Eero Somervuori

Eero Somervuori
Date of birth	7th February 1979
place of birth	Järvenpää , Finland
size	178 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	Left wing
number	#8th
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1997 , 7th round, 170th position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
until 2000	Jokerite
2000-2003	HPK Hämeenlinna
2003-2004	Hamilton Bulldogs
2004-2005	Kärpät Oulu
2005-2007	HC Ambrì-Piotta
2007-2009	Färjestad BK
2009-2011	Brynäs IF
2011-2014	Helsingfors IFK
since 2014	HPK Hämeenlinna

Eero Somervuori (born February 7, 1979 in Järvenpää ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with HPK Hämeenlinna in the Liiga since June 2014 .

Career

Eero Somervuori comes from the offspring of the Finnish first division club Jokerit , for whom he went through the youth teams and made his debut in the SM-liiga in 1995/96 . He was selected in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round in 170th place, but has never played in the NHL. Instead, he remained loyal to his hometown club until 2000 and played in over 180 top division games for Jokerit, as well as several times in the European Hockey League .

He then played for three years at HPK Hämeenlinna , where he developed into a top scorer. He spent the 2003/04 season for the first time not in Finland, but with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League . But only a year later he moved back to the SM-liiga to Oulun Kärpät , for whom 45 points scored in 68 games. In the summer of 2005 Eero Somervuori was then committed by HC Ambrì-Piotta , but he could only play 21 games in the NLA due to a shoulder injury . In the following NLA season it went better for him, he scored 48 scorer points in 51 games. Especially in the playouts he was in top form, which he scored four goals in the last game of the series against EHC Basel . After the season for the Ambrì was over, he played the NLB final and the league qualification with EHC Biel . For the 2007/08 season Eero Somervuori moved to Färjestad BK , with whom he won the Swedish championship in 2009. This was followed by an engagement at Brynäs IF . There the Finn was set as a regular player for two seasons before his contract was not extended after the 2010/11 season . In May 2011 he was signed by Helsingfors IFK , for whom he played in the Liiga until the end of the 2013/14 season.

Since June 2014 he has been under contract again with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK).

International

Eero Somervuori represented his home country several times at international tournaments, a. a. at the European Junior Championships in 1996 and 1997 and at the Junior World Championships in 1997 , 1998 and 1999 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1997 Finnish champion with Jokerit
• 1998 Best U-20 player in the SM-liiga 1997/98
• 2005 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2006 Spengler Cup win with HC Davos
• 2007 National League B champion with the EHC Biel
• 2009 Swedish champion with Färjestad BK

International

• 1996 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 1997 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 1998 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1998 All-Star Team of the Junior World Championship
• 1998 Best assists in the Junior World Championship (together with Maxim Balmochnych , Olli Jokinen and Kamil Piroš )

Web links

• Eero Somervuori at eurohockey.com
• Eero Somervuori at eliteprospects.com (English)