Pasi Saarela
Finnish ice hockey player
Pasi Saarela (born August 24, 1973 in Finland) is a professional Finnish ice hockey player. Pasi Saarela won the Aarne Honkavaara trophy for best goal scorer in 2005 with the team, Lukko and in 1999 with Jokerit. He has won Sm-liiga championships with Jokerit in 1996 and 1997. He has also played in Switzerland's and Sweden's highest league levels. He now plays for Rauman Lukko.
“Pasi Saarela” enters the record as finnish ice hockey player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pasi, Saarela and Finnish can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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