Mikko Eloranta

Mikko Henrikki Eloranta (born 24 August 1972) is a Finnish former ice hockey player who played with TPS Turku of the SM-Liiga. He represented Finland in both the Olympic Winter Games and the World Cup of Hockey.

Playing career Eloranta was drafted 247th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1999 NHL entry draft. He played for Boston for two seasons before he was traded by the Bruins, along with Jason Allison, to the Los Angeles Kings for Jozef Stumpel and Glen Murray on 24 October 2001.

He played for the Kings another two seasons. He then returned to Finland, playing for TPS in the Finnish National League.

In 2004, Eloranta played in Switzerland for the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. Eloranta suffered a major injury in August 2005 during an exhibition game, breaking a bone in his leg, and was not a member of the Silver Medal-winning Finnish Hockey Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

After three seasons with the Kings, Eloranta signed with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish 1st division for the 2007–08 season. Eloranta then returned to his native Finland, linking up with old club TPS for the 2008–09 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989–90 TPS FIN U20 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 TPS FIN U20 35 8 8 16 18 — — — — — 1991–92 TPS FIN U20 19 3 1 4 8 — — — — — 1992–93 TPS FIN U20 31 11 6 17 20 6 0 4 4 6 1993–94 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 45 3 4 7 24 — — — — — 1994–95 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 40 14 13 27 32 3 3 0 3 4 1995–96 Ilves SM-l 43 18 15 33 86 3 0 2 2 2 1995–96 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 8 6 7 13 2 — — — — — 1996–97 TPS SM-l 31 6 15 21 52 10 5 2 7 6 1997–98 TPS SM-l 46 23 14 37 82 2 0 0 0 8 1998–99 TPS SM-l 52 19 21 40 103 10 1 6 7 26 1999–2000 Boston Bruins NHL 50 6 12 18 36 — — — — — 2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 62 12 11 23 38 — — — — — 2001–02 Boston Bruins NHL 6 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 9 9 18 54 7 1 1 2 2 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 5 12 17 56 — — — — — 2003–04 TPS SM-l 54 23 19 42 87 6 0 1 1 39 2004–05 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 44 19 28 47 88 4 1 1 2 12 2005–06 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 1 0 0 0 2 7 1 1 2 8 2006–07 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 33 11 14 25 60 5 3 0 3 8 2007–08 Malmö Redhawks SWE.2 36 10 14 24 74 10 4 2 6 14 2008–09 TPS SM-l 48 9 11 20 122 8 2 2 4 6 2010–11 PaKa FIN.4 1 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 2011–12 PaKa FIN.4 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2012–13 TarU FIN.5 1 0 2 2 2 — — — — — SM-l totals 274 98 95 193 532 39 8 13 21 87 NHL totals 264 32 44 76 186 7 1 1 2 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Finland WC 10 1 1 2 12 1999 Finland WC 12 1 2 3 6 2002 Finland OG 4 2 0 2 2 2003 Finland WC 7 1 1 2 16 2004 Finland WCH 6 2 0 2 2 2005 Finland WC 7 0 0 0 0 Senior totals 46 7 4 11 38