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Aarne Honkavaara

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Aarne Honkavaara
Honkavaara in 1946
Born (1924-06-07)June 7, 1924
Tampere, Finland
Died March 22, 2016(2016-03-22) (aged 91)
Tampere, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Ilves
National team  Finland
Playing career 1943–1952
1956–1958

Aarne Väinö Edvard Honkavaara (June 7, 1924 – March 22, 2016) was a Finnish ice hockey player and coach. He was born in Tampere, Finland.

Playing career

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Honkavaara played his first game of ice hockey when he was 12 years old. The team which he represented was Tampereen Kisa-Veikot. He participated in the Continuation War between 1942 and 1944 and played his first actual SM-sarja game in 1944 against HSK. He played for Ilves, which was along with TBK, one of Tampere's top teams. He played his entire career for Ilves except for a short visit to Canada, where he played in two exhibition games for Sarnia Sailors. His playing career ended in 1953 when he broke his shin after a Polish player fell onto it during a national team game between Finland and Poland. After retiring, he made a two-season return to playing staff, while he was the head coach for Ilves in 1956. He re-retired in 1958 after a single game during his second season after comeback.

International play

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Honkavaara was part of Finland national team and played 47 games for them, scoring 46 goals. He was also team captain of the national team during their first participation at the Winter Olympics in 1952.

Coaching career

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Ilves' championship team from 1957

After retiring as a full-time player, Honkavaara went on to coach Ilves to three Finnish championships and one silver medal. He was also the head coach for the Finland national team between 1954 and 1959.

Museum founder

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When the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame was established on June 14, 1979, Honkavaara was one of its founding members and later served as its chairperson from 1983 to 1996.[1]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1941–42 Ilves SM-sarja
1942–43 Ilves SM-sarja
1943–44 Ilves SM-sarja 3 7 2 9 0
1944–45 Ilves SM-sarja 3 7 3 10 0
1945–46 Ilves SM-sarja 8 25 10 35 0
1946–47 Ilves SM-sarja 8 25 9 34 0
1947–48 Ilves SM-sarja 6 20 3 23 0
1948–49 Ilves SM-sarja 6 18 5 23 0
1949–50 Ilves SM-sarja 7 11 10 21 0
1950–51 Sarnia Sailors IHL
1950–51 Ilves SM-sarja 10 20 14 34 2
1951–52 Ilves SM-sarja 5 10 4 14 2
1952–53 Ilves SM-sarja
1955–56 Ilves SM-sarja 1 0 0 0 0
1956–57 Ilves SM-sarja 5 0 1 1 0
1957–58 Ilves SM-sarja 1 0 0 0 0
SM-sarja totals 62 143 61 204 4

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1949 Finland WC 7th 4 6 0 6 0
1951 Finland WC 7th 6 2 3 5 0
1952 Finland OG 7th 8 2 2 4 0
Senior totals 47 46 12 58 0

References

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  1. ^ "Story and Staff of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland". Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (in Finnish). 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

Bibliography

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Preceded by SM-sarja scoring leader
1946–1952
Succeeded by
Preceded by Finnish national men's team head coach
1954–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ilves head coach
1952–1961
1967–1968
Succeeded by