Ossi-Petteri Grönholm

Ossi-Petteri Grönholm
Date of birth	17th September 1981
place of birth	Kotka , Finland
size	181 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2004	Pelicans Lahti
2004-2008	SaiPa Lappeenranta
2008	Frölunda HC
2008-2010	Kärpät Oulu
2010	Brynäs IF
2010-2011	Malmo Redhawks
since 2011	HPK Hämeenlinna

Ossi-Petteri Grönholm (born September 17, 1981 in Kotka ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM-liiga since 2011 .

Career

Ossi-Petteri Grönholm began his career as a hockey player with the Pelicans Lahti , for which he played in the SM-liiga for a total of three years from 2001 to 2004 . The defender then moved to their league rivals SaiPa Lappeenranta , for whom he was active until 2008. In his last season at SaiPa he was also on the ice for Frölunda HC from the Swedish Elitserien . Before the 2008/09 season, Grönholm finally got a contract with the reigning Finnish champions Kärpät Oulu , with whom he took part in the group stage of the Champions Hockey League , in which the defender was used three times and with whom he was runner-up in the 2008/09 season -Became a master.

After a year and a half, Grönholm left Kärpät Oulu and joined the Brynäs IF from the Elitserien in January 2010 . The 2010/11 season he spent with the Malmö Redhawks from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division. For the 2011/12 season he was committed by HPK Hämeenlinna from the SM-liiga.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	2	27	1	1	2	46
Elitserien Playoffs	2	10	0	1	1	14th
SM liiga main round	9	341	14th	53	67	442
SM liiga playoffs	2	23	1	3	4th	16

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Ossi-Petteri Grönholm at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ossi-Petteri Grönholm at eurohockey.com
• Ossi-Petteri Grönholm at eliteprospects.com (English)