Tomi Mäki

Tomi Mäki
Date of birth	August 19, 1983
place of birth	Helsinki , Finland
size	181 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	center
number	# 14
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 4th lap, 108th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
until 2005	Jokerit Helsinki
2005-2007	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
2007-2008	Quad City Flames
2008-2019	Jokerit Helsinki

Tomi Mäki (born August 19, 1983 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for 15 years at Jokerit Helsinki in the SM-liiga and KHL . He also played over 230 games in the American Hockey League for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and the Quad City Flames, as well as a game in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames . Since retiring in July 2019, he has been working as a junior coach at Jokerit.

Career

Tomi Mäki in the Jokerit jersey (2011)

Tomi Mäki started his career as a hockey player at the age of six in his hometown in the youth department of Jokerit Helsinki . In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , the Calgary Flames selected a total of 108th place , but initially stayed with Jokerit and continued to play for the club's A-Juniors. He had previously signed a two-year contract with Jokerit in April 2001.

During the 2001/02 season Mäki made his debut for the professional team of the Joker in the SM-liiga , but also received inserts in the second-rate Mestis at Kiekko-Vantaa . In the 2002/03 season Mäki played in 18 regular season and one playoff game and collected a total of four scorer points, two of which were goals and assists. He scored his first SM-liiga goal on November 17, 2002 against Tappara . Most of the season he played again for the club's A-Juniors, with whom he won second place in the Finnish U20 championship in spring 2003.

In the following 2003/04 season, the center was a regular at Jokerit, completed 50 games in the main round and 8 playoff games, in which he collected a total of 10 points scorer. With his team he was runner- up in the 2004/05 season, when it was only defeated in the playoff final Kärpät Oulu . Mäki still had a contract with the Jokers for the 2005/06 season, but switched to a two-year contract with the organization of the Calgary Flames, who had held his NHL transfer rights since 2001. For the next two years he played almost exclusively for the Flames' farm team , Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights , in the American Hockey League . For his only use for Calgary in the National Hockey League , he came on December 12, 2006 in the game against the Minnesota Wild .

In July 2007 he signed a one-year contract extension with the Flames, but was only used for the new farm team, the Quad City Flames , in the 2007/08 season .

In the summer of 2008, Mäki returned to his hometown club Jokerit Helsinki and received a two-year contract. Two years later, Mäki received a two-year contract extension. In 2010 he also took part in the European Trophy with Jokerit . In the 2010/11 season he scored 12 goals in 60 main round games, which was a new personal record for them. In the 2011/12 season, Mäki set a personal season record for the Finnish SM-liiga when he collected 8 goals, 13 assists and 21 points scorer. Jokerit finished third in the Finnish championship in 2012. Mäki had previously signed a contract extension for three years (until 2015) in December 2011.

In the summer of 2014 Jokerit left the Finnish championship and was accepted into the Continental Hockey League . Mäki also played with Jokerit at the Spengler Cup in 2015 and 2016 . He was injured during the 2015/16 season and only played 29 games in the regular season.

In the spring of 2016, Mäki signed another extension contract for two years with his home club, and in the spring of 2018 an extension for another year. During the 2018/2019 season, Mäki played a subordinate role in the team and only played 24 regular season games. On December 2, 2018, he overtook Jani Rita in these club-internal statistics with 618 main round games for Jokerit .

The Finn ended his active career in summer 2019. He took over a coaching position in the youth division of Jokerit. With 628 competitive appearances in the regular season, he holds the record in this category at Jokerit.

International

For Finland , Mäki took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2001 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003 . In all three tournaments he won the bronze medal with his teams. In the senior sector, he has only been in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour in 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1998 Finnish U16 runner-up with Jokerit Helsinki
• 2001 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2003 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2003 Finnish U20 runner-up with Jokerit Helsinki
• 2005 Finnish runner-up with Jokerit Helsinki

Career statistics

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Club competitions

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Jokerite	U16-SM-sarja		4th	0	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0
1998/99	Jokerite	U16-SM-sarja
1999/00	Jokerite	U18-SM-sarja
2000/01	Jokerite	U20-A-SM-liiga		39	7th	8th	15th	10		2	0	0	0	2
2001/02	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Jokerite	U20-A-SM-liiga		29	12	13	25th	12		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Jokerite	SM-liiga		8th	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis		3	1	0	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Jokerite	A-SM		14th	4th	4th	8th	12		11	3	3	6th	4th
2002/03	Jokerite	SM-liiga		18th	2	2	4th	4th		1	0	0	0	0
2003/04	Jokerite	SM-liiga		50	5	5	10	14th		8th	0	0	0	0
2004/05	Jokerite	SM-liiga		51	1	4th	5	14th		12	1	1	2	2
2005/06	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights	AHL		80	12	17th	29	33		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Calgary Flames	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights	AHL		67	4th	11	15th	20th		6th	1	1	2	2
2007/08	Quad City Flames	AHL		78	8th	5	13	38		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Jokerite	SM-liiga		57	7th	9	16	49		5	0	0	0	6th
2009/10	Jokerite	SM-liiga		52	4th	6th	10	51		3	0	0	0	4th
2010/11	Jokerite	SM-liiga		60	12	5	17th	42		5	1	1	2	4th
2011/12	Jokerite	SM-liiga		60	8th	13	21st	32		10	1	2	3	0
2012/13	Jokerite	SM-liiga		46	2	5	7th	39		6th	1	2	3	0
2013/14	Jokerite	SM-liiga		57	4th	2	6th	38		2	0	1	1	0
2014/15	Jokerite	KHL		52	4th	3	7th	16		10	2	0	2	2
2015/16	Jokerite	KHL		29	2	1	3	12		6th	0	0	0	0
2016/17	Jokerite	KHL		41	2	4th	6th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Jokerite	KHL		23	0	3	3	8th		1	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Jokerite	KHL		24	2	4th	6th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				169	10	15th	25th	42		17th	2	0	2	2
SM-liiga total				459	45	52	97	285		52	4th	7th	11	16
AHL total				225	24	33	57	91		6th	1	1	2	2

International

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2001	Finland	U18 World Cup			6th	1	0	1	± 0	8th
2002	Finland	U20 World Cup			7th	1	0	1	+2	2
2003	Finland	U20 World Cup			7th	2	2	4th	+1	27
Juniors overall					20th	4th	2	6th	+3	27

Web links

Commons : Tomi Mäki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tomi Mäki at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Tomi Mäki at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A-juniorit 2000/01: # 23 - Tomi Mäki - "Tomppa" ( Memento from November 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Legends of Hockey - Tomi Maki. In: hhof.com. Retrieved July 27, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Niemen yes Mäen sopimuksia jatkettu. In: jokerit.com. April 9, 2018, accessed July 27, 2019 (Finnish). 
4. ↑ Tomi Mäki teki Jokerien seurahistoriaa - jäähallin portailla istunut pikkupoika ylitti unelmansa. In: is.fi. December 3, 2018, accessed July 27, 2019 (Finnish). 
5. ↑ Tomi Mäden upea pelaajaura päätökseen - työt Jokereissa jatkuvat. In: jokerit.com. July 25, 2019, accessed July 27, 2019 (Finnish). 
6. ↑ The record for the number of matches for Jokerit Tomi mäki ended his career. July 26, 2019, accessed July 27, 2019 .