Antti Savolainen (born February 26, 1988) is a Finnish former

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

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

. Savolainen began his career at

Ilves Ilves (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the ci ...

, making his debut for the senior team during the

2006–07 SM-liiga season The 2006–07 SM-liiga season was the 32nd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship. Regular season Playoffs Preliminary round * TPS - Pelicans ...

. He played nine games that season and scored one goal and one assist. He then played in two playoff games during the

2007–08 SM-liiga season The 2007–08 SM-liiga season was the 33rd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship. Regular season Playoffs Preliminary round * HIFK - TPS 2:0 ( ...

. On April 30, 2009, Savolainen signed with

Hokki Kajaanin Hokki is a Finnish ice hockey team based at Kajaani. The team was founded in 1968. The club Hokki was promoted from Suomi-sarja to Mestis in the end of season 2001–02 after beating Diskos of Jyväskylä in qualifications. Hokki's h ...

Mestis Mestis (from fi, Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). ...

and played with the team until 2012.Hoikkle pari pakkia
(in Finnish)

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* 1988 births Living people Finnish ice hockey defencemen Hokki players Ilves players Iisalmen Peli-Karhut players Lempäälän Kisa players Ice hockey people from Tampere 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub