Kimmo Rintanen (born August 7, 1973 in Rauma, Finland) is a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-Liiga before getting transferred to Swiss Elite League Team Kloten Flyers, where he has been playing since the 2001-02 Season. He played for Lukko, TPS, and Jokerit in Finland. He also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Rintanen has played 155 matches for the National team of Finland and has scored 35 goals.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | Lukko Rauma | SM-liiga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 1991–92 | Lukko Rauma | SM-liiga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 1992–93 | Lukko Rauma | SM-liiga | 45 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | Lukko Rauma | SM-liiga | 48 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 49 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 45 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 46 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 46 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-liiga | 35 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 54 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 49 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 44 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 38 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 44 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 14 | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 2004–05 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 44 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 44 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 41 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 50 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | 50 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Kloten Flyers | NLA | ||||||||||||
| SM-liiga total | 446 | 155 | 224 | 379 | 141 | 72 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 20 | ||||
Awards[]
Won Raimo Kilpiö trophy (most sportsmanlike player - SM-Liiga) in the following four seasons:
- 1996-97
- 1997-98
- 1999-00
- 2000-01