Tommi Huhtala (born December 7, 1987) is a Finnish professional

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who currently plays for

Kiekko-Espoo Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...

in the

Mestis Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division ...

Playing career

He previously played with

Espoo Blues Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...

of 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 ...

. On April 7, 2014, Huhtala left the Blues to sign a two-year contract with fellow Finnish club,

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 ...

for their inaugural

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

season in 2014–15. After four seasons in the KHL with Jokerit, Huhtala left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with German outfit, Adler Mannheim of the DEL, on April 13, 2018.

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* Living people 1987 births Adler Mannheim players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Espoo Blues players HV71 players Ilves players Jokerit players Ice hockey people from Tampere Finnish ice hockey left wingers Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Germany 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub