Timo Hirvonen
{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player (1973–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Timo Hirvonen
| image =
| image_caption =
| image_size = 225px
| played_for = Espoo Blues
| position = Left wing
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 187
| shoots = Right
| birth_date = {{birth date|1973|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Varkaus, Finland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|07|28|1973|12|05|df=y}}
| death_place = Espoo, Finland
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1992
| career_end = 2006
}}
Timo Olavi Hirvonen (5 December 1973 – 28 July 2023) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Hirvonen made his Liiga debut playing with Kiekko-Espoo during the 1992–93 SM-liiga season,[http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=604&year0=1993&status=stats Eliteprospects.com - 1992–93 Kiekko-Espoo player statistics] and served as an assistant coach with the Espoo Blues.
Hirvonen died from complications from surgery in July 2023, at the age of 49.{{cite news |title=Kiekko-Espoon legenda Timo Hirvonen, 49, on kuollut |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/smliiga/a/1411994d-e107-4885-b5f9-dceaef177f8d |access-date=28 July 2023 |publisher=Iltalehti |date=28 July 2023}}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1990–91
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | Kiekko-Espoo U20 | Jr. A SM-sarja | 21 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 57
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| Kiekko-Espoo | I-Divisioona | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| Kiekko-Espoo U20 | Jr. A SM-liiga | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 46 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| Kiekko-Espoo U20 | Jr. A SM-liiga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96
| Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 44 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 59
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997–98
| Kiekko-Espoo | Liiga | 47 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | Liiga | 54 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 40
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999–00
| Espoo Blues | Liiga | 47 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 52
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 56 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| Espoo Blues | Liiga | 56 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 42
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003–04
| SaiPa | Liiga | 42 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 61
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | SaiPa | Liiga | 44 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| SHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 54 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 54
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! ALIGN="center" | 607 ! ALIGN="center" | 98 ! ALIGN="center" | 117 ! ALIGN="center" | 215 ! ALIGN="center" | 532 ! ALIGN="center" | 43 ! ALIGN="center" | 2 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 3 ! ALIGN="center" | 42 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Finnish ice hockey left wingers
Category:Malmö Redhawks players
Category:Sportspeople from Varkaus
Category:Ice hockey people from North Savo
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