Career
He was the first European draft pick in Pittsburgh Penguins history, going in the fifth round (118th overall). Javanainen played for Ässät and TPS. He is all-time leading goalscorer in Master of Science-liiga and second in all-time points after Janne Ojanen. Javanainen played one year of professional hockey in North America.
He scored four goals and added an assist in 14 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1984-1985 National Hockey League season.
He also played for the American Hockey League Baltimore Skipjacks that same season, scoring 26 goals and 29 assists for 55 points in the regular season and adding five goals and four assists in the playoffs. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000.
On January 26, 2011, Javanainen died in a Turku, Finland hospital after battling a long illness. He was 51 years old.