Kari Suoraniemi

Born on: September 29, 1960
Birth place: Oulu, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 2" (187 cm) | 198 lb (90 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	19	1980	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Helsinki, Finland
	19	1980	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated TPS Turku 2‑0 in a best of three bronze medal series.
	20	1981	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series.
	22	1983	Rochester Americans	AHL Calder Cup Champion	Rochester Americans defeated Maine Mariners 4‑0 in a best of seven series.
	23	1984	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated TPS Turku 2‑1 in a best of three bronze medal series.
	24	1985	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Ässät Pori 2‑1 in a best of three bronze medal series.
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
AHL Calder Cup Championships
Finnish Championship Medals

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1978‑79	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	18	5	0	1	1	0	0	0		0
1979‑80	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	19	28	1	3	4	26	12	0		0
1979‑80	Team Finland U20		19	2	0	0	0	10
1980‑81	Rochester Americans	AHL	20	4	1	1	2	2
1980‑81	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	20	31	4	8	12	30	10	0		2
1981‑82	Rochester Americans	AHL	21	61	2	29	31	32
1982‑83	Rochester Americans	AHL	22	72	9	28	37	64
1983‑84	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	23	29	4	9	13	30	1	1		0
1984‑85	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	24	35	9	11	20	67	-3	5	0	1
1984‑85	Team Finland		24	12	3	1	4	8	1
1985‑86	JyP HT Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	25	35	9	11	20	54	2	3	0	1
1985‑86	Team Finland		25	14	0	0	0	2	-4
1986‑87	JyP HT Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	26	42	8	18	26	36	3	4	0	1
1987‑88	Skellefteå AIK	Elitserien	27	22	4	9	13	32
1987‑88	Team Finland		27	4	0	0	0	0
1988‑89	Skellefteå AIK	Elitserien	28	31	7	11	18	40
1988‑89	Team Finland		28	4	0	0	0	0
1989‑90	Skellefteå AIK	Elitserien	29	22	4	6	10	22
1990‑91	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	30	1	6	7	22	-12	0	0	0
1992‑93	Rögle BK	Elitserien	32	33	2	5	7	39
1993‑94	Rögle BK	Elitserien	33	37	7	9	16	28
1994‑95	Rögle BK	Elitserien	34	19	0	5	5	6
	Liiga Totals			235	36	67	103	265	13	13	0	5
	SHL Totals			164	24	45	69	167
	AHL Totals			137	12	58	70	98

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1979‑80	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	19	6	0	0	0	0		0		0
1980‑81	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	20	12	5	6	11	4		1		2
1982‑83	Rochester Americans	AHL	22	13	0	6	6	14
1983‑84	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	23	1	0	0	0	0		0		0
1984‑85	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	24	7	0	3	3	8	5	0	0	0
1993‑94	Rögle BK	Elitserien	33	3	0	0	0	6
	Liiga Totals			26	5	9	14	12	5	1	0	2
	AHL Totals			13	0	6	6	14
	SHL Totals			3	0	0	0	6

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1980	19	2	0	0	0	10
Team Finland - World Championship 1985	24	8	3	1	4	6	1
Team Finland - World Championship 1986	25	10	0	0	0	2	-4
World Championship Totals		18	3	1	4	8	-3
U20 World Championship Totals		2	0	0	0	10

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1984	24	4	0	0	0	2
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1985	25	4	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1987	27	4	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1988	28	4	0	0	0	0
Men Totals		16	0	0	0	2