coming through the youth system of hifk, he spent two years in canada, playing for the medicine hat tigers of the whl (2010-2012), before returning to his native finland. parkkonen made his sm-liiga debut playing with ässät during the 2012–13 sm-liiga season. following a three-year stint at ässät, parkkonen signed with lausitzer füchse of germany’s second division del2. in december 2015, his original short-term contract was extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.