Kristian Kuusela

Kristian Kuusela (born 19 February 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey right wing. Kuusela announced his retirement on 27 April 2023 after winning the Liiga championship with Tappara. Kuusela played a total of 1107 regular season games with 738 points. During his Liiga career Kuusela represented Ässät, Kärpät, Blues and Tappara. Foreign clubs Kuusela represented were MODO Hockey from Sweden and Amur Khabarovsk from Russia.

Awards Swedish Champion with Modo Hockey: 2006–07. Finnish Champion with 4x Tappara and 1x Kärpät: 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23. Liiga Runners-up with 1x Ässät, 1x Kärpät and 3x Tappara: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18. Lasse Oksanen trophy: 2015–16 Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy: 2015–16 Kultainen kypärä: 2015–16 CHL Champion with Tappara : 2022–23 Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championships: 2019

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Tappara FIN U18 21 15 10 25 8 — — — — — 1999–2000 Tappara FIN U18 17 9 12 21 6 — — — — — 1999–2000 Tappara FIN U20 27 7 8 15 35 6 1 0 1 2 2000–01 Tappara FIN U18 3 2 2 4 4 — — — — — 2000–01 Tappara FIN U20 41 16 30 46 36 9 2 0 2 6 2001–02 Tappara FIN U20 40 11 19 30 44 2 1 1 2 2 2001–02 FPS Mestis 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Ässät FIN U20 26 6 19 25 49 — — — — — 2002–03 Ässät SM-l 31 3 0 3 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Ässät FIN U20 10 8 6 14 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Ässät SM-l 53 4 6 10 12 — — — — — 2004–05 Ässät SM-l 55 7 12 19 14 2 0 0 0 0 2005–06 Ässät SM-l 56 26 17 43 40 14 6 3 9 12 2006–07 Ässät SM-l 44 16 20 36 26 — — — — — 2006–07 Modo Hockey SEL 11 2 4 6 8 20 8 5 13 14 2007–08 Kärpät SM-l 56 18 27 45 26 15 2 6 8 0 2008–09 Kärpät SM-l 57 23 20 43 63 15 6 3 9 10 2009–10 Kärpät SM-l 55 16 16 32 84 10 0 2 2 6 2010–11 Kärpät SM-l 59 11 17 28 30 3 1 1 2 0 2011–12 Blues SM-l 60 16 17 33 14 16 3 8 11 8 2012–13 Blues SM-l 59 10 30 40 30 — — — — — 2013–14 Tappara Liiga 60 19 27 46 28 20 4 9 13 8 2014–15 Tappara Liiga 60 14 32 46 10 20 6 12 18 0 2015–16 Tappara Liiga 56 20 39 59 14 17 5 10 15 6 2016–17 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 52 7 14 21 18 — — — — — 2016–17 Tappara Liiga 10 1 3 4 0 18 5 4 9 6 2017–18 Tappara Liiga 60 12 32 44 12 16 4 7 11 16 2018–19 Tappara Liiga 60 19 35 54 16 11 4 5 9 4 2019–20 Tappara Liiga 55 20 33 53 16 — — — — — SM-l/Liiga totals 946 255 383 638 437 177 46 70 116 76

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Finland U17 2 2 0 2 0 2019 Finland WC 7 1 1 2 0