Petteri Similä (born April 9, 1990) is a Finnish former 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 ...

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays ...

who played a single game in the

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 ...

for

KalPa Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu, Olvi Areena. Team history Established in 1929 as ''Sortavalan Palloseura'' in Sortavala, the club r ...

. He was selected in the seventh round, 211th overall, by the

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in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. On December 12,2010, Simila played 25.1 minutes of a game in the

SM-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 Mest ...

with KalPa.Tilastot - SM-liiga

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* 1990 births Living people Barrie Colts players Finnish ice hockey goaltenders KalPa players Mikkelin Jukurit players Montreal Canadiens draft picks Niagara IceDogs players Ice hockey people from Oulu SaPKo players TuTo players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub