Kimmo Pikkarainen (born December 19, 1976) is a Finnish retired professional
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 ...
defender. He most recently played for Milano Rossoblu Hockey Club, in Milan, Italy.
Early life
Pikkarainen was born on the 19th of December, 1976, in
Helsinki, Finland. As a child, he played for the
Jokerit
Helsingin Jokerit (, English: Joker (playing card), Jokers or Jesters of Helsinki) is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland, which competes in Mestis. Jokerit plays its home games at the Helsinki Ice Hall and Helsinki Halli in ...
under-18 hockey team. While playing for the club in 1996, they won the Finnish Youth Championship.
External links
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Player Profile Jatkoaika.com
Living people
1976 births
Jokerit players
Ice hockey people from Helsinki
Finnish ice hockey defencemen
Espoo Blues players
Tappara players
JYP Jyväskylä players
Lahti Pelicans players
KalPa players
21st-century Finnish people
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