Juho Kuronen

Juho Kuronen (born February 18, 1982) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Career Kuronen began his career with KalPa's junior teams before joining Hermes in Finland's second-tier league Mestis in 2000. After two seasons, he moved to KalPa who were promoted to SM-liiga in 2005. In his one season in SM-liiga, Kuronen played 42 game during the 2005–06 season, scoring four goals and three assists.

He moved back down to Mestis the following year with Jokipojat for two seasons before moving to Sweden's third-tier Hockeyettan with Olofströms IK for one season. He then returned to Finland with brief spells with IPK and KalPa Team in the 2. Divisioona before retiring in 2012.

Kuronen was a member of the gold medal-winning Finland team in the 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 KalPa U18 U18 SM-sarja 26 4 10 14 20 — — — — — 1997–98 KalPa U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8 4 4 8 2 — — — — — 1997–98 KalPa U16 U16 SM-sarja 8 4 2 6 33 — — — — — 1997–98 KalPa U18 U18 SM-sarja 13 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 1998–99 KalPa U20 U20 SM-liiga — — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 KalPa U20 U20 SM-liiga 30 2 1 3 14 1 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Kokkolan Hermes Mestis 39 0 5 5 26 6 0 0 0 0 2001–02 Kokkolan Hermes Mestis 44 2 5 7 10 3 0 0 0 2 2002–03 KalPa Mestis 36 4 4 8 10 4 0 1 1 0 2003–04 KalPa Mestis 40 5 7 12 14 11 0 2 2 2 2004–05 KalPa Mestis 36 0 4 4 8 9 0 0 0 2 2005–06 KalPa SM-liiga 42 4 3 7 24 — — — — — 2006–07 Jokipojat Mestis 42 8 12 20 62 3 0 0 0 4 2007–08 Jokipojat Mestis 39 5 16 21 20 3 1 0 1 2 2008–09 Olofströms IK Division 1 37 5 7 12 16 — — — — — 2009–10 Iisalmen Peli-Karhut 2. Divisioona 5 2 6 8 4 3 1 1 2 0 2010–11 KalPa Team 2. Divisioona 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — SM-liiga totals 42 4 3 7 24 — — — — — Mestis totals 276 24 53 77 150 39 1 3 4 12