Antero Simo Tapani Kivelä (born 26 December 1955) is a retired Finnish
ice hockey
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goaltender. After his playing career, Kivelä coached several ice hockey,
rinkball and
ringette
Ringette is a winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female c ...
teams in Finland. Kivelä is also member of the
city council
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in
Pori
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for the
Left Alliance.
Kivelä played his entire career for
Ässät Pori. He made 58 appearances in the
Finland national team and took part at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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Lake Placid was elected ...
in
Lake Placid.
Sports-Reference.com
/ref> Kivelä is also the chairman of women's soccer club NiceFutis.
Coaching career
After his playing career in ice hockey, Kivelä went on to coach in various sports.
Rinkball
Kivelä coached Porin Kärpät in rinkball.
Ice hockey
Kivelä coached , Närpes Kraft, , Jokipojat, and Porin Ässät (league A and B) in ice hockey.
Ringette
Kivelä coached ringette
Ringette is a winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female c ...
from 1989 to 2015. He was a head coach in the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette, (formerly called ), for the ringette club for more than ten seasons.
Achievements as a coach
* SM Ringette gold: 2004, 2005, 2007
* Ringette World Club Championship silver for Ringette club teams: 2008
* Ringette World Club Championship bronze for Ringette club teams: 2011
Sources
International Hockey Database
References
1955 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Pori
Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players
Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Left Alliance (Finland) politicians
Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
Ringette coaches
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