Mikko Kurvinen

Mikko Kurvinen
Date of birth	March 11, 1979
place of birth	Anjalankoski , Finland
size	187 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1999	AaKoo
1999-2006	HIFK Helsinki
2006-2008	Mora IK
2008-2009	MODO hockey
2009-2013	HIFK Helsinki

Mikko Kurvinen (born March 11, 1979 in Anjalankoski ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for many years at the HIFK Helsinki in the Liiga and with this 2011 Finnish champion .

Career

Mikko Kurvinen began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of AaKoo , for whose senior team he was active from 1995 to 1999 in the third-class Suomi-sarja . The defender then moved to HIFK Helsinki , for whose professional team he was on the ice for seven years in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league. For the 2006/07 season he joined the Mora IK from the Swedish Elitserien . With his team he rose in the following season to the HockeyAllsvenskan , but switched to MODO Hockey himself for the 2008/09 season within the Elitserien .

In summer 2009 Kurvinen returned to HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga. With the capital club he won the Finnish championship title in the 2010/11 season .

He ended his career in autumn 2013.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Finnish champion with HIFK Helsinki

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	3	151	8th	18th	26th	93
Elitserien Playoffs	1	4th	1	1	2	2
SM liiga main round	12	340	8th	30th	38	328
SM liiga playoffs	9	65	2	3	5	49

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Mikko Kurvinen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mikko Kurvinen at eliteprospects.com (English)