Petri Ylönen

Petri Ylönen
Born	(1962-10-02) October 2, 1962 Helsinki, FIN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Ligue Magnus HC Briançon Rouen HE Division 2 Toulouse BHC 1. Divisioona TuTo
National team	France
Playing career	1986–2002

Petri Ylönen (born October 2, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish born retired ice hockey goaltender who played in the French national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Early career

Petri Ylönen started his career in Finnish First Division team TuTo, which is based in Turku. Ylönen was raised by Karhu-Kissat.

Career in France

Ylönen moved to HC Briançon in 1987 and spent two seasons, playing for the team. After Briançon, Ylönen moved to Rouen HE, where he won five Ligue Magnus-championships. He received 5 times the fr as best goaltender in the league.

Move to Germany and retirement

Ylönen played his last two seasons in Germany, where he played for Augsburger Panther.

Ylönen retired in 1998.

Return

After retiring, Ylönen moved to live near Toulouse.

Ylönen made a two-season return to ice hockey as he played for Division 2 team Toulouse BHC from 2000 to 2002.

International career

Petri Ylönen is a French National and played 150 games for the French national ice hockey team.

Ylönen played six times in the Ice Hockey World Championships and twice in the Winter Olympics.

Sources

• "Petri Ylönen's biography". prohockey.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• Petri Ylönen profile at Eurohockey.com