Marko Tuomainen
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Date of birth | May 25, 1972 |
place of birth | Kuopio , Finland |
size | 192 cm |
Weight | 95 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 22 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1992 , 9th lap, 205th position Edmonton Oilers |
Career stations | |
until 1991 | KalPa Kuopio |
1991-1995 | Clarkson University |
1995 | Edmonton Oilers |
1995-1996 | Cape Breton Oilers |
1996-1997 | Hamilton Bulldogs |
1997-1999 | HIFK Helsinki |
1999-2000 | Los Angeles Kings |
2000-2001 | Lowell Lock Monsters |
2001 | Los Angeles Kings |
2001-2002 | New York Islanders |
2002-2004 | Espoo Blues |
2004-2005 | Lausanne HC |
2005-2007 | SCL Tigers |
2007-2009 | EHC Biel |
2008-2009 | SC Langenthal |
2009-2010 | HC Pustertal |
2010-2011 | KooKoo |
2011–2012 | Kiekko-Vantaa |
Marko Tuomainen (born May 25, 1972 in Kuopio ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player . During his career he played for the Edmonton Oilers , Los Angeles Kings , EHC Biel and HC Pustertal, among others .
Career
Marko Tuomainen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of KalPa Kuopio , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 1989/90 season . After another year in Finland, he played for the Clarkson University team for four years . During this period, the attacker was selected in the ninth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft as the 205th player in total by the Edmonton Oilers , for whom he was on the ice in four games in the National Hockey League towards the end of the 1994/95 season which he remained unpunished and punished. In the following two seasons, the right-shooter ran exclusively for their farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Cape Breton Oilers and Hamilton Bulldogs .
In the summer of 1997 Tuomainen moved to HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga, with which he was Finnish champion for the first time in the 1997/98 season . On June 20, 1999 he received a contract as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings , for which he scored 18 scorer points, including nine goals, in a total of 64 games in the 1999/2000 season . In the following season, however, the winger could no longer assert himself in the NHL team of the Kings and had to play most of the season for their AHL farm team, the Lowell Lock Monsters . On July 18, 2001, the Finn signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders in the NHL, for which he only played once and otherwise belonged exclusively to the roster of their AHL farm team Bridgeport Sound Tigers . With this he failed in the final of the Calder Cup at the Chicago Wolves .
From 2002 to 2004 Tuomainen played for the Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga, and then a year for Lausanne HC of the Swiss National League A . This was followed by two years with the SCL Tigers in the NLA, as well as a short guest appearance at the EHC Biel in the National League B , for which he played from 2007 and he was promoted to the NLA in the 2007/08 season. This season he was also top scorer at EHC Biel. While the former NHL player was still a regular in the promotion year, he only played four games for the Swiss in the 2008/09 season and spent the rest of the season in the NLB at SC Langenthal . For this reason he signed for the 2009/10 season with HC Pustertal from the Italian A1 series . After very good playoffs this season, he returned to Finland and played two more years in the second-rate Mestis for KooKoo and Kiekko-Vantaa . In spring 2012 he ended his career and became an assistant coach at Kiekko-Vantaa.
International
For Finland Tuomainen took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 1992 , as well as the World Championships in 1998 and 2000 .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1999 silver medal at the world championship
- 2000 bronze medal at the world championship
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 4th | 79 | 9 | 9 | 18th | 84 |
Playoffs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Web links
- Marko Tuomainen at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Marko Tuomainen at hockeydb.com (English)
- Marko Tuomainen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Marko Tuomainen at eurohockey.com
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SURNAME | Tuomainen, Marko |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuopio |