Tommi Paakkolanvaara

Tommi Paakkolanvaara
Date of birth	March 1, 1983
place of birth	Oulunsalo , Finland
size	188 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	striker
number	# 21
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2009	Kärpät Oulu
2009-2015	Pelicans
2015	HC Lugano
since 2015	Leksands IF

Tommi Paakkolanvaara (born March 1, 1983 in Oulunsalo ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Leksands IF in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan since May 2015 .

Career

Tommi Paakkolanvaara already played in the junior division for Kärpät Oulu , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2002/03 season . Since his debut, the defender with Kärpät has won the championship title in the SM-liiga four times in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 , was runner-up in 2003 and 2009 and third in 2006. In addition, he reached the final of the IIHF European Champions Cup twice with Kärpät in 2005 and 2006 , with the team losing to the two Russian representatives HK Awangard Omsk and HK Dynamo Moscow .

In 2009 he moved to the Pelicans in Lahti .

Achievements and Awards

2003 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu 2004 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu 2005 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu 2005 2nd place at the IIHF European Champions Cup with Kärpät Oulu 2006 2nd place at the IIHF European Champions Cup with Kärpät Oulu

2007 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu 2007 Raimo Kilpiö Trophy 2008 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	9	337	42	74	116	60
Playoffs	6th	58	5	8th	13	6th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Tommi Paakkolanvaara at eurohockey.com
• Tommi Paakkolanvaara at eliteprospects.com (English)