Atte Ohtamaa

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|11|6}}

| birth_place = Nivala, Finland

| league = Liiga

| team = Oulun Kärpät

| former_teams = Jokerit
Ak Bars Kazan
HC Lugano
Barys Nur-Sultan
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| ntl_team = Finland

| position = Defense

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Atte Petteri Ohtamaa (born 6 November 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for Oulun Kärpät of the Liiga.

Playing career

Ohtamaa's youth team was Nivala Cowboys before he transferred to Oulun Kärpät at the Junior B level.

In 2018, Ohtamaa returned to Liiga after four seasons in the KHL. He signed a five-year contract with Oulun Kärpät. The contract included clauses to play two seasons abroad.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-02 |title=Suomen mestari Kärpät alkoi paikata KHL:ään lähtevien tähtien jättämiä aukkoja – Ohtamaa palaa seuraan jättisopimuksella |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-10187288 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Yle Urheilu |language=fi}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-28 |title=Atte Ohtamaa palaa Kärppiin – "Hän tuo johtajuutta ja tekee asioita, mitä voittavassa joukkueessa täytyy tehdä” |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Uutiset/Atte-Ohtamaa-palaa-K%C3%A4rppiin-%E2%80%93-H%C3%A4n-tuo-johtajuutta-ja-tekee-asioita-mit%C3%A4-voittavassa-joukkueessa-t%C3%A4ytyy-tehd%C3%A4%E2%80%9D/230263 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta |language=fi}}

Ohtamaa excerised the first clause-year of his option for the 2019–20 season. On 27 August 2019, Ohtamaa joined HC Lugano of the National League (NL) on a two-month contract until 3 November 2019. He was brought in as their fifth import player in case of injuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/11-swiss-ice-hockey/nla/15860-hc-lugano-inks-defenseman-atte-ohtamaa-for-two-months|title=HC Lugano inks defenseman Atte Ohtamaa for two months|date=27 August 2019 |publisher=www.swisshockeynews.ch|accessdate=2019-08-27}} Ohtamaa played 17 games with Lugano (3 points) before being released on 2 November 2019. He was then loaned to Kazakh-based KHL club, Barys Nur-Sultan, for the remainder of the season.

He used the second clause-year in the following season, and on 1 May 2020, Ohtamaa opted to continue in the KHL, securing a one-year contract with Russian club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.{{cite web| url = https://www.hclokomotiv.ru/article.asp?id=Itogi-pervogo-dnja-transfernoj-kampanii-7289 | title = Results from first day of free agency | publisher = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | date = 1 May 2020 | accessdate = 1 May 2020 | language = Russian}} Ohtamaa returned to Kärpät for the 2021–22 Liiga season in accordance to his ongoing contract.{{Cite web |last=Soininen |first=Maisa |date=2021-04-28 |title=Kärpille kova paluumuuttaja! Maailmanmestari Atte Ohtamaa, 33, palaa Ouluun |url=https://www.is.fi/sm-liiga/art-2000007946583.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}} He was named the captain of the team.{{Cite web |last=Airio |first=Riikka |date=2021-08-06 |title=Kauden 2021-2022 kapteenisto koostuu omista kasvateista |url=https://karpat.fi/kauden-2021-2022-kapteenisto-koostuu-omista-kasvateista-2/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Oulun Kärpät |language=fi}}

Ohtamaa signed a one-year extension with Kärpät for the 2023–24 season,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=Oulun Kärpät teki pelaajakiinnityksiä: viime kauden kapteeni Atte Ohtamaalle jatkokausi SM-liigajoukkueessa |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20027950 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}} and again for the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Oulun Kärpät jatkaa ensi kauden joukkueensa kokoamista – Atte Ohtamaalle jatkosopimus |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20087743 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}

International play

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Ohtamaa was named to the Finland men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/roster-forming/|title=Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|publisher=iihfworlds2014.com|accessdate=2014-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923115412/http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/roster-forming/|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2003–04

| Kärpät

| FIN U16

| 17

| 2

| 8

| 10

| 28

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Kärpät

| FIN U18

| 30

| 0

| 10

| 28

| 2

| 0

| 4

2005–06

| Kärpät

| FIN U20

| 38

| 5

| 10

| 46

| 12

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Kärpät

| FIN U20

| 42

| 7

| 22

| 29

| 38

| —

2007–08

| Kärpät

| FIN U20

| 10

| 1

| 7

| 8

| 16

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 8

| 1

| 0

2007–08

| Hokki

| Mestis

| 15

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 16

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Kärpät

| FIN U20

| 2

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 4

| —

2008–09

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 48

| 0

| 2

| 32

| 15

| 0

| 27

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 51

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 30

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

2010–11

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 45

| 2

| 9

| 11

| 32

| 2

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 48

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 30

| 5

| 0

| 8

2012–13

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 60

| 3

| 15

| 18

| 55

| 3

| 0

| 4

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| 2013–14

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 57

| 5

| 17

| 22

| 61

| 16

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 10

2014–15

| Jokerit

| KHL

| 55

| 1

| 9

| 10

| 37

| 10

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Jokerit

| KHL

| 59

| 4

| 8

| 46

| 4

| 0

| 2

2016–17

| Ak Bars Kazan

| KHL

| 55

| 2

| 10

| 12

| 10

| 15

| 1

| 2

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Ak Bars Kazan

| KHL

| 47

| 3

| 6

| 16

| 19

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 10

2018–19

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 47

| 8

| 15

| 23

| 24

| 17

| 0

| 3

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| HC Lugano

| NL

| 18

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 16

| —

2019–20

| Barys Nur–Sultan

| KHL

| 36

| 6

| 15

| 21

| 18

| 5

| 1

| 2

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| 2020–21

| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| KHL

| 46

| 6

| 9

| 15

| 18

| 11

| 0

| 2

| 0

2021–22

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 46

| 8

| 19

| 27

| 22

| 7

| 0

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! colspan="3" | Liiga totals

! 412

! 33

! 92

! 125

! 294

! 72

! 3

! 4

! 7

! 65

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 298

! 22

! 50

! 72

! 145

! 64

! 4

! 12

! 16

! 30

=International=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2014

| Finland

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015

| Finland

| WC

| 6th

| 7

| 0

| 6

2016

| Finland

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017

| Finland

| WC

| 4th

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 18

2018

| Finland

| OG

| 6th

| 5

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019

| Finland

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 4

2021

| Finland

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2022

| Finland

| OG

| {{gold1}}

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 2

2022

| Finland

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 2

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! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 78

! 4

! 9

! 13

! 40

Awards and honors

Won the Finnish Champion (Kanada-malja) 2x: 2007–08, 2013–14.
SM-Liiga, Runner-up 3x: 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19
KHL, (Gagarin Cup) 1x: 2017–18

References

External links

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Finnish ice hockey defencemen

Category:Ak Bars Kazan players

Category:Barys Astana players

Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan

Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland

Category:Jokerit players

Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players

Category:HC Lugano players

Category:Oulun Kärpät players

Category:People from Nivala

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Finland

Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Category:Ice hockey people from North Ostrobothnia

Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen