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Esa Pirnes

Еса Пирнес

Position: center
Player status: retired
Gender: male
Nationality: Finland
Birth date: 01.04.1977 (48 years)
Birth place: Oulu, Finland

Height: 184 cm / 6' 0"
Weight: 84 kg / 185 lbs
Shoots: left
Draft 1: Los Angeles Kings, year: 2003, round: 6, position: 174
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Trivia:
SM-liiga Player of the Month (Mar 2003)
Best Player (SM-liiga Playoffs 2002-2003)
All-Star Team (SM-liiga 2002-2003)

Season	Team	League	Pos
2022-23	Finland	WJC (U20)	Assistant Coach
2021-22	Finland	WJC18 (U18)	Assistant Coach
2021-22	Finland	EYOF (U18)	Assistant Coach

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2008-09	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour	3	0	1	1	0	-2
2007-08	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour	12	5	4	9	14	-2
2007-08	Finland	World Championship	4	0	0	0	0	-3
2006-07	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour	8	1	1	2	6	0
2005-06	Finland	World Championship	8	1	3	4	4	4
2003-04	Finland	World Championship	7	0	0	0	6	-3
2002-03	Finland	World Championship	6	2	3	5	4	1
1996-97	Finland	WJC (U20)	6	1	0	1	0

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2015-16	Kärpät	Liiga (Play-off)	11	2	4	6	2	6
2015-16	Kärpät	CHL	12	1	4	5	10	-1
2015-16	Kärpät	Liiga	45	10	15	25	10	4
2014-15	Kärpät	Liiga (Play-off)	19	7	9	16	10	6
2014-15	Kärpät	CHL	6	1	1	2	2	0
2014-15	Kärpät	Liiga	46	15	13	28	30	13
2013-14	Kärpät	Liiga (Play-off)	16	4	4	8	8	3
2013-14	Kärpät	Liiga	5	3	0	3	0	0
2013-14	AIK	SHL	43	10	14	24	38	-9
2012-13	AIK	Elitserien	45	10	20	30	28	-8
2011-12	EV Zug	NLA (Play-off)	3	0	0	0	25	1
2011-12	EV Zug	NLA	29	12	14	26	4	-3
2010-11	Jokerit	European Trophy	6	1	0	1	0
2010-11	Jokerit	SM-liiga (Play-off)	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010-11	Jokerit	SM-liiga	39	9	12	21	57	2
2009-10	Jokerit	SM-liiga (Play-off)	3	1	0	1	2	0
2009-10	Jokerit	SM-liiga	58	17	21	38	46	7
2008-09	Atlant	KHL	51	22	28	50	84	27
2007-08	Färjestad Karlstad	Elitserien (Play-off)	12	4	3	7	12	-3
2007-08	Färjestad Karlstad	Elitserien	52	15	23	38	74	3
2006-07	Färjestad Karlstad	European Champions Cup	2	1	1	2	0	-1
2006-07	Färjestad Karlstad	Elitserien (Play-off)	9	2	3	5	8	-1
2006-07	Färjestad Karlstad	Elitserien	43	17	26	43	28	-1
2005-06	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga (Play-off)	9	5	3	8	2	-2
2005-06	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga	44	10	23	33	24	-5
2004-05	Lukko Rauma	SM-liiga (Play-off)	9	1	3	4	2	-7
2004-05	Lukko Rauma	SM-liiga	47	9	29	38	31	16
2003-04	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	4	3	1	4	2	2
2003-04	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	57	3	8	11	12	-9
2002-03	Tappara	SM-liiga (Play-off)	15	5	9	14	2	2
2002-03	Tappara	SM-liiga	56	23	14	37	6	6
2001-02	Tappara	SM-liiga (Play-off)	10	0	1	1	2	1
2001-02	Tappara	SM-liiga	49	8	16	24	30	11
2000-01	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga	54	10	8	18	51	-17
1999-00	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga (Play-off)	4	0	1	1	2	1
1999-00	Espoo Blues	SM-liiga	51	15	24	39	12	4
1998-99	Kärpät	I divisioona (Play-off)	5	0	3	3	2	1
1998-99	Kärpät	I divisioona	47	26	26	52	16	30
1998-99	Jokerit	EHL (Play-off)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
1997-98	Kärpät	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)	9	4	15	19	2
1997-98	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	6	5	8	13	2
1997-98	Kärpät	I divisioona	32	6	15	21	12	12
1996-97	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	25	2	7	9	18
1996-97	Kärpät	I divisioona (Play-off)	9	0	2	2	16
1996-97	Kärpät	I divisioona	36	17	16	33	20	17
1995-96	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	24	19	13	32	8	6
1995-96	Kärpät	Fazer-liiga (Play-off)	3	0	0	0	0	-2
1995-96	Kärpät	Fazer-liiga	20	8	4	12	12	6
1994-95	Kärpät	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)	14	5	6	11	6	3
1994-95	Kärpät	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	18	3	3	6	10	-9

