Raine Tuononen (born July 7, 1970) is a Finnish former professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...
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Tuononen played four regular season games and three playoff games for his hometown team
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 ...
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Profile at Liiga.fi
/ref> After leaving KalPa in 1991, he spent the rest of his career in the Finnish lower leagues, including a return to KalPa for the 1999–00 season while they were playing in Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provi ...
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1970 births
Living people
Finnish ice hockey defencemen
Hokki players
Iisalmen Peli-Karhut players
KalPa players
Ice hockey people from Kuopio
SaPKo players
Vaasan Sport players
Ice hockey people from North Savo
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