Kristian Kuusela (born ) is a

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former professional

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right wing. Kuusela announced his retirement on 27 April 2023 after winning the

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championship with

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. Kuusela played a total of 1107 regular season games with 738 points. During his Liiga career Kuusela reprecented

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, Kärpät, Blues and Tappara. Foreign clubs Kuusela reprecented were

MODO Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...

from Sweden and

Amur Khabarovsk Hockey Club Amur (russian: Хоккейный клуб Амур), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Khabarovsk. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

from Russia.

Awards

* Swedish Champion with

Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...

: 2006–07. * Finnish Champion with 4x

and 1x Kärpät: 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23. * Liiga Runners-up with 1x

, 1x Kärpät and 3x

: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18. * Lasse Oksanen trophy: 2015–16 * Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy: 2015–16 *

Kultainen kypärä Kultainen kypärä ("the Golden Helmet") is an ice hockey award given to the best player in the Finnish Liiga. It is voted for by the players. It has been awarded since 1987. In addition, a long running tradition by Veikkaus is for the current best ...

: 2015–16 * CHL Champion with

: 2022–23 * Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championships: 2019

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1983 births Living people Amur Khabarovsk players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Espoo Blues players FoPS players Modo Hockey players Oulun Kärpät players Finnish ice hockey right wingers People from Seinäjoki Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Tappara players Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub