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Finland Kai Suikkanen

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Last added: Ayden Farnsworth
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Scoring Leaders
# Player GP G A TP
1. Matvei Gridin 60 38 45 83
2. Trevor Connelly 52 31 47 78
3. Mac Swanson 55 26 51 77
4. Michael Hage 54 33 42 75
5. Noah Powell 61 43 31 74
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Staff Facts
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Age
64
Nation
Highlights
1-time ICEHL Champion 1
1-time Liiga Champion 1
1-time Liiga Coach of the Year (Kalevi Numminen Trophy) 1

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Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2003-04 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga Asst. Coach
2004-05 RoKi Suomi-sarja Head Coach
2005-06 RoKi Suomi-sarja Head Coach
2006-07 Hokki Mestis Head Coach
2007-08 Hokki Mestis Head Coach
2008-09 Hokki Mestis Head Coach Succeeded midseason by Timo Meriläinen
TPS SM-liiga Head Coach Replaced Hannu Virta midseason
2009-10 TPS SM-liiga Head Coach
2010-11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL Head Coach Replaced midseason by Vladimir Vujtek
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL Scout
2011-12 Pelicans SM-liiga Head Coach
2012-13 Pelicans SM-liiga Head Coach
2013-14 TPS Liiga Head Coach
2014-15 TPS Liiga Head Coach Replaced midseason by Miika Elomo
2015-16 Not active as staff
2016-17 Kärpät Liiga Head Coach
2017-18 HC Bolzano EBEL Head Coach Replaced Pat Curcio on November 28th, 2017
2018-19 HC Bolzano EBEL Head Coach Replaced by Clayton Beddoes on March 11th, 2019
2019-20 Dornbirner EC EBEL Head Coach Replaced Jussi Tupamäki on October 31st, 2019
2020-21 Dornbirner EC ICEHL Head Coach
2021-22 Dornbirner EC ICEHL Head Coach
2022-23 Augsburger Panther DEL Head Coach Replaced Peter Russell on December 23th, 2022
2023-24 Kaltern/Caldaro Italy2 Head Coach

Kai Suikkanen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1974-75 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 8* 2* 10* 4* -* |
1975-76 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 34* 28* 7* 35* 46* -* |
1976-77 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 9* 7* 4* 11* 15* -* |
Kärpät I-divisioona 16* 15* 4* 19* 16* -* | Qualification 6 4 1 5 6 -
Finland U18 EJC-18 5* 3* 2* 5* 15* -* |
1977-78 Kärpät SM-liiga 35* 21* 6* 27* 19* -28* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 5* 2* 7* 9* -* |
1978-79 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 16* 6* 22* 65* -17* | Relegation 6 7 3 10 2 -
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 1* 2* 3* 0* -* |
1979-80 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 21* 17* 38* 18* 13* | Playoffs 6 0 3 3 6 -
1980-81 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 20* 11* 31* 60* -3* | Playoffs 11 5 2 7 32 -
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 71* 34* 33* 67* 32* -* | Playoffs 9 4 2 6 4 -
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 66* 33* 44* 77* 65* -* | Playoffs 16 7 7 14 21 -
1983-84 Rochester Americans AHL 15* 7* 10* 17* 2* -* |
Kärpät SM-liiga 23* 9* 4* 13* 20* 4* | Playoffs 10 6 4 10 8 -
1984-85 Kärpät SM-liiga 22* 8* 6* 14* 47* 11* | Playoffs 7 2 3 5 4 2
Finland (all) International 16* 5* -* -* -* -* |
1985-86 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 26* 10* 36* 24* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 24 -2
Finland WC 10* 0* 3* 3* 4* 3* |
1986-87 Kärpät SM-liiga 44* 24* 25* 49* 30* 28* | Playoffs 9 7 1 8 6 -
1987-88 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 26* 17* 14* 31* 25* -3* |
Finland OG 8* 1* 0* 1* 4* 2* |
1988-89 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 33* 13* 10* 23* 16* -31* |
1989-90 Kärpät I-divisioona 35* 17* 24* 41* 31* -* |
1990-91 TPS SM-liiga 41* 4* 3* 7* 6* -2* | Playoffs 9 1 1 2 2 1
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