Arto Sakari Ruotanen (born April 11, 1961) is a retired professional
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
who played in the
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
. He played for
Kärpät. He was inducted into the
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame
The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The was founded in 1979 with the mission to record, document, and exhibit objects ...
in 2003. He is 5'11" (181 cm) tall and nicknamed 'Artsi'.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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1961 births
Berlin Capitals players
Finnish ice hockey defencemen
HV71 players
Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
Oulun Kärpät players
People from Pyhäjärvi
Rögle BK players
IF Troja/Ljungby players
Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia