Reijo Mikkolainen
Date of birth | May 14, 1964 |
place of birth | Pirkkala , Finland |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | Right wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1983-1989 | Tappara Tampere |
1989-1994 | TPS Turku |
1994 | Kiekko-67 |
1994-1995 | Ilves Tampere |
1995-1996 | Tappara Tampere |
1996-1997 | EC Peiting |
1997-1998 | TuS Geretsried |
Reijo Kalevi Mikkolainen (born May 14, 1964 in Pirkkala ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player .
Career
Reijo Mikkolainen began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of Tappara Tampere , for whose professional team he was active from 1983 to 1989 in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league. With the team he won the Finnish championship title in 1984, 1986, 1987 and 1988 . Following the 1988/89 season, the winger moved within the league to TPS Turku , with whom he was also champions in 1990, 1991 and 1993. He also won the European Ice Hockey Cup with TPS in 1993 . The 1993/94 season he partly spent with TPS ' farm team Kiekko-67 in the second-class I-divisioona . He then played for a year and a half for the SM-liiga participant Ilves Tampere , before he returned to his ex-club Tappara Tampere during the 1995/96 season . For the 1996/97 season , the Finn joined the EC Peiting from the 1st League South , the second highest German division at the time. The following season , however, also he spent in Germany, this time in the third-rate second league at TuS Geretsried . He then ended his career at the age of 34.
In 2005, Mikkolainen was honored with the induction into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.
International
For Finland , Mikkolainen took part in the junior division at the U18 European Junior Championship in 1982 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 1984 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1987 , 1989 and 1990 and at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . At the U20 World Cup in 1984 and the Olympic Winter Games in 1988, he and his teams won the silver medal.
Achievements and Awards
- 1984 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere
- 1986 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere
- 1987 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere
- 1988 Finnish champion with Tappara Tampere
- 1990 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
- 1991 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
- 1993 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
- 1993 European Cup win with TPS Turku
International
- 1984 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
- 1988 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
SM liiga statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Main round | 13 | 441 | 123 | 110 | 233 | 222 |
Playoffs | 9 | 65 | 12 | 13 | 25th | 36 |
family
His great-grandfather Kalle Mikkolainen won the bronze medal in gymnastics with the Finnish team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London .
Web links
- Reijo Mikkolainen at hockeydb.com (English)
- Reijo Mikkolainen at eurohockey.com
- Reijo Mikkolainen at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mikkolainen, Reijo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mikkolainen, Reijo Kalevi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pirkkala , Finland |