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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