Petri Matikainen

Petri Matikainen
Born	(1967-01-07) 7 January 1967 Savonlinna, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	Oshawa Generals Tappara Jokipojat KalPa Berlin Capitals Klagenfurter AC
National team	Finland
NHL draft	140th overall, 1985 Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	1985–1999

Medal record
Representing Finland
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	1987 Czechoslovakia

Petri Matikainen (born 7 January 1967) is a Finnish former ice hockey player.

Matikainen was born in Savonlinna. Originally playing for SaPKo, he moved to play two seasons of junior hockey in Oshawa Generals. He was part of the team that won J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1987. In the same year, he also won IIHF World U20 Championship with Finnish team. He returned to Finland and played two years in Tappara, five years in Jokipojat and two years in KalPa. In 1996 he moved to play for Berlin Capitals. He also played for Klagenfurter AC before retiring in 1999.

Coaching career

In 2003, he started his coaching career with Lahti Pelicans U20 team, and became head coach of their senior team in the following year. The team was not competitive and they ended last of 13 teams that year. He then became assistant coach of Blues in 2005 and spent two years as an assistant before being promoted as head coach in 2007. He was awarded Kalevi Numminen trophy in 2008 and 2010 after Blues got silver medals.

In 2010, he was chosen as an assistant coach of Finnish national team. The season 2011–2012 Matikainen coached HIFK Helsinki. In summer 2012 he signed a tree year contract to Avangard Omsk (KHL). In 2014 he signed a one-year contract to HC Slovan Bratislava (KHL). In the spring 2015 he signed a tree year contract to Lahti Pelicans.

Petri Matikainen moved to Austria to coaching EC KAC in 2018. Klagenfurter AC led by Matikainen, has won the Austrian League championship for the second time in a row.

In June 2023, EHC Biel announces him as their new coach for the upcoming season. He was fired in his first season with the team in February 2024, following bad results and complaints from the players about his coaching methods, attitude and lack of communication.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Oshawa Generals	OHL		53	14	42	56	27		6	1	4	5	13
1986–87	Oshawa Generals	OHL		50	8	34	42	53		21	2	12	14	36
1987–88	Tappara	Liiga		41	5	1	6	58		10	0	2	2	4
1988–89	Tappara	Liiga		44	4	13	17	32		8	0	0	0	10
1989–90	Jokipojat	Liiga		44	6	8	14	34		3	0	1	1	6
1990–91	Jokipojat	I-Divisioona		43	16	25	41	35		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Jokipojat	Liiga		42	4	8	12	38		5	3	1	4	10
1992–93	Jokipojat	I-Divisioona		42	20	21	41	51		6	3	2	5	2
1993–94	Jokipojat	I-Divisioona		45	13	41	54	46		5	3	1	4	6
1994–95	KalPa	Liiga		49	5	13	18	40		3	1	0	1	12
1995–96	KalPa	Liiga		50	5	11	16	36		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Berlin Capitals	DEL		44	4	7	11	63		4	0	0	0	8
1997–98	Berlin Capitals	DEL		24	0	8	8	14		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Klagenfurter AC	EBEL		26	2	2	4	77		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Klagenfurter AC	EBEL		50	4	10	14	102		—	—	—	—	—
Liiga totals				270	29	54	83	238		29	4	4	8	42

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database