Tommi Rajamäki

Tommi Rajamäki
Date of birth	February 29, 1976
place of birth	Pori , Finland
size	189 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1994 , 7th round, 178th position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1994-1997	Ässät Pori
1997-2001	TPS Turku
2001-2004	Timrå IK

Tommi Rajamäki (born February 29, 1976 in Pori ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for Ässät Pori and TPS Turku in the SM-liiga and Timrå IK in the Elitserien , among others .

Career

Tommi Rajamäki began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Ässät Pori . As a junior player, he was selected in the seventh round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 178th player from the Toronto Maple Leafs , for which he never played. Instead, the defender stayed with Ässät Pori, for whose professional team he ran from 1994 to 1997 in the SM-liiga , the highest Finnish league. He then got a contract with TPS Turku . With the team he was Finnish champion three times in a row in 1999, 2000 and 2001 . At European level, he took third place in the European Hockey League with the 2000 team . After four years, the left shooter TPS left Turku again and was committed to the 2001/02 season by Timrå IK from the Swedish Elitserien . There he was a regular for three years before ending his career at the age of 28.

International

For Finland Rajamäki took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 1995 and 1996 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 2000 3rd place in the European Hockey League with TPS Turku
• 2000 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 2001 Finnish champion with TPS Turku

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	3	140	10	15th	25th	131
Elitserien Playoffs	2	20th	2	2	4th	10
SM liiga main round	7th	311	20th	17th	37	169
SM liiga playoffs	7th	49	1	3	4th	20th

Web links

• Tommi Rajamäki at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tommi Rajamäki at eliteprospects.com (English)