Aarne Väinö Edvard Honkavaara (June 7, 1924 – March 22, 2016) was a Finnish ice hockey player and coach. He was born in Tampere, Finland.
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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 1942–1944 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 with the exception of 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 match 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.
After retiring as a full-time player, Honkavaara went on to coach Ilves to three Finnish Championships (gold medal) and one silver medal (runner-up). He was also the National Team Coach of Finland between 1954 and 1959.
Honkavaara was part of the Finnish national team and played 47 games for Finland, scoring 46 goals. He was also team captain of the national team during they'r first participation at the winter Olympics in 1952.
International statistics
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1949 | Finland | WCh | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1951 | Finland | WCh | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
1952 | Finland | Oly | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Senior International Totals | 47 | 46 | 12 | 58 | 0 |
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Preceded by Osmo Huhti |
SM-sarja Scoring Leader 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 & 1952 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by Risto Lindroos |
Finnish national ice hockey team head coach 1954–1959 |
Succeeded by Joe Wirkkunen |
Preceded by Risto Lindroos |
Ilves head coach 1952–1961 |
Succeeded by Seppo Helle |
Preceded by | Ilves head coach 1967–1968 |
Succeeded by Raimo Vasama |