Atte Petteri Ohtamaa (born 6 November 1987) is a Finnish professional

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for

Oulun Kärpät Oulun Kärpät (Finnish language, Finnish for "Oulu Stoat, Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish champion ...

of the

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Playing career

Ohtamaa's youth team was Nivala Cowboys before he transferred to Oulun Kärpät at the Junior B level. In 2018, Ohtamaa returned to Liiga after four seasons in the

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. He signed a five-year contract with Oulun Kärpät. The contract included clauses to play two seasons abroad. Ohtamaa excerised the first clause-year of his option for the 2019–20 season. On 27 August 2019, Ohtamaa joined

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of the

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(NL) on a two-month contract until 3 November 2019. He was brought in as their fifth import player in case of injuries. Ohtamaa played 17 games with Lugano (3 points) before being released on 2 November 2019. He was then loaned to Kazakh-based KHL club,

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, for the remainder of the season. He used the second clause-year in the following season, and on 1 May 2020, Ohtamaa opted to continue in the KHL, securing a one-year contract with Russian club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Ohtamaa returned to Kärpät for the

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in accordance to his ongoing contract. He was named the captain of the team. Ohtamaa signed a one-year extension with Kärpät for the 2023–24 season, and again for the 2024–25 season.

International play

Ohtamaa was named to the

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for competition at the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

* Won the Finnish Champion (

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) 2x: 2007–08, 2013–14. *

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, Runner-up 3x: 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19 *

, (

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) 1x: 2017–18

References

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