Tuukka Mäntylä
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Tuukka Mäntylä | |||
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Born | Tampere, Finland |
May 25, 1981 ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
Liiga team Former teams |
Tappara Tampere Luleå HF Frölunda HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk Amur Khabarovsk KHL Medveščak Zagreb |
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NHL Draft | 153rd overall, 2001 Los Angeles Kings |
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Playing career | 1999–present | ||
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Tuukka Matias Mäntylä (born May 25, 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with Tappara Tampere of the Liiga. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 5th round (153rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
On April 7, 2009 he left Västra Frölunda of the Swedish Elite League and signed a contract in his homeland with Tappara, with whom he has spent most of his career.[citation needed]
In late October 2009, playing with Tampere Tappara, Mäntylä checked Helsinki IFK defenceman Mikko Kurvinen from behind into the boards, resulting in an injury that kept Kurvinen sidelined for six games. Mäntylä received a match penalty for the hit. In advance of Tappara's next visit to Helsinki on November 26, 2009, the IFK club ran a full-page ad in a Tampere newspaper that read: “Welcome to Helsinki, Tuukka”, and on the evening of the match between the two clubs the SM-liiga head office, which had previously approved the ad, announced it had given IFK a warning for “crossing the line of good taste”. Early in the first period of the November 26 game, with IFK head coach Kari Jalonen watching, IFK defenceman Ilari Melart mugged Mäntylä in the corner and a wrestling match ensued resulting in both players being ejected from the game.[1]
References
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External links
- Tuukka Mäntylä's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Tuukka Mäntylä profile at Eurohockey.com
- Tuukka Mäntylä's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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Preceded by | Captain of Tappara 2012–2013 |
Succeeded by Ville Nieminen |
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- 1981 births
- Amur Khabarovsk players
- Finnish ice hockey players
- Frölunda HC players
- Living people
- Los Angeles Kings draft picks
- Luleå HF players
- KHL Medveščak players
- HC Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
- HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
- Sportspeople from Tampere
- Tappara players
- Finnish ice hockey defenceman stubs