Marko Jantunen
Marko Jantunen ( born February 14, 1971 in Lahti ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who has played in its active period from 1988 to 2010 was for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Marko Jantunen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of hockey Reipas for whose first team he 1988/89 made his debut in the I divisioona, the second Finnish league in season. In the following season with his team, he managed to climb into the SM- liiga, where he spent another two years in hockey Reipas before he moved to the 1992/93 season in the top Finnish league to KalPa Kuopio. In the following season the winger with TPS Turku was runner-up. For this success, he contributed 66 points scorer in in 59 games. With 29 hits in the main round, he was also the top scorer of the SM - liiga.
In summer 1994, he signed a contract with Västra Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien. In the 1995/96 season he was the runner-up Sweden. In the playoffs, he had 16 points scorer, eight gates, both top scorer and the top scorer of all Elitserien player. The 1996/97 season he joined the Calgary Flames, who had selected him in the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 in the eleventh round when a total of 239 players. For Calgary, he stood in a total of three games in the National Hockey League on the ice, while for their farm team, the achieved otherwise Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League in 23 games eight goals and 16 assists. Before the end of the season he returned to Västra Frölunda, for which he was active until 1999.
From 1999 to 2003 Jantunen stood at Färjestad BK under contract. With this he became Swedish Champion in the 2001/ 02 season. In 2001 and 2003 he was also runner-up with the FBK. He then returned to his native Finnish, in which he in the SM- liiga stood in the following two and a half years with Jokerit Helsinki on the ice. With the capital club, he was runner up in the 2004/05 season also. After he started the following season with Jokerit, he finished it in Sweden, the Timrå IK. From 2006 to 2010, he ran for his hometown club Pelicans Lahti, with whom he then finished his career at the age of 39 years.
Internationally
For Jantunen Finland took part in the junior level at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1989 and the U20 World Youth Championship in 1991. In the Under-18 European Championship 1989, he won the bronze medal with his team. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1997 and 2005, the Euro Hockey Tour.