Miska Kangasniemi

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
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)