Pekka Tuomisto

Pekka Tuomisto
Date of birth	December 29, 1960
place of birth	Oulu , Finland
Nickname	Pexi
size	182 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1980-1987	Kärpät Oulu
1987-1996	HIFK Helsinki

Pekka Juhani Tuomisto (born December 29, 1960 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player .

Career

Pekka Tuomisto began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Kärpät Oulu , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga , the top Finnish league, in the 1980/81 season . With Kärpät he immediately became Finnish champion in his rookie year . At Kärpät, the winger spent another six years before moving to HIFK Helsinki for the 1987/88 season within the SM-liiga . At HIFK he ended his career at the age of 35 after the 1995/96 season .

In 2000 Tuomisto was honored with the entry into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

For Finland , Tuomisto took part in the junior division exclusively in the U20 World Junior Championship in 1980 . In the senior sector, he was in Senes’s squad at the 1991 and 1992 World Championships as well as at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 1992 in Albertville . At the 1988 Winter Games and the 1992 World Cup, he won the silver medal with Finland.

Achievements and Awards

• 1981 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2000 Admission to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

International

• 1988 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1992 silver medal at the world championship

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	16	629	226	177	403	482
Playoffs	15th	81	15th	19th	34	55
Relegation	1	5	3	2	5	6th

Web links

• Pekka Tuomisto at hockeydb.com (English)
• Pekka Tuomisto at eurohockey.com
• Pekka Tuomisto at eliteprospects.com (English)