Tero Leinonen

Tero Leinonen
Date of birth	March 9, 1975
place of birth	Mikkeli , Finland
size	182 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 1995	Jyväskylä discotheque
1995-1996	Mikkelin Jukurit
1996-1998	Jyväskylä discotheque
1998-1999	Haukat
1999-2000	Vaasan Sport
2000-2001	Mikkelin Jukurit
2001-2004	JYP Jyväskylä
2004-2005	Mora IK
2005-2007	Luleå HF
2007-2009	Ilves Tampere
2009-2010	Bílí Tygři Liberec
2010-2011	Tingsryd's AIF
2011	Nokian Pyry HC Valpellice
2012	Iserlohn Roosters

Tero Leinonen (born March 9, 1975 in Mikkeli ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been working as a coach since retiring.

Career

Tero Leinonen began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of Diskos Jyväskylä , where he was active until 1995. The goalkeeper then spent a season in his hometown with third-rate Mikkelin Jukurit . With Diskos Jyväskylä, for which he played again from 1996 to 1998, he rose in the 1996/97 season to the then still second class I divisioona, in which he made his debut in professional ice hockey. In the second Finnish division he remained in the following three years, in which he was under contract with Haukat , Vaasan Sport and again Mikkelin Jukurit, where he won the championship of the newly formed second division, the Mestis, with Jukurit in the 2000/01 season , won.

From 2001 to 2004 Leinonen was regularly between the posts at JYP Jyväskylä in the SM-liiga . There he was able to recommend himself for an engagement in the Swedish Elitserien , in which he competed for Mora IK and Luleå HF from 2004 to 2007 . He then returned to his Finnish homeland for a year and a half, where he played for Ilves Tampere in the SM-liiga. During the 2008/09 season , the Finn was committed by the Bílí Tygři Liberec from the Czech Extraliga . There he earned a regular place in his second season in the Czech Republic.

In the 2010/11 season Leinonen was active for the Swedish second division club Tingsryds AIF . After the end of the season, the goalkeeper was hired by third division Nokian Pyry in his home country . He left this after two games to play for HC Valpellice in Serie A1 . In the course of the 2011/12 season , on January 28, 2012, the Iserlohn Roosters took him in the role of standby goalkeeper under contract, as Sébastien Caron was unable to play due to a concussion. On its DEL debut, the team lost 4-5 in extra time against Adler Mannheim . Leinonen also stood between the posts for the Roosters in the 8-0 defeat against Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg . After his contract expired in spring 2012, Leinonen was without a club and ended his career. He later worked as an ice hockey coach.

Achievements and Awards

• 1997 Promotion to the I divisioona with Diskos Jyväskylä
• 2001 Mestis master with Mikkelin Jukurit

Extraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	Shutouts	Goal conceded Ø	Catch quota
Main round	2	30th	12	18th	1	2.96	90.59%
Playoffs	2	8th	1	7th	0	2.92	90.27%

(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

• Tero Leinonen at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Tero Leinonen at hockeydb.com (English)