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Jaako Niskavaara

Йаако Нискаваара

Position: left defender
Player status: coach
Gender: male
Nationality: Finland
Birth date: 03.04.1977 (48 years)
Birth place: Oulu, Finland

Height: 178 cm / 5' 10"
Weight: 78 kg / 172 lbs
Shoots: right

Trivia:
All-Star Team (-77 Training Camp 1992)
Best Defenceman (EJC 1995)
First All-Star Team (I divisioona 1998-1999)

Season	Team	League	Pos	LPos	W	L	D
2023-24	Innsbruck	Austria U20i (U20)	Head Coach	15.	2	12	0
	Leavel reached: out of playoffs
2022-23	Innsbruck	U20 Jugend (AUT) (U20)	Head Coach	7.	5	9	2
	Leavel reached: lost playoffs QF
2022-23	Zell am See	Alps Hockey League	Assistant Coach
2018-19	Diskos Jyväskylä	Jr. C Mestis (U16)	Assistant Coach
2016-17	Diskos Jyväskylä	Jr. B Mestis (U18)	Assistant Coach

Season	Team	League	#	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1994-95	Finland	EJC (U18)		5	3	3	6	2	7

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2009-10	Mörrum GoIS	Division 1	10	2	4	6	6	3
2009-10	Stavanger Oilers	GET Ligaen	29	2	5	7	32	-1
2008-09	Rouen	Coupe de France	4	0	1	1	4
2008-09	Rouen	Ligue Magnus (Play-off)	6	1	2	3	6
2008-09	Rouen	Ligue Magnus	26	2	12	14	22
2008-09	Rouen	Coupe de la Ligue	10	2	3	5	16
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga (Play-off)	5	0	0	0	4	0
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga	49	2	9	11	36	-4
2006-07	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga	39	7	10	17	66	-5
2005-06	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga (Play-off)	3	0	2	2	6	-1
2005-06	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga	51	5	12	17	54	-2
2004-05	Salzburg	EBEL	37	7	14	21	58	-6
2003-04	KAC	EBEL	46	7	25	32	53	9
2002-03	Pelicans Lahti	SM-liiga	50	2	3	5	38	-10
2001-02	EHC Lustenau	Eishockey Liga	37	10	21	31	46	-5
2000-01	EHC Lustenau	Eishockey Liga	41	17	36	53	67	-11
1999-00	Kärpät	I divisioona (Play-off)	7	1	1	2	27	0
1999-00	Kärpät	I divisioona	39	4	13	17	72	22
1998-99	Kärpät	I divisioona (Play-off)	5	2	1	3	0	-5
1998-99	Kärpät	I divisioona	35	13	24	37	48	29
1998-99	Tappara	SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	2	0
1998-99	Lukko Rauma	SM-liiga	4	0	0	0	2	-3
1998-99	TPS Turku	SM-liiga	5	0	0	0	0	1
1997-98	TPS Turku	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off)	7	6	3	9	4
1997-98	TPS Turku	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	10	2	10	12	16
1997-98	TPS Turku	SM-liiga	25	0	3	3	16	-1
1997-98	TPS Turku	EHL	1	0	0	0	0
1996-97	Kiekko-67 Turku	I divisioona	25	3	8	11	38	-11
1996-97	TPS Turku	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	14	4	2	6	43
1996-97	TPS Turku	SM-liiga	9	0	1	1	0	2
1995-96	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	1	0	0	0	2	2
1995-96	Kärpät	Fazer-liiga (Play-off)	3	0	0	0	2	0
1995-96	Kärpät	Fazer-liiga	35	8	13	21	58	1
1994-95	Kärpät	II divisioona	4	0	3	3	4
1994-95	Kärpät	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)	14	7	12	19	32	7
1994-95	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	20	5	7	12	62	-6
1992-93	Kärpät	Juniors
1991-92	Kärpät	Juniors

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Leagues

Czech Rep.: Tipsport extraliga | 1.liga | 2.liga

Finland: Liiga | Mestis

Germany: DEL | DEL2

Russia: KHL | VHL

Slovakia: Tipsport Extraliga | 1.liga

Sweden: SHL | HockeyAllsvenskan

Switzerland: NLA | NLB

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