Mikko Rämö (born July 27, 1980) is a Finnish professional

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. He is currently a

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having last played for Tölzer Löwen in

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. He is not related to fellow ex-Pelicans goaltender

Karri Rämö Karri Rämö (born July 1, 1986) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He began his professional career in the SM-Liiga, initially with the Lahti Pelicans and then HPK, where he was a membe ...

Playing career

Rämö came through the youth setup of Kiekkoreipas, a

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-based club, before joined the

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, where he made his debut his debut in Finland's top flight

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during the 2001–02 campaign. After three seasons with Pelicans in the

, Rämö signed with HPK for the 2003–04 season. He signed with Russian

Vityaz Chekhov Hockey Club Vityaz Moscow Region () is a professional ice hockey club based in Balashikha, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In the first few seasons of the KHL, the team was widely known for pl ...

in 2005, but was released in November and signed a new contract with

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 ...

. Rämö was traded to

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

in January 2006 for Tom Askey. At the start of the 2006–07 season, Rämö signed with

Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...

of the Swedish

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where he was fighting out the starting spot with fellow Finn

Juha Pitkämäki Juha Pitkämäki (born December 4, 1979) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Pitkämäki played in the SM-liiga for Ilves, JYP and HIFK. He also played in Elitserien for Mora IK and Timrå IK and the Danish Ligaen for AaB I ...

. In the 2007–08 season, he played first for

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in Finland (

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) and in December 2007 moved

VEU Feldkirch VEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team from Feldkirch, Austria. The team currently plays in the Ö Eishockey Liga. They play their home games At Vorarlberghalle. They formerly played in the Austrian National League and Alps Hockey L ...

of Austria's Nationalliga. He signed a contract for the 2008–09 season in

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, and had a further career change when he joined

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on 29 January 2009. He was able to secure a contract with the

team

Jokipojat Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis, the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The club has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971–72 in SM-sa ...

in June 2009 and returned to his native country for the campaign of 2009–10. After one season with

, he headed to fellow

side

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in 2010, where he played until the end of the 2014–15 season. Rämö then joined

EC Bad Nauheim Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim, also known as EC Bad Nauheim, is an ice hockey team in Bad Nauheim, Germany. They currently play in DEL2 DEL2 (also known as Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 or DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany ...

of the German second-tier league

for the 2015–16 campaign. He received

Goaltender of the Year honors that season.

Career statistics

Regular season

Regular season & Playoffs

External links

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SM-liiga official website

Austrian Ice Hockey Federation official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramo, Mikko 1980 births Living people Amur Khabarovsk players Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim players EC Bad Tölz players EHC Black Wings Linz players Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HIFK (ice hockey) players Hokki players HPK players KooKoo players Jokerit players Jokipojat players Lahti Pelicans players EHC Lustenau players Mora IK players Ice hockey people from Lahti VEU Feldkirch players HC Vityaz players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen