Tero Arkiomaa (born February 20, 1968, in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey player.

Playing career

Tero Arkiomaa started his career near his birthplace Helsinki and played his first games in TJV Vantaa a lower league team in Vantaa region. Soon after his first full season in TJV Arkiomaa moved to

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and played two seasons for KalPa which played in SM-liiga. After KalPa Arkiomaa played in JoKP a Joensuu based team which gained promotion from

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to SM-liiga during Arkiomaa's tenure. After good seasons with KalPa, JoKP and a brief stint in SaiPa Tero Arkiomaa was contracted to Rauman Lukko, an SM-Liiga team from Rauma. In Lukko, Arkiomaa had some of his best seasons scoring points in bunches and getting National Team plays for Finland. In each of his Lukko-seasons Arkiomaa played in the SM-Liiga Playoffs culminating in 1994 when Lukko won the bronze medal game in overtime against Tappara. Arkiomaa and Lukko appeared again in the bronze medal game in 1995 but lost to rival team

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3–0. After some good seasons and success in Lukko, Arkiomaa moved abroad and played for two seasons in Germany. The team was

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. After two seasons in

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Arkiomaa returned to Finland and played two seasons in his former rivals

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. After Ässät Arkiomaa moved to England and played for Newcastle Jesters, a team partially owned by

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chairman and businessman Harry Harkimo. After Newcastle Arkiomaa played in Austria for

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and again in England for Bracknell Bees.

After retirement

After playing in Germany, Austria and England Tero Arkiomaa returned to Finland and moved to a small Southern Finland town of Riihimäki. In Riihimäki Arkiomaa started to coach a minor junior hockey team and played in a local second division team Peltosaaren Nikkarit for two separate occasions before completely retiring from playing. After his retirement, Arkiomaa has played in Exhibition/Charity Ice Hockey games.

International career

Arkiomaa's International highlight came when he won Bronze in the

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. Along with Arkiomaa, the team featured

Janne Ojanen Janne Juhani Ojanen (born April 9, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who is the all-time leading scorer in Finland's SM-liiga with 799 points. He spent the majority of his career playing for SM-liiga team Tappara. Playing ...

and

Teppo Numminen Teppo Kalevi Numminen (born July 3, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for Tappara and TuTo of the SM-liiga and the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Sta ...

who both would go on and have a long career on top level ice hockey leagues. Arkiomaa played in 26 International matches for Finland scoring 5 goals and assisting 4.

Career statistics

External links

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