Kimmo Rintanen
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Kimmo Rintanen is a professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who played in the SM-Liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

 before getting transferred to Swiss Elite League Team Kloten Flyers
Kloten Flyers
The Kloten Flyers are an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. They originated from the EHC Kloten. The team participates in the National League A and is known for its promotion of young players....

, where he has been playing since the 2001-02 Season. He played for Lukko
Lukko
Lukko is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga, formed 1936. The full name of the club is Rauman Lukko. They play in Rauma, Finland at the Äijänsuo Arena. They have won the national championship once, in 1963...

, TPS
TPS (ice hockey)
TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 11-time champion of SM-liiga. They play in Turku, Finland at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.-Team history:...

, and Jokerit
Jokerit
Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...

 in Finland. He also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

. Rintanen has played 155 matches for the National team of Finland and has scored 35 goals.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

8 0 1 1 0
1991–92 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 21 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 45 18 17 35 10 3 0 1 1 0
1993–94 Lukko Rauma SM-liiga 48 14 19 33 59 9 0 1 1 6
1994–95 TPS Turku SM-liiga 49 13 17 30 12 13 4 3 7 8
1995–96 TPS Turku SM-liiga 45 19 20 39 2 10 4 6 10 0
1996–97 TPS Turku SM-liiga 46 25 28 53 20 12 5 10 15 0
1997–98 TPS Turku SM-liiga 46 17 23 40 2 4 2 0 2 2
1998–99 Jokerit Helsinki
Jokerit
Jokerit is an ice-hockey team from Helsinki, Finland, playing in the Finnish Elite League, SM-liiga. The team has won 6 league championships...

SM-liiga 35 8 22 30 14 3 1 0 1 0
1999–00 TPS Turku SM-liiga 54 18 44 62 12 11 7 6 13 2
2000–01 TPS Turku SM-liiga 49 23 33 56 10 10 4 4 8 2
2001–02 Kloten Flyers
Kloten Flyers
The Kloten Flyers are an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. They originated from the EHC Kloten. The team participates in the National League A and is known for its promotion of young players....

NLA 44 18 36 54 24 11 3 7 10 4
2002–03 Kloten Flyers NLA 38 17 31 48 8 5 0 2 2 0
2003–04 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 20 29 49 14
2004–05 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 21 29 50 12 5 6 5 11 0
2005–06 Kloten Flyers NLA 44 23 26 49 36 11 5 7 12 2
2006–07 Kloten Flyers NLA 41 24 34 58 16 11 6 7 13 2
2007–08 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 27 33 60 44 5 5 1 6 2
2008–09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 23 44 67 38 15 6 7 13 2
2009–10 Kloten Flyers NLA
SM-liiga total 446 155 224 379 141 72 27 30 57 20

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