Miska Kangasniemi
Date of birth | January 6, 1975 |
place of birth | Jyväskylä , Finland |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 85 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1994-1998 | JYP Jyväskylä |
1998-2004 | Tappara Tampere |
2004-2006 | Malmo Redhawks |
2006-2008 | JYP Jyväskylä |
2008-2009 | Tappara Tampere |
Miska Kangasniemi (born January 6, 1975 in Jyväskylä ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player .
Career
Miska Kangasniemi began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of JYP Jyväskylä , for whose professional team he was active from 1994 to 1998 in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league. The defender of Tappara Tampere was then signed . With the team he was runner- up in the 2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons before he won the Finnish championship title in the 2002/03 season in the third attempt with Tappara . For the 2004/05 season he moved to the Malmö Redhawks from the Swedish Elitserien . At the end of the season he had to accept relegation with his team to the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan , in which he achieved direct promotion with Malmö in the following season . However, he himself returned to his hometown club JYP Jyväskylä, for which he was on the ice from 2006 to 2008 in the SM-liiga. Following the 2008/09 season , which he spent again at Tappara Tampere, he ended his career at the age of 34.
International
For Finland , Kangasniemi took part in the 1995 U20 World Youth Championship . In the senior sector, he was in his country's 2003 squad for the Euro Hockey Tour .
Achievements and Awards
- 2003 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere
- 2006 promotion to the Elitserien with the Malmö Redhawks
statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Elitserien main round | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 50 |
Kvalserien ES | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14th |
SM liiga main round | 13 | 618 | 28 | 64 | 92 | 824 |
SM liiga playoffs | 8th | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 63 |
SM liiga relegation | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th |
Web links
- Miska Kangasniemi at hockeydb.com (English)
- Miska Kangasniemi at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kangasniemi, Miska |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jyväskylä , Finland |