Tomi Pöllänen

Tomi Pöllänen (born 26 May 1978 in Joensuu) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward.

Tomi Pöllänen
Born (1978-05-26) 26 May 1978
Joensuu, FIN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Ässät
Frisk Tigers
KalPa
Lillehammer
Playing career 1993–2014

Career

Early career

He started his career in 1993, playing for Jokipojat at junior level and was promoted to its Mestis-team in front of the 2000/01-season. The year after he got transferred to KooKoo in the same league, where he became the league's top scorer with 28 goals and made the All-Star team.

SM-liiga and Norway

In 2002, he joined Ässät in the SM-liiga for two seasons, before moving to Norway playing for Frisk Tigers in the 2004–05 season of GET-ligaen. He then moved back home to play for SM-liiga team KalPa in the 2005/06-season. After that he joined Jokipojat for 28 matches, following a brief spell at Sierre-Anniviers who played in the Swiss Nationalliga B.

Before the 2007–08 GET-ligaen season, Pöllanen made another trip to Norway, playing for GET-ligaen team Lillehammer, where he has played three seasons. In 2009–10, he was the player with the most points during the regular season.[1]

References
  1. (in Norwegian) Tomi Pöllänen poengkonge i Get-ligaen! Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine LillehammerIK.idrett.no


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