Tuukka Pulliainen (born 25 August 1984) is a

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former professional

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who played for TPS and

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 ...

in the

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. He also had periods abroad in Slovakia and Germany. Pulliainen ended his active career in 2017 after five consecutive seasons with Finnish second-tier team

TuTo 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 ...

. He was drafted 248th overall in the

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by the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1984 births Finnish ice hockey centres HC '05 Banská Bystrica players HC TPS players HPK players Jokipojat players Lausitzer Füchse players Living people Los Angeles Kings draft picks TuTo players Ice hockey people from Turku Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub