Esa Pirnes

Esa Pirnes (born April 1, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre.Internationally Pirnes played for the Finnish national team at four World Championships, winning two bronze medals.Pirnes started his career with Kärpät in the Finnish second league in 1995 and played with them until 1999, when he signed with SM-Liiga club Blues.Before the season was over he also played a few games with the Kings's farm team, Manchester Monarchs of the AHL.He was named to team Finland in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey roster, but did not play a game.
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