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Kimmo Kuhta
Born (1975-06-19) June 19, 1975 (ageย 50)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 5ย ft 11ย in (180ย cm)
Weight 187ย lb (85ย kg; 13ย st 5ย lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for HIFK
Kiekko-Espoo
SC Bern
Hamburg Freezers
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1995โ€“2013

Kimmo Kuhta (born June 19, 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward.

Apart from spending the 2005โ€“06 season in the Swiss league, Kuhta represented HIFK in the SM-liiga from 1998 to the end of his career in 2013. He played a total of 728 games in HIFK, second only to Pertti Lehtonen with 851 on the team, and also holds the record for most goals in HIFK with 248 in total.[1] For his long and successful career on the team, he is considered an iconic HIFK player and a favorite among fans.[2][3] In October 2018, HIFK retired the number 9 in his honor before a match against Tappara.[4]

After his playing career, he has worked as a hockey expert and a commentator for Yle,[5] and coached junior teams for HIFK.

Awards

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Career statistics

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ย  ย  Regularย season ย  Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992โ€“93 Karhu-Kissat Jr. Fin-Jr. B 14 13 14 27 18 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1992โ€“93 Karhu-Kissat Jr. Fin-2 Jr. 6 4 5 9 6 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1993โ€“94 Karhu-Kissat Jr. Fin-Jr. โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1994โ€“95 Karhu-Kissat Jr. Fin-2 Jr. 22 34 20 54 16 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1995โ€“96 Kiekko-Espoo Jr. Fin-Jr. 36 30 16 46 10 4 1 1 2 0
1995โ€“96 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l 2 0 0 0 0 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1996โ€“97 HIFK SM-l 38 1 1 2 6 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1996โ€“97 PiTa Fin-2 10 4 1 5 0 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1997โ€“98 HIFK SM-l 23 1 1 2 2 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1997โ€“98 Haukat Fin-2 13 6 10 16 2 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1998โ€“99 HIFK SM-l 45 12 10 22 45 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
1999โ€“2000 HIFK SM-l 47 15 9 24 14 8 0 0 0 0
2000โ€“01 HIFK SM-l 43 19 5 24 16 5 0 1 1 2
2001โ€“02 HIFK SM-l 51 10 13 23 14 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
2002โ€“03 HIFK SM-l 46 22 16 38 8 4 2 0 2 2
2003โ€“04 HIFK SM-l 56 31 28 59 18 13 8 1 9 2
2004โ€“05 HIFK SM-l 56 29 20 49 36 5 2 0 2 0
2005โ€“06 SC Bern NLA 42 16 21 37 16 6 2 4 6 2
2006โ€“07 HIFK SM-l 55 24 26 50 32 5 0 1 1 2
2007โ€“08 HIFK SM-l 56 20 18 38 36 7 1 2 3 6
2008โ€“09 HIFK SM-l 34 13 12 25 28 2 0 0 0 0
2009โ€“10 Hamburg Freezers DEL 32 14 5 19 35 โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
2009โ€“10 HIFK SM-l 18 8 6 14 6 5 0 4 4 4
2010โ€“11 HIFK SM-l 59 24 27 51 20 16 5 7 12 10
2011โ€“12 HIFK SM-l 50 14 26 40 26 4 0 1 1 0
2012โ€“13 HIFK SM-l 51 6 13 19 22 7 2 3 5 0
SM-l totals 730 249 231 480 329 81 20 20 40 28

References

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  1. ^ "The Finnish league's stats". 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ "Mitรค teki Kimmo Kuhta, kun sai ensimmรคisen palkan HIFK:lta? "No sehรคn oli ihan hirveรค virhe" (in Finnish)". 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Kimmo Kuhta, Numero 9 (in Finnish)". 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ "HIFK retired Kimmo Kuhta's jersey number in a stylish ceremony โ€” "This is really important to me"" (in Finnish). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Kimmo Kuhta Yle Puheen Jรครคkiekkokierroksen uusi asiantuntija (in Finnish)". 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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morphology Kimmo Kuhta (born 1975), Finnish professional ice hockey forward Kimmo Leinonen (born 1949), Finnish ice hockey executive and writer Kimmo Lotvonen

HIFK Hockey

1972โ€“1983 5ย  Heikki Riihiranta, 1967โ€“1983 7ย  Simo Saarinen, 1980โ€“1996 9ย  Kimmo Kuhta, 1996โ€“2013 17ย  Matti Murto, 1964โ€“1983 20ย  Matti Hagman, 1972โ€“1992 22ย 

2000 ฤŒeskรก pojiลกลฅovna Cup

Jukka Hentunen (Esa Pirnes, Niklas Hagman) 1-3 31:37 โ€“ jari Kauppila (Kimmo Kuhta, Marko Kauppinen) 36:07 โ€“ Pavel Boychenko (Sergej Makarov) 2-3 46:31

Haukat

The team was promoted to Suomi-sarja for 2017โ€“2018 season. Petri Varis Kimmo Kuhta Juuso Laukkanen Jussi Helminen Miika Uosukainen Jari Viuhkola Jari Kurri

Ville Peltonen

Vesa Viitakoski Winner of the Raimo Kilpiรถ trophy 2002โ€“03 Succeededย by Kimmo Kuhta Precededย by Pรคivi Halonen Winner of the President's Trophy 2004โ€“05 Succeededย by

Jani Rita

first-round draft pick 1999 Succeededย by Alexei Mikhnov Precededย by Kimmo Kuhta Winner of the Raimo Kilpiรถ trophy 2004โ€“05 Succeededย by Esa Pirnes Precededย by

2007 LG Hockey Games

Viktor Birin Alexey Medvedev 0-1 10:37 โ€“ Jukka Hentunen (Teemu Aalto, Kimmo Kuhta) (PP) 0-2 22:42 โ€“ Kim Hirschovits (Jani Rita, Sean Bergenheim) 0-3 25:54

Raimo Kilpiรถ trophy

2001โ€“02 Vesa Viitakoski Ilves 1 2002โ€“03 Ville Peltonen Jokerit 1 2003โ€“04 Kimmo Kuhta HIFK 1 2004โ€“05 Jani Rita HPK 1 2005โ€“06 Esa Pirnes Espoo Blues 1 2006โ€“07