SM-l		44	37	24	61	80		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	TPS	SM-l		44	47	20	67	42		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	TPS	SM-l		44	32	23	55	38		6	5	3	8	2
1989–90	Ässät	FIN.2		36	59	39	98	30		3	2	1	3	6
1990–91	Ässät	SM-l		44	35	18	53	38		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Ässät	SM-l		44	20	14	34	22		8	1	2	3	8
1992–93	Ässät	SM-l		45	17	17	34	26		8	2	3	5	8
1993–94	Ässät	SM-l		48	22	19	41	46		5	1	0	1	4
1994–95	Rungsted IK	DNK		23	33	18	51	6		6	3	1	4	0
SM-l totals				668	464	329	793	626		74	38	24	62	64

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977	Finland	WJC		7	4	2	6	4
1978	Finland	WJC		6	1	7	8	6
1979	Finland	WJC		6	2	3	5	0
1981	Finland	CC		5	1	0	1	2
1982	Finland	WC		5	2	1	3	4
1983	Finland	WC		10	1	2	3	8
1984	Finland	OLY		5	2	3	5	4
Junior totals				19	7	12	19	10
Senior totals				25	6	6	12	18

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio