Tomi Pekkala

Tomi Pekkala
Date of birth	November 19, 1988
place of birth	Liminka , Finland
size	183 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	striker
number	# 27
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2009	Kärpät Oulu
2009–2012	Tappara Tampere
2012-2013	Sports Vaasa
2013-2014	Pelicans
since 2015	TIHC Tiikerite

Tomi Pekkala (born November 19, 1988 in Liminka ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with TIHC Tiikerit in the fourth class II division since January 2015 .

Career

Tomi Pekkala already played in the junior division for Kärpät Oulu , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2008/09 season . In ten games he remained pointless and received two penalty minutes. In addition, the attacker was on the ice in a group game of the Champions Hockey League for Kärpät. At the end of the season, Pekkala was runner-up with his team after they were defeated by JYP Jyväskylä in the best-of-seven series in the finals with a sweep .

For the 2009/10 season , Pekkala moved within the SM-liiga to Tappara Tampere , where he became a regular player. In his first full season in the top Finnish league, he scored twelve goals for Tappara in 52 games and gave another ten templates.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	88	13	11	24	42
Playoffs	1	9	0	2	2	8th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Tomi Pekkala at eurohockey.com
• Tomi Pekkala at eliteprospects.com (English)