Tomi Karhunen
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Tomi Karhunen | |||
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Born |
Oulu, Finland | 29 October 1989||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Catches | Left | ||
SHL team Former teams |
Brynäs IF Oulun Kärpät HC Slovan Bratislava Tappara Kunlun Red Star HC Vityaz HC Ambrì-Piotta | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2009–present |
Tomi Karhunen (born 29 October 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Karhunen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Oulun Kärpät during the 2010–11 SM-liiga season.[1] At the end of the 2011–12 campaign, he joined HC Slovan Bratislava on loan, helping the team capture the Slovak championship. He won the Finnish SM-liiga title with Kärpät in 2014 and 2015.
In summer 2015, he was transferred to fellow SM-liiga team Tampereen Tappara and won his third straight championship during the 2015-16 season.
He signed with newly founded KHL side Kunlun Red Star from China in July 2016.[2] Seeing limited ice time due competition with Swedish national team goalie Magnus Hellberg, he signed with Vityaz Podolsk for the remaining of the 2017–18 season.
References
- ^ "Tomi Karhunen - Tappara - SM-LIIGA - Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. 29 October 1989. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Kunlun Red Star: First Press Conference". Retrieved 8 July 2016.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database