Markus Korhonen (born 29 April 1975) is a Finnish former professional

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and the current goaltending coach of

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, ...

. Korhonen's son Rasmus Korhonen is a goaltender for

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Playing career

Korhonen began his career with Ilves, based in his hometown of Tampere, where he played for the junior team. He then spent two seasons with

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, where he served as backup to Timo Lehkonen and

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in respective seasons. Korhonen returned to

in 1996, backing up

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. After that, he played for Kärpät, where despite posting the best save percentage in his career, he still served as backup to Tim Thomas. Seeking a starting role, Korhonen moved to

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in 2003 and played 48 games as a starter as the team finished 10th of 12 teams. After 8 games the next season, he moved to the

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and spent the rest of the season with SKA St. Petersburg. Korhonen returned to Brynäs in 2005, again playing 48 games. In 2006, Korhonen split his time between

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in Sweden and

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in Finland. He again returned to Brynäs in 2007. In 2008 he had spells in the

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with

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and in the

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for

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n side

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, before returning to Ilves in January 2009. Korhonen retired after the 2009-10 season.

Coaching career

Korhonen has worked as the goaltending coach of Ilves since the 2010-11 season. During his tenure in Ilves, Korhonen has coached, for example,

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, Ville Kolppanen,

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, and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korhonen, Markus 1975 births Living people Brynäs IF players Chicago Blackhawks scouts Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HDD Olimpija Ljubljana players Ice hockey people from Tampere Ilves players Oulun Kärpät players SKA Saint Petersburg players TuTo players