Janne Laukkanen

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
played_for = NHL
Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Avalanche
Ottawa Senators
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
SM-liiga
Reipas
HPK
Czech Extraliga
HC České Budějovice
position = Defence
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 196
shoots =
nationality = FIN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1970|3|19|mf=y
birth_place = Lathi, FIN
draft = 156th overall
draft_year = 1991
draft_team = Quebec Nordiques
career_start = 1990
career_end = 2003

Janne Laukkanen (born March 19, 1970 in Lahti) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, the Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played a total 407 regular season games scoring 22 goals and 121 points with 335 penalty minutes. He also played 59 playoff games, scoring 7 goals and 16 points.

He was a member of the Bronze winning Finnish ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.

He now works with Karhu-Kissat, a minor hockey league team in his native Finland, which includes his son Matias. [cite web | title = Sens are Finn-ished product, ex-player says | publisher = The Ottawa Citizen | date = December 31, 2007 | url = http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=712d99e6-6c85-41aa-8fcb-c5481534c28e | accessdate = 2008-01-19]

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* [http://www.nhlfinns.com/players.aspx?pid=45 Janne Laukkanen] on nhlfinns.com