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Simo Mälkiä
Simo Mälkiä (born August 21, 1983 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish former ice hockey defenceman. He played in the Finnish SM-liiga for SaiPa and Jokerit. He retired on February 20, 2012 due to injury. His father Heikki Mälkiä also played professional hockey, spending much of his career with Saipa and is currently head coach of HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Austrian Hockey League The ICE Hockey League (International Central European Hockey League, ICEHL), known as the win2day ICE Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, is a Central European hockey league that also serves as the top-tier ice hockey league in Austria. It c .... References * * http://www.jokerit.com/index.php?id=2&pid=82 (in Finnish) 1983 births Living people Jokerit players KooKoo players Mikkelin Jukurit players SaiPa players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Lappeenranta 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman (ice Hockey)
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 latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three Forward (ice hockey), forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include Overtime (ice hockey), overtime during the regular season and when a team is short-handed (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender; when a team is on the Power play (sporting term), power play (i.e. the opponent has been assessed a penalty), teams will often play only one defenceman, joined by four forwards and a goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
