JANNE PUHAKKA
GAY EX-HOCKEY PLAYER DEAD AT 29
Former hockey pro Janne Puhakka -- Finland's first openly gay player -- was found shot to death on Sunday ... and police believe his partner was behind the killing.
Puhakka was only 29.
According to a report out of Finland, Janne was found in his Henttaa Espoo home ... where he lived with his partner, 66-year-old veterinarian Rolf Nordmo.
Police said the death was a homicide and suspected Nordmo was the shooter. He was arrested at the scene without incident.
The murder is still under investigation.
Puhakka -- who started playing hockey when he was six -- launched his major league career in 2015 and played for the Blues, Espoo United, and Rapaces de Gap.
He was also on the national team roster and won the bronze in the Under 18 World Championship in 2013.
Puhakka opened up about his sexuality after hanging up his skates, revealing he had concealed being gay to avoid scrutiny in the sports world.
Puhakka was the first ice hockey player in the Finnish major leagues to come out as gay. In 2022, he wrote a memoir, "Ulos Kopista."
"We send our sincere condolences to his family, his relatives and all his former teammates," the Rapaces de Gap team said in a statement.
"Presenting in the team during the 2017/2018 season, Janne marked the staff and his teammates with his kindness and team spirit."
Nordmo has not been convicted of a crime.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 15, 2024 9:45 PM
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He had a beautiful FAS face, but he couldn't live forever.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 14, 2024 7:45 PM
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Sad 😞- he looked like a nice guy.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 14, 2024 7:47 PM
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Seriously, he was handsome as hell, so this is a genuine, certifiable tragedy.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 14, 2024 7:47 PM
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Wow, the partner/murderer is hot!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 14, 2024 7:50 PM
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Usually older sugar daddies replace the old model with a new one. You really don't have to shoot them.
The met when Janne was 19
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 14, 2024 7:52 PM
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[quote] Puhakka
Too bad he wasn’t named Pukka.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 14, 2024 7:56 PM
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He had a hot hockey ass, but he couldn’t live forever
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 14, 2024 8:04 PM
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Do they not whiten their teeth in Finland?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 14, 2024 8:12 PM
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I feel very sad to read this. This type of situation is most difficult for his family and friends. What a murderer doesn’t realize, is that he is not just killing his victim, he is seriously hurting that person’s friends and fans who loved him. This will be in my thoughts…
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 14, 2024 8:25 PM
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Horrible. I’m not trying to be naive here but what possible motive could the partner have had (if indeed he’s the guilty party)?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 14, 2024 8:50 PM
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If [bold] I [/bold] can’t have you . . .
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 14, 2024 8:57 PM
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Sounds like the plot of a Nordic noir crime novel.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 14, 2024 9:00 PM
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Well, now the 66 yo is going to spend whatever is left of his elder years in the slamma. What a p.o.s!
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 14, 2024 9:01 PM
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Not only did his murderer commit a horrific crime, he also gave Ryan Murphy next year’s most talked about miniseries.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 14, 2024 9:09 PM
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r16 Finnish prisons are basically extended stay hotels. Perhaps that was his intention?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 14, 2024 9:10 PM
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R18 oh wow. That shit nicer and cleaner than some projects here in the states. But they prolly only have like 5 murders in Finland in a year.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 14, 2024 9:15 PM
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All done by the same guy…. “Someone question Sven; two bodies is usually Sven.”
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 14, 2024 9:17 PM
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[quote] Someone question Sven; two bodies is usually Sven.”
Who do they question if there are seven murders?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 14, 2024 11:48 PM
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What's Lucas Till's schedule for the next 12 months?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 15, 2024 12:13 AM
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Do you think he was good looking or was he Pukke inducing?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 15, 2024 12:32 AM
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[quote]Horrible. I’m not trying to be naive here but what possible motive could the partner have had
Was going to get dumped + bottom.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 15, 2024 12:42 AM
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There doesn’t have to be a clear cut motive in a romantic relationship. Jealous people kill. Exposed cheaters kill. When one guy gets dumped by the partner making more money- they sometimes kill too.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 15, 2024 12:45 AM
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R9 They don’t actually. Super white teeth are uniquely an American and Canadian thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 15, 2024 12:47 AM
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R19, yeah, isn't gun violence murder unusual in Finland?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 15, 2024 6:51 AM
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Hotness on hotness crime hurts us all as we don’t know whose side to take. Team Hot cutie? Team Hot DILF?
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 15, 2024 7:51 AM
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That’s awful. But why an old man? He could have picked anyone.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 15, 2024 7:54 AM
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He was shot by his father. Sad.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 15, 2024 8:53 AM
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Here was his Instagram page:
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 15, 2024 8:59 AM
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Why hasn’t he been charged with anything yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 15, 2024 9:14 AM
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He had a gun at home? I thought that was just an American thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 15, 2024 9:16 AM
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R35 Yes, for hunting. It's not unusual here in Norway.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 15, 2024 9:18 AM
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He was only 29, but had a goddaughter who looks to be in her late teens. Interesting.
Handsome guy. RIP
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 15, 2024 9:45 AM
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Not bad looking. But he barely had any lips. Would be like kissing a skeleton
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 15, 2024 10:50 AM
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Really sad. 29 years old. Awful.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 15, 2024 11:15 AM
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He wasn't even that hot. You can see guys way hotter than him walking around the streets of Finland.
I'm also not surprised to see his eldergay husband snapping. Marrying someone 37 years younger isn't exactly a sign of a healthy mind.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 15, 2024 8:52 PM
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It goes without saying that the hot DILF is innocent in the court of The DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 15, 2024 9:23 PM
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The Eldergay with the Reindeer Tattoo
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 15, 2024 9:30 PM
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His partner had a ton of photos of him and declarations of love. Janne's page was mostly him and his young friends. I am guessing that he wanted to move on and his older partner cracked. I mean he started dated him when he was 19!!! Truly WTF - of course he was going to want to leave eventually.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 15, 2024 9:38 PM
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R1 I am reminded how fucking low rent the NY post is. What the puck? That’s like something we would say here. Sm my goddam h.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 15, 2024 9:45 PM
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