Teppo Kivelä

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FinlandFinland  Teppo Kivelä Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 8, 1967
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 181 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 5th round, 88th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1984-1986 Jokerit Helsinki
1986-1992 HPK Hämeenlinna
1992-1994 HIFK Helsinki
1994-1996 Ässät Pori
1996-1999 Brynäs IF
1999-2000 HC Milano Vipers
2000-2002 Herning Blue Fox

Teppo Kivelä (born October 8, 1967 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach who played in the SM-liiga for Jokerit Helsinki , HPK Hämeenlinna , HIFK Helsinki and Ässät Pori from 1984 to 2002, among others Has. Since 2020 he has been the head coach at EHC Winterthur from the Swiss League .

Player career

Teppo Kivelä began his career as a hockey player at Jokerit Helsinki , for which he was active in the SM-liiga from 1984 to 1986 . He then moved to HPK Hämeenlinna in the second-class I divisioona , with which he was promoted to the SM-liiga in the 1987/88 season. In this, his greatest success with his team was reaching third place in the 1990/91 season. In this, the attacker was also elected to the all-star team of the top Finnish league and received the top scorer with 73 points in the main round . In the summer of 1992, the 1987 junior world champion signed with HIFK Helsinki , for which he was on the ice for two seasons as well as for their league rival Ässät Pori .

In the summer of 1996, Kivelä moved to other European countries for the first time when he was signed by Brynäs IF from the Swedish Elitserien . With his new team he won the national championship in 1999 . After this success, the Left shooter left the team and signed for Milano Vipers from the Italian Serie A . The Lombards left the Finn after a season again and took a contract offer of Herning Blue Fox from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen to, with whom he 2000/01 season champion was. A year later the center in Denmark ended its active career.

International

For Finland , Kivelä took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1986 and 1987 , as well as the 1991 World Cup.

Coaching career

Before Kivelä came to the HC Pustertal in Bruneck in 2009 , he trained as a trainer. In Finland, the family man worked for the ice hockey school in his hometown Hämeenlinna and was the head coach of the local U20 top team. In January 2013 he took over the head coach of the Italian second division club HC Neumarkt Wild Goose from the Italian A2 series and won the INL with the South Tyroleans in 2014 , a former international league with (second-class) teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia.

Between 2015 and December 2016 he was assistant coach at the EC Graz 99ers , he also works as an assistant coach for the Italian national team and took part in the 2017 men's ice hockey world championship . Between 2017 and 2020 he worked as the head coach of SHC Fassa from the Alps Hockey League , a successor league to the INL.

Kivelä has been head coach at EHC Winterthur from the Swiss League since 2020 .

Achievements and Awards

Elitserien Statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Main round 3 140 28 69 97 99
Playoffs 2 17th 4th 9 13 33

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personal data
SURNAME Kivelä, teppo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kivela, teppo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland