Jukka Rautakorpi

Jukka Rautakorpi (born December 17, 1963) is a Finnish ice hockey head coach with Tampereen Tappara of the Liiga.Jukka Rautakorpi, Tappara
==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.KAUSI 1994 - 1995, JYP Jyväskylä 
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.TAPPARAN VALMENTAJAT, Tappara
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 2001–02 finals and won the Kanada-malja as playoff champion in 2002–03.Liiga History, eliteprospects.comJuuka Rautakorpi, eliteprospects.com
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.Lukko, eliteprospects.comLuuko 2004-05 roster,eurohockey.com
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.Kvalserien SHL Team Standings 2007 - 2008, eliteprospects.com
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.Liiga Team Standings 2009 - 2010, eliteprospects.com
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.TOURNAMENT PROGRESS, April 24, 2011, IIHFTEAM ROSTER FIN-Finland, April 13, 2011, IIHF
After not coaching the 2011–12 season, Rautakorpi was back with Tappara again for the 2012–13 season.JUKKA RAUTAKORPI PALAA TAPPARAN VALMENTAJAKSI, November 17, 2011, Tappara 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.Liiga Team Standings 2012 - 2013, eliteprospects.com
==Career coaching statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
Year 	Team 	League 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Post season
Year 	Team 	League 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTW 	OTL 	Pts 	Finish 	Result
1995–96 	Tappara 	SM-Liiga 	50 	24 	19 	7 	-- 	-- 	55 	4th 	Quarterfinal loss
1996–97 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	50 	18 	24 	8 	-- 	-- 	44 	8th 	Quarterfinal loss
1999–00 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	54 	31 	15 	8 	-- 	-- 	70 	3rd 	Quarterfinal loss
2000–01 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	56 	32 	19 	5 	-- 	-- 	69 	3rd 	Final loss
2001–02 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	56 	34 	13 	9 	-- 	-- 	79 	1st 	Final loss
2002–03 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	56 	29 	22 	5 	-- 	-- 	65 	5th 	Champion
2003–04 	Lukko 	SM-liiga 	56 	24 	18 	14 	-- 	-- 	65 	5th 	Quarterfinal loss
2004–05 	Lukko 	SM-liiga 	56 	28 	18 	-- 	4 	6 	98 	5th 	Bronze game loss
2005–06 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	56 	28 	15 	-- 	5 	8 	102 	4th 	Quarterfinal loss
2007–08 	Leksands IF 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	45 	33 	6 	2 	3 	1 	108 	1st 	Promoted to Kvalserien
2007–08 	Leksands IF 	Kvalserien 	10 	4 	5 	0 	1 	0 	14 	5th 	back to HockeyAllsvenskan
2008–09 	HPK 	SM-liiga 	58 	27 	19 	-- 	6 	6 	99 	3rd 	Quarterfinal loss
2009–10 	HPK 	SM-liiga 	58 	26 	22 	-- 	3 	7 	91 	5th 	Final loss
2012–13 	Tappara 	SM-liiga 	60 	29 	17 	-- 	7 	7 	108 	2nd 	Final loss
2013–14 	Tappara 	Liiga 	60 	31 	14 	-- 	8 	7 	116 	2nd 	Final loss
2014–15 	Amur Khabarovsk 	KHL 	60 	11 	40 	-- 	0 	6 	45 	14th (East) 	Did Not Qualify
Liiga (SM-liiga) totals	Liiga (SM-liiga) totals	Liiga (SM-liiga) totals	726 	361 	235 	56 	33 	41 	-- 	-- 	--
===International===
 
Year	Team 	Tournament 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Finish
1998	Finland U18	IIHF European Junior Championships	5 	3	1	1	17	12	Silver
1999	Finland U18	IIHF World U20 Championship 	6 	3	3	0	25	20	5th
==References==
==External links==
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*Profile at Tappara official website (in Finnish)
Category:1963 births
Category:Liiga
Category:Finnish ice hockey coaches