Career
He is the current head coach of the Finnish national team He is of no relation to Jukka Jalonen. A product of Oulun Kärpät, Jalonen played parts of two seasons (82-83, 83-84) at the National Hockey League level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
He made a total of 37 National Hockey League appearances.
He is best known for his time in Master of Science-liiga, but also had stints in Sweden (Skellefteå The Human Context) and France (Dragons de Rouen). Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 European Championship team
After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching. Jalonen has coached successful Master of Science-liiga teams TPS, Kärpät and HIFK. Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career.
Jalonen started as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011-2012 season.
In 2013 he coached Lev Praha to the Gagarin Cup finals, losing to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games. He has been serving as head coach of Finnland"s national team since 2014.