Tarmo Reunanen (born 1 March 1998) is a Finnish professional

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for

Lukko Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men’s professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Fin ...

of the

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. He was selected by the

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in the fourth round, 98th overall, of the

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Playing career

Reunanen made his

debut with TPS in the 2016–17 season. During the 2017–18 season, having produced 3 assists in 25 games with TPS, Reunanen was traded to fellow Finnish club

on 18 January 2018. On 6 June 2019, Reunanen signed an entry-level contract with the

. After the training camp for the 2019–20 season, the Rangers loaned Reunanen to Lukko. In October 2020, he was loaned to

TUTO Hockey TUTO Hockey (Turun Toverit) is a Finnish ice hockey team based at the Kupittaan jäähalli (capacity 2,875, inauguration in November 2006). Established in 1929, TUTO plays in Turku, Finland, and is one of two clubs in that city (the other being ...

of the Finnish

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, and was then loaned to

HPK Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edu ...

of the Finnish Liiga in November 2020. Reunanen started the 2020–21 season with the

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, where he had two goals and three assists in eight games before being called up to the Rangers on 15 March 2021. He recorded an assist in his NHL debut against the

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on that day. In the following 2021–22 season, Reunanen remained assigned by the Rangers to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. After matching his previous season totals with 17 points through 40 regular season games with the Wolf Pack, Reunanen was traded by the Rangers to the

Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...

in exchange for

Maxim Letunov Maxim "Max" Vladimirovich Letunov (russian: Максим Владимирович Летунов; born 20 February 1996) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre who plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Pl ...

on 28 March 2022. He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the

Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League and are the top minor-league affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the C ...

for the remainder of the season. On 29 June 2022, Reunanen opted to return to his homeland as an impending restricted free agent, signing a two-year contract with former club Lukko of the Liiga.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1998 births Living people Chicago Wolves players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Hartford Wolf Pack players HC TPS players HPK players Lukko players New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers players People from Äänekoski SaPKo players TuTo players Sportspeople from Central Finland {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub