Tomi Pöllänen | |
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Born | 26 May 1978 Joensuu, FIN |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) |
Position | Forward |
Shoots | Left |
GET team Former teams |
Lillehammer Jokipojat (Mestis) KooKoo (Mestis) Ässät (SM-liiga) Frisk Tigers (GET) KalPa (SM-liiga) Jokipojat (Mestis) Sierre-Anniviers (Nationalliga B) |
Playing career | 1993–present |
Tomi Pöllänen (born 26 May 1978 in Joensuu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.
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He started his career in 1993, playing for Jokipojat at junior level and was promoted to its Mestis-team in front of the 2000/01-season. The year after he got transferred to KooKoo in the same league, were he became the league's top scorer with 28 goals and made the All-Star team.
In 2002, he joined Ässät in the SM-liiga for two seasons, before moving to Norway playing for Frisk Tigers in the 2004–05 season of GET-ligaen. He then moved back home to play for SM-liiga team KalPa in the 2005/06-season. After that he joined Jokipojat for 28 matches, following a brief spell at Sierre-Anniviers who played in the Swiss Nationalliga B.
Before the 2007–08 GET-ligaen season, Pöllanen made another trip to Norway, playing for GET-ligaen team Lillehammer, where he has played three seasons. In 2009–10, he was the player with the most points during the regular season.[1]