Ralph Hopiavuori

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Ralph Hopiavuori postcard 72-73.png

| caption = Hopiavuori in 1972–73

| position = Defence

| played_for = Cleveland Crusaders
Indianapolis Racers

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|7|15}}

| birth_place = Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 30th overall

| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

| draft_year = 1971

| career_start = 1971

| career_end = 1981

}}

Ralph Hopiavuori (born July 15, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA).{{cite web|title=1971 NHL Amateur Draft -- Ralph Hopiavuori|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1971/71030.html|publisher=Hockey Draft Central|accessdate=March 26, 2014}} Hopiavuori played parts of three WHA seasons with the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers.{{cite web |title=Ralph Hopiavouri at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/116370/ralph-hopiavouri |website=www.eliteprospects.com |access-date=October 16, 2023}} He was drafted in the third round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hopiavuori was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Hopiavuori is of Finnish descent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jaakiekkokirja.fi/digijulkaisut/jaakiekkokirja-1975-1976/78/ |title=JÄÄKIEKKOKIRJA 1975-1976 |last=Honkavaara |first=Aarne |author-link=Aarne Honkavaara |website=Jaakiekkokirja.fi |language=fi |access-date=7 April 2023 |quote=suomalaisperäiset ... Ralph Hopiavuori}}