Petri Jaakko Pakaslahti (born January 22 1976 in Tampere Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who plays for Sodertalje SK.Pakaslahti is a good defensive center who specializes in faceoffs. He played in the checking line for Team Finland in the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships and took defensive zone faceoffs for other lines as well. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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