Ari Eerik Haanpää (born November 28, 1965, in

Nokia, Finland Nokia () is a town in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. It lies on the banks of the Nokianvirta, a river of the Kokemäki River watershed, and is situated in the Tampere metropolitan area, about west of Tampere proper. The population of Nokia is ...

) is a retired professional

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player who played in the

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with the

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between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1999, and briefly in 2001–2002, was mainly spent in the Finnish

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 ...

. Internationally Haanpää played for the Finnish national junior team at two European Junior Championships and two World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in

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* 1965 births Living people Calgary Flames scouts Finnish ice hockey forwards GEC Nordhorn players Hockey Club de Reims players Ilves players JYP Jyväskylä players Lukko players New York Islanders draft picks New York Islanders players Sportspeople from Nokia, Finland Springfield Indians players Tappara players Wiener EV players Ice hockey people from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub