Tommi Kivistö

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Representing Finland
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IIHF U18 Championships

Tommi Kivistö
Tommi Kivistö
Born	June 7, 1991 (age 33); Vantaa, Finland
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
KHL team; Former teams	Jokerit; Charlotte Checkers; Ilves; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
National team	Finland
NHL draft	208th overall, 2009; Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career	2009–present

Tommi Kivistö (born June 7, 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Kivisto initially played junior then professionally in his native Finland for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. He was drafted 208th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes. Prior to the 2011–12 season with Jokerit, he was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Hurricanes on June 1, 2011.^[1]

Kivisto played two seasons in the KHL with Russian club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, before his rights were traded in opting to return to original club, Jokerit on a two-year contract on May 30, 2017.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007–08	Jokerit	Jr. A	9	2	0	2	4	4	0	3	3	2
2008–09	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	65	1	21	22	49	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Jokerit	Jr. A	18	2	5	7	58	2	0	0	0	0
2009–10	Jokerit	SM-l	22	0	2	2	12	3	0	0	0	0
2009–10	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	2	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Jokerit	Jr. A	5	0	6	6	8	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Jokerit	SM-l	38	0	5	5	22	7	0	0	0	16
2010–11	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	5	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Jokerit	SM-l	26	0	4	4	8	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	20	5	7	12	22	4	1	1	2	2
2012–13	Florida Everblades	ECHL	48	4	11	15	59	12	1	5	6	18
2012–13	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	17	0	2	2	12	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Ilves	Liiga	56	4	11	15	32	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Ilves	Liiga	58	6	21	27	55	2	0	0	0	2
2015–16	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	60	1	6	7	34	6	0	1	1	0
2016–17	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	57	2	3	5	23	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Jokerit	KHL	55	2	4	6	28	11	0	0	0	25
Liiga totals			200	10	43	53	129	12	0	0	0	18
KHL totals			172	5	13	18	85	17	0	1	1	25

International

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008	Finland	U17	6th	5	2	2	4	10
2008	Finland	WJC18	6th	6	1	2	3	8
2009	Finland	WJC18		6	0	3	3	22
2009	Finland	WJC	7th	6	1	0	1	6
2010	Finland	WJC	5th	6	0	1	1	0
2011	Finland	WJC	6th	6	0	1	1	6
2014	Finland	WC		10	1	0	1	6
2016	Finland	WC		6	1	0	1	0
2018	Finland	OG	6th	4	0	0	0	0
Junior totals				35	4	9	13	52
Senior totals				20	2	0	2	6

References

^ "Canes sign Kivisto, Lindstrom to Entry-Level deals". Carolina Hurricanes. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Tommi Kivisto returns to Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2017-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] "Canes sign Kivisto, Lindstrom to Entry-Level deals". Carolina Hurricanes. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Tommi Kivisto returns to Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2017-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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