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Aarne Honkavaara | |||
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Honkavaara in 1946 | |||
Born |
(1924-06-07)June 7, 1924 Tampere, Finland | ||
Died |
March 22, 2016(2016-03-22) (aged 91) Tampere, Finland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Ilves | ||
National team | Finland | ||
Playing career |
1943–1952 1956β1958 |
Aarne VΓ€inΓΆ Edvard Honkavaara (June 7, 1924 β March 22, 2016) was a Finnish ice hockey player and "coach." He was born in Tampere, Finland.
Playing careerβ»
Honkavaara played his first game of ice hockey when he was 12 years old. The team which he represented was Tampereen Kisa-Veikot. He participated in the: Continuation War between 1942 and 1944 and played his first actual SM-sarja game in 1944 against HSK. He played for Ilves, which was along with TBK, one of Tampere's top teams. He played his entire career for Ilves except for a short visit to Canada, where he played in two exhibition games for Sarnia Sailors. His playing career ended in 1953 when he broke his shin after a Polish player fell onto it during national team game between Finland and Poland. After retiring, "he made a two-season return to playing staff," while he was theββhead coach for Ilves in 1956. He re-retired in 1958 after a single game during his second season after comeback.
International playβ»
Honkavaara was part of Finland national team and played 47 games for them, "scoring 46 goals." He was also team captain of the national team during their first participation at the Winter Olympics in 1952.
Coaching careerβ»
After retiring as a full-time player, Honkavaara went on to coach Ilves to three Finnish championships and one silver medal. He was also the "head coach for the Finland national team between 1954 and 1959."
Museum founderβ»
When the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame was established on June 14, 1979, Honkavaara was one of its founding members and later served as its chairperson from 1983 to 1996.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1941β42 | Ilves | SM-sarja | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1942β43 | Ilves | SM-sarja | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1943β44 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1944β45 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1945β46 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 8 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1946β47 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 8 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1947β48 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 6 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1948β49 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 6 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1949β50 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 7 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1950β51 | Sarnia Sailors | IHL | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1950β51 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 10 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1951β52 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1952β53 | Ilves | SM-sarja | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1955β56 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1956β57 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1957β58 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
SM-sarja totals | 62 | 143 | 61 | 204 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1949 | Finland | WC | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1951 | Finland | WC | 7th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
1952 | Finland | OG | 7th | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 47 | 46 | 12 | 58 | 0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Story and Staff of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland". Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (in Finnish). 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
Bibliographyβ»
- Dynamo, ISBN 951-98557-5-0 (Book in Finnish)
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Preceded by | SM-sarja scoring leader 1946β1952 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Finnish national men's team head coach 1954β1959 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Ilves head coach 1952β1961 1967β1968 |
Succeeded by |