Ilkka Pikkarainen

Ilkka Pikkarainen ( born April 19, 1981 in Sonkajärvi ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is under contract with Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien since May 2010.

Career

Ilkka Pikkarainen began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of the HIFK Helsinki for the first team, he made his debut in the SM- liiga in the 2000 /01 season. After he first completed a full season in professional hockey in the following year, the attacker in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 was selected in the seventh round as a total of 218 players from the New Jersey Devils. After he still stood until 2003 in the SM- liiga for HIFK on the ice, he played from 2003 to 2006 in the American Hockey League farm team for the Devils, the Albany River Rats. Then the fin for a further three years after Helsinki returned before he signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils for the 2009/10 season. On 5 October 2009, the Finn was in the game against the New York Rangers made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League.

In January 2010 Pikkarainen moved from the Devils to HK CSKA Moscow in the Continental Hockey League. By the end of the season he prepared in a total of nine games before two goals. For the 2010/11 season he joined the Timrå IK of the Swedish Elitserien, for whom he has performed since then.

Statistics

(End of season 2010/11)