Mikko Luoma

Mikko Luoma
Date of birth	June 22, 1976
place of birth	Jyväskylä , Finland
Nickname	Diego, Torni, Särmä
size	193 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
number	# 5
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 6th lap, 181st position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 1998	Jyväskylä discotheque
1998-2000	JYP Jyväskylä
2000-2003	Tappara Tampere
2003-2004	Toronto Roadrunners
2004-2005	Malmo Redhawks
2005-2007	Linköpings HC
2007-2009	HV71
2009-2010	Atlant Mytishchi
2010-2013	HV71
2013-2016	JYP Jyväskylä
2016	MODO hockey
2017	HC Bolzano

Mikko Luoma (born June 22, 1976 in Jyväskylä ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who was last under contract with HC Bozen in the Erste Bank ice hockey league .

Career

Mikko Luoma began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at Diskos Jyväskylä , with whose professional team he rose to the second-class I divisioona in 1995 and 1997 . From 1998 to 2000 the defender played for his city rivals JYP Jyväskylä in the SM-liiga before he was under contract with Tappara Tampere for three years . With Tappara he was Finnish champion for the first time in the 2002/03 season after he had failed with his team in the finals in the two previous years. During his time in Tampere, the left-shooter was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the sixth round as a total of 181 players by the Edmonton Oilers , who ordered him to North America in the summer of 2003 . There he was only used three times by the Oilers in the National Hockey League , while he spent the rest of the time in their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Toronto Roadrunners .

For the 2004/05 season Luoma returned to Europe, where he signed with the Malmö Redhawks from the Swedish Elitserien , with whom he missed relegation at the end of the season. Instead of going to the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan with the team , he signed with Linköpings HC , with whom he lost to MODO Hockey in the 2007 playoff final . The national player then left the club and played for two years for the HV71 , with whom he won the Swedish championship in the 2007/08 season . In the following season the former NHL player reached the finals again with HV71, but had to admit defeat with his team to rival Färjestad BK . In addition, he was in the 2008/09 season in all four group games of the newly founded Champions Hockey League on the ice, where he gave a template.

For the 2009/10 season, the Finn signed with Atlant Mytishchi from the Continental Hockey League , but returned a year later to the HV71. At HV71 he was one of the strongest offensive defenders in the following two seasons. In the 2012/13 season his point productivity declined, so he did not receive another contract extension and returned to JYP.

International

For Finland , Luoma took part in the 2006 and 2008 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

1995 Promotion to the I divisioona with Diskos Jyväskylä 1997 Promotion to the I divisioona with Diskos Jyväskylä 2001 Finnish runner-up with Tappara Tampere 2002 Finnish runner-up with Tappara Tampere

2003 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere 2007 Swedish runner-up with the Linköpings HC 2008 Swedish champion with the HV71 2008 Salming Trophy ( Best Defender of the Elitserien ) 2009 Swedish runner-up with the HV71

International

• 2006 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2008 bronze medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	1	3	0	1	1	0
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL main round	1	51	1	8th	9	70
KHL playoffs	1	3	0	1	1	6th
Elitserien main round	6th	291	41	104	145	423
Elitserien Playoffs	5	61	9	20th	29	70
SM liiga main round	5	268	28	56	84	316
SM liiga playoffs	4th	37	3	5	8th	36

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Mikko Luoma at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Mikko Luoma at eliteprospects.com (English)