Juhani Tamminen
Finnish ice hockey player
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Manu Juhani Tamminen (born May 26, 1950) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and World Hockey Association.[citation needed] He played for TPS, HJK, HIFK, Cleveland Crusaders, and Phoenix Roadrunners. He represented Finland at the 1976 Canada Cup. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.
| Juhani Tamminen | |||
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| Born |
May 26, 1950 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
WHA Cleveland Crusaders Phoenix Roadrunners CHL Oklahoma City Blazers SM-liiga TPS HJK HIFK JIHL Kokudo Keikaku Nationalliga B EHC Visp | ||
| Playing career | 1969–1982 | ||
Tamminen's post playing career has included coaching in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Japan, as well as various television sports commentator positions.[1] Tamminen has also coached Switzerland's and France's national ice hockey A-group.
Coaching career
- TPS 1985–1988, SM-liiga. Rankings: Fourth, Fourth and Fifth.
- HC Sierre 1988–1990, On the Swiss B-series.
- HC Sierre 1990–1991, On the Swiss A-series. Ranking 9/10.
- Switzerland men's B-national ice hockey team 1989–1990.
- Switzerland men's national ice hockey team 1991–1992.
- IF Sundsvall Hockey/Timrå IK 1992–1993, "North Fortsättningsserien" (The third highest league in Sweden).
- TUTO Hockey, I-Divisioona 1993–1994 (the team rose at the end of the season in to SM-liiga).
- France men's national ice hockey team 1994–1997.
- Ässät, SM-liiga 1997–1998.
- Oulun Kärpät 1998–2000, I-Divisioona.Kärpät beat Pelicans in the qualifiers at the end of the 1999–2000 season were promoted to the SM-Liiga for the 2000–2001.
- Oulun Kärpät 2000–2001, SM-liiga. Released mid-season.
- Not coaching 2001–2003 (He served as Managing Director of Ässät).
- Vaasan Sport 2004–2005, Mestis. During the 2004–2005 season, Sport lost the Mestis finals to KalPa with a 0–3 defeat. During the 2005–2006 season, Tamminen resigned in December and moved to Switzerland.
- Zürich Lions 2005–2006, National League (ice hockey) (released from missions during the qualifying Relegation).
- Vaasan Sport 2007–2010, Mestis. Replaced coach Mikko Manner in December 2007. Tamminen went on sick leave due to burnout at the end of January 2010.
- TUTO Hockey, Mestis 2012–2013.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1970–71 | HJK Helsinki | SM-sarja | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | HJK Helsinki | SM-sarja | 32 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-sarja | 36 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-sarja | 36 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 65 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CHL | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 65 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 36 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 36 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 35 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 1981–82 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 36 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | TPS Turku | SM-liiga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 130 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