Note: All games might not be included

Date	League	Teams	Score		G		A		PIM		+/-
Apr. 15 2016 18:30	Liiga \| Bronze	Kärpät Oulu JYP Jyväskylä	3-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Apr. 11 2016 18:30	Liiga \| SF	Tappara Tampere Kärpät Oulu	2-3 OT	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Apr. 07 2016 18:30	Liiga \| SF	Tappara Tampere Kärpät Oulu	2-3 OT	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|
Mar. 19 2016 17:00	Liiga \| QF	TPS Turku Kärpät Oulu	1-6	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Mar. 02 2016 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Tappara Tampere	4-0	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Feb. 16 2016 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu KooKoo Kouvola	3-2	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Feb. 12 2016 18:30	Liiga	Sport Vaasa Kärpät Oulu	2-1 OT	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Feb. 11 2016 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Sport Vaasa	3-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Feb. 09 2016 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Final	Kärpät Oulu Frölunda HC	1-2	\|		\|		\|		\|
Feb. 02 2016 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu HPK Hämeenlinna	5-1	\|	1	\|	2	\|		\|
Jan. 22 2016 18:30	Liiga	KalPa Kuopio Kärpät Oulu	1-5	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Jan. 19 2016 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Semi Final	Kärpät Oulu Lukko Rauma	2-2	\|		\|		\|	4	\|
Jan. 16 2016 17:00	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Pelicans Lahti	2-3 SO	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Jan. 14 2016 18:30	Liiga	Tappara Tampere Kärpät Oulu	3-2 OT	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Jan. 12 2016 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Semi Final	Lukko Rauma Kärpät Oulu	2-3	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	-1
Jan. 05 2016 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Lukko Rauma	5-4 OT	\|	2	\|	1	\|		\|
Dec. 30 2015 18:30	Liiga	Ilves Tampere Kärpät Oulu	2-3 SO	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Dec. 26 2015 16:00	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Espoo Blues	4-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Dec. 11 2015 18:30	Liiga	Espoo Blues Kärpät Oulu	2-1 SO	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Dec. 08 2015 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Quarter Final	Kärpät Oulu Espoo Blues	5-1	\|		\|		\|		\|
Dec. 05 2015 17:00	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu IFK Helsinki	8-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Dec. 01 2015 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Quarter Final	Espoo Blues Kärpät Oulu	2-0	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Nov. 28 2015 17:00	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu Espoo Blues	5-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Nov. 19 2015 18:30	Liiga	Lukko Rauma Kärpät Oulu	3-4	\|	2	\|	1	\|		\|
Nov. 10 2015 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| 1/8 Final	Kärpät Oulu HC Sparta Praha	4-1	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	-1
Nov. 03 2015 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| 1/8 Final	HC Sparta Praha Kärpät Oulu	4-2	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Sep. 25 2015 18:30	Liiga	SaiPa Lappeenranta Kärpät Oulu	4-3 SO	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|
Sep. 22 2015 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| 1/16 Final	Düsseldorfer EG Kärpät Oulu	0-2	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|
Sep. 15 2015 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu TPS Turku	4-3	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Sep. 12 2015 17:00	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu KalPa Kuopio	3-2	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Sep. 05 2015 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group 10	Kärpät Oulu UPC Vienna Capitals	4-0	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	2
Aug. 27 2015 18:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group 10	Kärpät Oulu Krefeld Pinguine	4-1	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
Aug. 22 2015 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group 10	UPC Vienna Capitals Kärpät Oulu	0-2	\|		\|		\|		\|
Aug. 20 2015 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| Group 10	Krefeld Pinguine Kärpät Oulu	0-2	\|		\|		\|	2	\|

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