Tomi Pöllänen (born 26 May 1978 in

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) is a Finnish former professional

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forward.

Career

Early career

He started his career in 1993, playing for

Jokipojat Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis, the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The club has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971–72 in SM-sa ...

at junior level and was promoted to its

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-team in front of the 2000–01-season. The year after he got transferred to

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in the same league, where he became the league's top scorer with 28 goals and made the All-Star team.

SM-liiga and Norway

In 2002, he joined Ässät in 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 ...

for two seasons, before moving to Norway playing for

Frisk Tigers Frisk Asker Ishockey, commonly known as Frisk Asker, is a Norwegian ice hockey club based in Asker, Norway. The team is currently a member of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, EliteHockey Ligaen. They are based in the municipality of Ask ...

in the 2004–05 season of

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. He then moved back home to play for SM-liiga team

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in the 2005–06-season. After that he joined Jokipojat for 28 matches, following a brief spell at Sierre-Anniviers who played in the Swiss Nationalliga B. Before the 2007–08 GET-ligaen season, Pöllanen made another trip to Norway, playing for GET-ligaen team

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, where he has played three seasons. In 2009–10, he was the player with the most points during the regular season.Tomi Pöllänen poengkonge i Get-ligaen!
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* 1978 births Living people Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Dresdner Eislöwen players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Norway Finnish ice hockey forwards Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Frisk Asker Ishockey players HC Sierre players KalPa players Karlskrona HK players KooKoo players Jokipojat players Lillehammer IK players Ice hockey people from Joensuu Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub