Career
Jutila was drafted by Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 National Hockey League Entry Draft. He played for Tappara in the 1979-1980 season of the Finnish Master of Science-liiga. He continued to play with the team for a total of five Seasons (1980–1984), totalling 144 regular season games.
After the 1983-1984 season, Jutila went to the National Hockey League and played for the Buffalo Sabres, the team who drafted him in 1982.
However, Jutila"s National Hockey League career was short-lived and he left National Hockey League in the following season. Jutila played most of the 1984-1985 season in AHL for the Rochester Americans, totalling 56 games with 43 points (13 goals and 30 assists).
After his short National Hockey League spell, Jutila returned to Tappara and stayed with the club for three seasons (1985–1988), winning the Finnish Championship every season. After three successful seasons in Finland, Jutila signed with the Swedish team Luleå High Frequency in Elitserien, where he played for four seasons (1988–1992).
He returned to Finland and Tappara in 1993 and continued to play with his former team Tampere for another four Seasons (1992–1996).
During this period, Tappara was not as successful as in 1985–1988. The best result of Jutila"s four season tenure was a fourth place after losing the bronze game in overtime to Lukko in the 1994 playoffs. In 1996, Jutila was contracted by South Carolina Bern in the Swiss elite league Nationalliga A. After only one season with the club, he returned to Finland playing his last two season as an active hockey player with Tappara.
He retired in 1999.
After his retirement, Jutila worked as ice hockey commentator, and together with Mika Saukkonen and Jari Kurri he formed the play-by-play team for Finnish ice hockey television programme Hockey Night, aired on MTV3. Jutila was a defenceman and the long time captain for the Finnish national team He played in total 246 international games, scoring 108 points (40 goals and 68 assists).
He played eight World Championships (1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997), three Winter Olympic tournaments (1984, 1992 and 1994) and one Canada Cup (1991).