Toni Kirén
Encyclopedia
Toni Kirén is a Finnish
professional ice hockey
player who played with Kärpät
in the SM-liiga
during the 2010-11 season.
Kirén previously played for Pelicans Lahti, Haukat
, HeKi and HPK
.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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 with Kärpät
Kärpät
Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...
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...
during the 2010-11 season.
Kirén previously played for Pelicans Lahti, Haukat
Haukat
Haukat was a professional ice hockey team in the Finnish Mestis league, based in Järvenpää at the ST1 Arena. Founded in 1979, the team faced relegation to the Suomi-sarja after losing the Mestis regular season in 2005-06. After years of financial trouble and facing the prospect of relegation,...
, HeKi and HPK
HPK
HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight...
.