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Jukka Rautakorpi
Finnish professional ice hockey coach

Jukka Rautakorpi

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Finnish professional ice hockey coach
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Kauhajoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Western and Central Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
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61 years
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KeuPa HT
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Biography

Jukka Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963) is a Finnish ice hockey head coach with Tampereen Tappara of the Liiga.

Career

Shortly after his playing career ended Rautakorpi began his coaching career starting out with the under-16 team of JYP Jyväskylä.After two years with the under-16 squad he progressed to the under-18 team then the under-20 squad.In 1994–95 Rautakorpi moved up to become an assistant coach with JYP Jyväskylä on the SM-liiga squad.

Rautakorpi moved on to Tappara for the 1995-96 season for his first stint as a head coach in the SM-liiga.He stayed for 2 seasons coaching 100 regular season games for a record of 42 wins, 43 losses and 15 ties, both seasons Tappara lost in the playoff quarterfinals.

From 1997-1999 Rautakorpi coached various Finnish junior teams including the under-18 team at the 1998 IIHF European U18 Championship winning silver, and the under-20 team in the 1999 IIHF World U20 Championship finishing 5th.

Tappara rehired Rautakorpi for the 1999–2000 season and he started his second run as Tappara head coach that would last 4 seasons this time.Rautakorpi had a much more successful tenure this time amassing a record of 126 wins, 69 losses and 27 ties in 222 games.Under his tutelage Tappara appeared in the 2000–01 and 2001–02finals and won the Kanada-malja as playoff champion in 2002–03.

Rautakorpi next spent 2 seasons as the head coach of Finnish club Lukko leading the club to a record of 52 wins, 36 losses, 14 ties, 4 overtime wins (OTW) and 6 overtime losses (OTL).However, in his first season with the club they lost in the playoff quarterfinals and in the second they lost out to HPK for third place in the playoffs.

Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2005–06 season coaching the team to record of 28 wins, 15 losses, 5 OTW and 8 OTL finishing 4th in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.

Rautakorpi did not coach the 2006–07 season, but signed for 2007–08 with Leksands IF of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan which marks the only time he has coached outside of Finland.Rautakorpi led Leksands to a 1st-place finish in the regular season which allowed them to play in the Kvalserien.The series could have led to a promotion to the Elitserien but they were unsuccessful, finishing 5th in the tournament, going back to HockeyAllsvenskan for the next season.

Finnish club HPK signed Rautakorpi to be their head coach for the 2008–09 season after a disappointing 2007–08 season in which they did not make the playoffs.Rautakorpi was able to lead HPK to the playoffs again in 2008-09 finishing 3rd in the regular season but losing in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.Rautakorpi remained with HPK for the 2009–10 season as well, leading HPK to a 5th-place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs where they were defeated by TPS.

Rautakorpi was back with the Finnish under-18 team for the 2010–11 season.He coached them in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships finishing 5th.

After not coaching the 2011–12 season, Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2012–13 season.In his first season back with Tappara he led the team to a 2nd-place finish in the regular season and all the way to the finals in the playoffs but were defeated by Ässät for the championship.

Career coaching statistics

Regular season and playoffs

YearTeamLeagueRegular seasonPost season
GPWLTOTWOTLPtsFinishResult
1995–96TapparaSM-Liiga5024197----554thQuarterfinal loss
1996–97TapparaSM-liiga5018248----448thQuarterfinal loss
1999–00TapparaSM-liiga5431158----703rdQuarterfinal loss
2000–01TapparaSM-liiga5632195----693rdFinal loss
2001–02TapparaSM-liiga5634139----791stFinal loss
2002–03TapparaSM-liiga5629225----655thChampion
2003–04LukkoSM-liiga56241814----655thQuarterfinal loss
2004–05LukkoSM-liiga562818--46985thBronze game loss
2005–06TapparaSM-liiga562815--581024thQuarterfinal loss
2007–08Leksands IFHockeyAllsvenskan453362311081stPromoted to Kvalserien
2007–08Leksands IFKvalserien1045010145thback to HockeyAllsvenskan
2008–09HPKSM-liiga582719--66993rdQuarterfinal loss
2009–10HPKSM-liiga582622--37915thFinal loss
2012–13TapparaSM-liiga602917--771082ndFinal loss
2013–14TapparaLiiga603114--871162ndFinal loss
2014–15Amur KhabarovskKHL601140--064514th (East)Did Not Qualify
Liiga (SM-liiga) totals726361235563341------

International

YearTeamTournamentGPWLTGFGAFinish
1998Finland U18IIHF European Junior Championships53111712Silver
1999Finland U18IIHF World U20 Championship633025205th
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