Kai Ortio

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Kai Ortio
Born (1965-09-23) 23 September 1965 (age 55)
Turku, Finland
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Turun Palloseura
Turun Toverit
Forssan Palloseura
Oulun Kärpät
Playing career 1984–1998

Kai Ortio (born 23 September 1965) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and coach. While an active player, he played two seasons in the SM-liiga, appearing with HC TPS in 45 games during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons and registering 3 points (0 goals+3 assists) and 22 penalty minutes.

Playing career[]

Ortio developed in the minor and junior ice hockey systems of Turun Toverit (TuTo or TUTO) in his hometown of Turku. At age 19, he made his professional debut with the club's representative team in the 1984–85 I-Divisioona season.[1]

Ortio went on to play the entirety of his fourteen season professional career in Finland, playing ten seasons in the second-tier I-divisioona and two seasons in the third-tier II-divisioona, in addition to his two seasons with TPS Turku in the SM-liiga. Eight of his seasons in the I-divisioona were spent with TuTo and, during the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons, his last active seasons before retirement, he served as the team's captain. The other two I-divisioona seasons were played with Oulun Kärpät in 1989–90 and Forssan Palloseura (FPS, previously FoPS) in 1990–91. In the II-divisioona, he played the 1994–95 season with Lätkä-77 and the 1995–96 season with Uudenkaupungin Jää-Kotkat (UJK).

Personal life[]

Ortio's son, Joni Ortio, is an active professional goaltender and his career has included playing in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the SM-liiga, and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[2]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

    Regular season   Postseason
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 TuTo I-div. 29 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
1985–86 TuTo I-div. 44 8 8 16 25 — — — — —
1986–87 TuTo I-div. 44 5 12 17 22 — — — — —
1987–88 TPS SM-liiga 37 0 3 3 18 — — — — —
1988–89 TPS SM-liiga 8 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
1989–90 Kärpät I-div. 42 5 12 17 12 — — — — —
1990–91 FoPS I-div. 42 7 21 28 48 — — — — —
1991–92 TuTo I-div. 44 14 12 26 26 — — — — —
1992–93 TuTo I-div. 44 9 16 25 46 6 1 3 4 18
1993–94 TuTo I-div. 43 5 8 13 24 6 0 0 0 4
1994–95 Lätkä-77 II-div. 26 11 19 30 59 — — — — —
1995–96 UJK II-div. 35 17 23 40 8 14 3 3 6 4
1996–97 TuTo I-div. 39 9 17 26 26 — — — — —
1997–98 TuTo I-div. 40 5 14 19 38 3 0 0 0 2
SM-liiga totals 45 0 3 3 22 1 0 0 0 4
I-divisioona totals 411 67 122 189 275 15 1 3 4 24
II-divisioona totals 61 28 42 70 67 14 3 3 6 4

References[]

  1. ^ "Seuran Historia – 80-luku". TUTO Hockey (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ Muttilainen, Kimmo (13 December 2014). "TPS-legendan todellinen juhlapeli: 50 vuotta jääkiekkoa!". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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