Kari Eloranta

Kari Pekka Eloranta (born February 29, 1956) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played over 20 years in numerous leagues throughout Europe and North America. Among top-level leagues, he played with Reipas Lahti in the Finnish SM-liiga, Leksands IF, HV71 and Rögle BK in the Swedish Elitserien, the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) and HC Lugano in Switzerland. He played for HV71 in the 1985–86 season, he was awarded the Guldhjälmen.^[1] Eloranta was a frequent member of the Finnish national team. In addition to the Canada Cup and World Championships, he was a three-time Olympian and was a member of Finland's silver medal-winning squad at the 1988 Winter Games.^[2]

Kari Eloranta
Born	(1956-02-29) February 29, 1956 (age 69) Lahti, Finland
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Lahti Pelicans Leksands IF Calgary Flames St. Louis Blues HV71 HC Lugano Rögle BK
National team	Finland
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1976–1996

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972–73	Lahden Reipas	FIN U20		10	10	4	14	12		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Lahden Reipas	FIN U20		14	7	14	21	18		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Lahden Reipas	FIN.3		12	5	8	13	2		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Lahden Reipas	FIN.3		19	10	12	22	24		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Kiekkoreipas	FIN.2		35	11	9	20	17		6	3	3	6	6
1976–77	Kiekkoreipas	SM-l		36	4	6	10	34		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Kiekkoreipas	SM-l		36	6	6	12	14		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Leksands IF	SEL		36	7	10	17	47		3	0	0	0	2
1979–80	Leksands IF	SEL		34	4	5	9	26		2	0	0	0	4
1980–81	Leksands IF	SEL		36	3	13	16	35		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Calgary Flames	NHL		19	0	5	5	14		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL		39	3	27	30	31		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	St. Louis Blues	NHL		12	1	7	8	6		5	0	0	0	0
1982–83	Calgary Flames	NHL		80	4	40	44	43		9	1	3	4	17
1983–84	Calgary Flames	NHL		78	5	34	39	44		6	0	2	2	2
1984–85	Calgary Flames	NHL		65	2	11	13	39		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	HV71	SEL		36	4	16	20	46		2	0	0	0	0
1986–87	HV71	SEL		35	3	18	21	34		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Calgary Flames	NHL		13	1	6	7	9		6	0	2	2	0
1987–88	HC Lugano	NDA		36	4	26	30	30		7	2	5	7	8
1988–89	HC Lugano	NDA		36	11	21	32	17		10	2	6	8	28
1989–90	HC Lugano	NDA		36	8	26	34	36		7	2	4	6	2
1990–91	Hockey Reipas	SM-l		44	7	18	25	18		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Rögle BK	SWE.2		35	5	17	22	22		5	0	0	0	12
1992–93	Rögle BK	SEL		38	9	8	17	44		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Rögle BK	SEL		40	2	13	15	14		3	0	0	0	0
1994–95	Rögle BK	SEL		17	1	3	4	8		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Rögle BK	Allsv		18	2	7	9	2		11	0	4	4	4
1995–96	Reipas Lahti	FIN.2		44	5	25	30	34		3	0	1	1	32
1996–97	Lahti Pelicans	FIN.2		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
SM-l totals				116	17	29	46	66		—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals				271	32	87	119	254		16	1	2	3	14
NHL totals				267	13	103	116	155		26	1	7	8	19

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975	Finland	WJC		5	0	0	0	4
1975	Finland	EJC		5	0	1	1	0
1976	Finland	WJC		4	0	1	1	2
1979	Finland	WC		6	0	0	0	4
1980	Finland	OG		7	0	4	4	0
1981	Finland	WC		8	1	2	3	6
1986	Finland	WC		10	3	1	4	2
1988	Finland	OG		8	0	6	6	2
1989	Finland	WC		10	1	3	4	12
1991	Finland	CC		6	0	1	1	4
1992	Finland	OG		8	0	2	2	4
Junior totals				14	0	2	2	6
Senior totals				63	5	19	24	34