Simo Saarinen

Simo Olavi Saarinen ( born February 14, 1963 in Helsinki ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who has played in its active period from 1980 to 1996, including for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League.

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Career

Simo Saarinen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of HIFK Helsinki for the first team to 1984 he was active from 1980 in the SM- liiga. In the 1982/83 season he was doing Finnish Champion with his team. The following season he played in parallel for the Olympic team in the SM- liiga of Finland. In the season 1984/85 he was in eight games for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League on the ice. The Rangers had already selected him in the NHL Entry Draft in 1982 in the tenth round than a total of 193 players. However, due to a knee injury he fell out of the majority of its premiere season in North America and in the following year, in which he scored three goals and four assists for the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League in 13 games. Then he returned to Finland, where he ran aground up to end of his career in 1996 at the age of 33 years for his hometown club HIFK Helsinki. After his return to Europe, he was able to convince, especially in the 1987/88 season, in which he was elected to the All-Star team of the SM - liiga.

Internationally

For Finland, Saarinen took at junior level at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1981 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 1982 and 1983 in part. At the 1982 World Junior Championships he won the bronze medal with his team, in the following year he was elected to the All-Star team.

In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1989 and 1990 and the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, in Calgary in 1988 and 1992 in Albertville. In the 1988 Olympics he won the silver medal with his team.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

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