Atte Ohtamaa

Atte Ohtamaa (born on November 6, 1987 in Nivala) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with the Kärpät of the Liiga.

Club career
Ohtamaa began playing junior hockey with the Cowboys organisation. In 2003, he moved to the Kärpät organisation. He made his senior debut in the 2006-07 season when he played 42 games with the Kärpät under-20 team and 3 games on loan with the Suomi U20 of the Mestis.

In the 2007-08 season played Ohtamaa 10 regular season games and 2 relegation games with the Kärpät under-20 team, 10 regular season games and 1 play-off game with the Kärpät of the SM-liiga and 15 games on loan with the Hokki of the Mestis. In this season, he became the SM-liiga champion.

In the 2008-09 season, he played 2 games with the Kärpät under-20 team and 48 regular season games plus 15 play-off games with the Kärpät of the SM-liiga.

Ohtamaa continued with the Kärpät of the SM-liiga (since the 2013-14 season called the Liiga) until the end of the 2013-14 season. In his last season with the Kärpät, Ohtamaa became the Finnish champion for the second time.

In 2014 - 2016, Ohtamaa played with the Jokerit of the KHL.

Next two seasons spent Ohtamaa with the Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL. In the 2017-18 season, he became the KHL Gagarin Cup champion and was named the KHL Defenceman of the Week on the Gagarin Cup finals.

In the 2018-19 season served Ohtamaa as the team's captain with the Kärpät of the Liiga.

Ohtamaa then began the 2019-20 season on loan from the Kärpät of the Liiga with the HC Lugano of the NL. He played there 18 games before he was loaned to the Barys Nur-Sultan of the KHL for the remainder of the season. He played there 36 regular season games and 5 play-off games. In this season, he also became the KHL Defenceman of the Week on December 2, 2019.

In the 2020-21 season played Ohtamaa with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL.

In 2021, Ohtamaa decided to return to the Kärpät of the Liiga and signed there a two-year contract.

International career
Ohtamaa played with the Finnish National Team at the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 World Championship s (winning silver and being named one of the top 3 players on the Finnish team at the 2014 tournament, winning silver at the 2016 tournament and winning gold at the 2019 tournament) and at the 2018 Olympics.