Eemeli Suomi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) 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. Tw ...

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

currently playing for

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

of the Finnish

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 Mesti ...

. In the 2019–20 season, Suomi's 26 goals scored tied for third in

with

Lauri Pajuniemi Lauri Pajuniemi (born 12 September 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Pajuniemi was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the Ranger ...

, behind just

Julius Nättinen Julius Nättinen (born 14 January 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with HC Ajoie of the National League (NL). He was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2015 NHL En ...

and Justin Danforth.

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* 1995 births Living people Ilves players Finnish ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Tampere 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub