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Finland Kai Suikkanen
#21 TPS / SM-liiga - 90/91
1-time Olympic Silver Medal 1
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
2-time Liiga Champion 2
Date of Birth
Jun 29, 1959
Position
F
Age
65
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Parkano, FIN
Weight
209 lbs / 95 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Kärpät
Status
Retired
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Kai Suikkanen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1974-75 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 8* 2* 10* 4* -* |
1975-76 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 34* 28* 7* 35* 46* -* |
1976-77 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 9* 7* 4* 11* 15* -* |
Kärpät I-divisioona 16* 15* 4* 19* 16* -* | Qualification 6 4 1 5 6 -
Finland U18 EJC-18 5* 3* 2* 5* 15* -* |
1977-78 Kärpät SM-liiga 35* 21* 6* 27* 19* -28* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 5* 2* 7* 9* -* |
1978-79 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 16* 6* 22* 65* -17* | Relegation 6 7 3 10 2 -
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 1* 2* 3* 0* -* |
1979-80 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 21* 17* 38* 18* 13* | Playoffs 6 0 3 3 6 -
1980-81 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 20* 11* 31* 60* -3* | Playoffs 11 5 2 7 32 -
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 71* 34* 33* 67* 32* -* | Playoffs 9 4 2 6 4 -
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 66* 33* 44* 77* 65* -* | Playoffs 16 7 7 14 21 -
1983-84 Rochester Americans AHL 15* 7* 10* 17* 2* -* |
Kärpät SM-liiga 23* 9* 4* 13* 20* 4* | Playoffs 10 6 4 10 8 -
1984-85 Kärpät SM-liiga 22* 8* 6* 14* 47* 11* | Playoffs 7 2 3 5 4 2
Finland (all) International 16* 5* -* -* -* -* |
1985-86 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 26* 10* 36* 24* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 24 -2
Finland WC 10* 0* 3* 3* 4* 3* |
1986-87 Kärpät SM-liiga 44* 24* 25* 49* 30* 28* | Playoffs 9 7 1 8 6 -
1987-88 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 26* 17* 14* 31* 25* -3* |
Finland OG 8* 1* 0* 1* 4* 2* |
1988-89 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 33* 13* 10* 23* 16* -31* |
1989-90 Kärpät I-divisioona 35* 17* 24* 41* 31* -* |
1990-91 TPS SM-liiga 41* 4* 3* 7* 6* -2* | Playoffs 9 1 1 2 2 1

Kai Suikkanen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 152* 74* 87* 161* 1.06* 99* -* | 2 25 11 * 9 * 20 * 0.80 * 25 * - *
EJC-18 1 5* 3* 2* 5* 1.00* 15* -* | 0 * * * * * *
I-divisioona 2 51* 32* 28* 60* 1.18* 47* -* | 1 6 4 * 1 * 5 * 0.83 * 6 * - *
International 1 16* 5* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Jr. A SM-sarja 2 43* 35* 11* 46* 1.07* 61* -* | 0 * * * * * *
SM-liiga (Liiga) 11 362* 179* 112* 291* 0.80* 330* -22* | 8 62 28 * 17 * 45 * 0.73 * 84 * 1 *
NHL 2 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
OG 1 8* 1* 0* 1* 0.13* 4* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 1 4* 8* 2* 10* 2.50* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 1 10* 0* 3* 3* 0.30* 4* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 12* 6* 4* 10* 0.83* 9* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

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