Kimmo Rintanen

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Kimmo Rintanen
Date of birth 7th August 1973
place of birth Rauma , Finland
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1994 Lukko Rauma
1994-1998 TPS Turku
1998-1999 Jokerit Helsinki
1999-2001 TPS Turku
2001-2011 Kloten Flyers
2011–2012 HC Lugano

Kimmo Taneli Rintanen (born August 7, 1973 in Rauma ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and coach who played for the Kloten Flyers and HC Lugano in the National League A during his active career .

Career

Rintanen began his career in 1990 in the Finnish league with Lukko Rauma , for which he was active until 1994. He then moved to their league rivals TPS Turku , with whom he became Finnish champion for the first time in 1995 and vice-champion in 1996 and 1997. In addition, Rintanen won the European Hockey League with Turku in 1997 . For the 1998/99 season, Rintanen joined Jokerit Helsinki , which he left after a year to return to Turku. With TPS he was again champion in 2000 and 2001, before he moved to the Kloten Flyers from the Swiss National League A in 2001 , for which he was on the ice for ten years.

The Kloten Flyers announced on November 29, 2010 that they would not renew their contract with Rintanen. Kimmo Rintanen is the highest paid player to ever play for the Flyers. In January 2011 he was signed by HC Lugano for the 2011/12 season.

In February 2013 Rintanen returned to the Kloten Flyers and took over the position of assistant coach alongside head coach Felix Hollenstein . In December 2014, he and Hollenstein were released. He then returned to Finland and became an assistant coach at TPS Turku. He held this position until 2018.

International

For Finland , Rintanen took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1993 and the A World Championships from 1998 to 2004. He was also in Finland's squad at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In total, Rintanen completed 155 games for the national team, in which he scored 35 goals.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 Raimo Kilpiö Trophy
  • 2000 SM-liiga player of the month October
  • 2001 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
  • 2001 Kultainen kypärä
  • 2001 Raimo Kilpiö Trophy
  • 2006 European Player of the Month for October
  • 2009 Most Valuable Player of the National League A
  • 2009 Swiss runner-up with the Kloten Flyers
  • 2011 Swiss runner-up with the Kloten Flyers
  • 2015 admission to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990-91 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 8th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1991-92 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 21st 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992-93 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 45 18th 17th 35 10 3 0 1 1 0
1993-94 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 48 14th 19th 33 59 9 0 1 1 6th
1994-95 TPS Turku SM-liiga 49 13 17th 30th 12 13 4th 3 7th 8th
1995-96 TPS Turku SM-liiga 45 19th 20th 39 2 10 4th 6th 10 0
1996-97 TPS Turku SM-liiga 46 25th 28 53 20th 12 5 10 15th 0
1997-98 TPS Turku SM-liiga 46 17th 23 40 2 4th 2 0 2 2
1998-99 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 35 8th 22nd 30th 14th 3 1 0 1 0
1999-00 TPS Turku SM-liiga 54 18th 44 62 12 11 7th 6th 13 2
2000-01 TPS Turku SM-liiga 49 23 33 56 10 10 4th 4th 8th 2
2001-02 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 18th 36 54 24 11 3 7th 10 4th
2002-03 Kloten Flyers NLA 38 17th 31 48 8th 5 0 2 2 0
2003-04 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 20th 29 49 14th - - - - -
2004-05 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 21st 29 50 12 5 6th 5 11 0
2005-06 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 23 26th 49 36 11 5 7th 12 2
2006-07 Kloten Flyers NLA 41 24 34 58 16 11 6th 7th 13 2
2007-08 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 27 33 60 44 5 5 1 6th 2
2008-09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 23 44 67 38 15th 6th 7th 13 2
2009-10 Kloten Flyers NLA 48 15th 31 46 26th 10 5 5 10 2
2010-11 Kloten Flyers NLA 36 14th 20th 34 8th 16 3 2 5 6th
2011-12 HC Lugano NLA 42 16 20th 36 16 1 1 0 1 0
SM-liiga total 446 155 224 379 141 72 27 30th 57 20th
NLA total (without playout) 481 218 333 551 242 90 40 43 83 20th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/hockey/Flyers-grounden-ihren-Topskorer/story/13022492
  2. ↑ Michael Fritschi in the Teleclub
personal data
SURNAME Rintanen, Kimmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rintanen, Kimmo Taneli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauma , Finland