Tero Määttä (born January 2, 1982) is a Finnish ice hockey

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

who last played for Ässät of the

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

. Although selected by the

San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...

in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he never appeared in an NHL game.

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* 1982 births Living people Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Espoo Blues players Finnish ice hockey defencemen San Jose Sharks draft picks Ice hockey people from Vantaa 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub