Tero Leinonen

Tero Leinonen ( born March 9, 1975 in Mikkeli ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, who was last since at the Iserlohn Roosters in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga under contract.

Career

Tero Leinonen began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of discos Jyväskylä, in which he was active until 1995. Then the goalkeeper spent a season in his hometown at the third class gambling Mikkelin Jukurit. With discos Jyväskylä, for whom he played again from 1996 to 1998, he rose in the season 1996/97 in the then second-class I divisioona in which he made ​​his debut in professional hockey. In the second Finnish league he remained for the next three years in which he stood by Haukat, Vaasan Sport and again Mikkelin Jukurit under contract, whereby he with Jukurit in the 2000/01 season the championship of the Second Division newly established, the Mestis, won.

From 2001 to 2004 stood at JYP Jyväskylä Leinonen regularly in the SM- liiga between the posts. There he was able to recommend for an engagement in the Swedish Elitserien, in which he took from 2004 to 2007 for the Mora IK and Luleå HF. He then returned for one and a half years into his Finnish homeland, where he ran aground for Ilves Tampere of the SM - liiga in. During the season 2008/ 09, the Finn was committed by the White Tigers Liberec from the Czech Extraliga. There he developed in his second season in the Czech Republic a regular place.

In the season 2010/11 Leinonen was active for the Swedish second division Tingsryds AIF. After the season the goalkeeper hired in his home to the third division Nokian Pyry. This he left after just two games in order for the HC Valpellice aground in the Serie A1. During the 2011/12 season, 28 January 2012, took him the Iserlohn Roosters in the role as a standby goalkeeper under contract, as Sébastien Caron was playing unfit due to a concussion. At his DEL debut with the team lost 4:5 in extra time against the Adler Mannheim. Leinonen stood for the Roosters also in the 0:8 defeat against Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg between the posts. Since his contract expires in spring 2012 Leinonen is without a club.

Awards and achievements

Extraliga Statistics

(End of season 2009/10)