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Tuukka Mäntylä

#18 Tappara / Liiga - 19/20

Date of Birth

May 25, 1981

Position

Age

Height

5'7" / 171 cm

Place of Birth

Tampere, FIN

Weight

187 lbs / 85 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

Tappara

Status

Retired

Drafted

2001 round 5 #153 overall by Los Angeles Kings

Agency

PREMIUM

Tuukka Mäntylä was known as a pretty well-rounded defenseman. A good skater, he had an accurate shot from the point and was also a decent passer of the puck. Short in stature, but very stocky, and enjoyed playing a physical game.
- Erik K. Piri, Elite Prospects

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Tuukka Mäntylä Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1995-96	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja	32*	2*	2*	4*	28*	-*	\|
1996-97	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja	32*	12*	25*	37*	52*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	2	-
	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	6*	1*	0*	1*	8*	-*	\|
1997-98	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	31*	2*	23*	25*	49*	-*	\|
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	4	-
	Finland U17 (all) “C”	International-Jr	9*	1*	2*	3*	14*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	9*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-*	\|
1998-99	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	10*	4*	4*	8*	18*	-*	\|
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	34*	5*	13*	18*	42*	-*	\|
	Finland U18 “C”	WJC-18	6*	1*	0*	1*	8*	1*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	6*	1*	0*	1*	8*	-*	\|
1999-00	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	7*	2*	5*	7*	22*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	2	5	7	4	-
	Tappara	SM-liiga	43*	2*	8*	10*	16*	4*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	1
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	0*	3*	3*	14*	-2*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10*	0*	7*	7*	24*	-*	\|
2000-01	Tappara	SM-liiga	53*	6*	14*	20*	32*	7*	\|	Playoffs	10	2	2	4	10	7
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	1*	4*	5*	6*	8*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	16*	4*	4*	8*	20*	-*	\|
2001-02	Tappara	SM-liiga	56*	5*	10*	15*	70*	18*	\|	Playoffs	10	2	4	6	8	1
	Finland (all)	International	7*	1*	2*	3*	4*	1*	\|
2002-03	Tappara	SM-liiga	54*	3*	19*	22*	58*	8*	\|	Playoffs	15	0	2	2	6	-1
2003-04	Luleå HF	Elitserien	43*	6*	10*	16*	67*	-11*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-7
	Finland	WC	7*	0*	2*	2*	0*	1*	\|
2004-05	Luleå HF	Elitserien	48*	8*	14*	22*	40*	3*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	4	-9
2005-06	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	56*	6*	16*	22*	81*	3*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	29	0
	Finland	WC	9*	0*	0*	0*	8*	0*	\|
2006-07	Tappara	SM-liiga	55*	5*	16*	21*	62*	10*	\|	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	8	-3
	Finland	WC	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	0*	\|
2007-08	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	45*	1*	10*	11*	46*	0*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	4	2
2008-09	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	53*	3*	17*	20*	52*	0*	\|	Playoffs	11	0	0	0	2	1
2009-10	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	47*	5*	17*	22*	145*	4*	\|	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	10	0
2010-11	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	57*	5*	19*	24*	93*	-8*	\|
2011-12	Tappara “A”	SM-liiga	12*	4*	7*	11*	14*	-1*	\|
	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	38*	0*	17*	17*	39*	-13*	\|
2012-13	Tappara “C”	SM-liiga	57*	3*	21*	24*	71*	1*	\|	Playoffs	15	0	8	8	18	8
	Finland	WC	10*	0*	3*	3*	2*	3*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	10*	0*	3*	3*	2*	3*	\|
2013-14	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	KHL	53*	4*	12*	16*	32*	-5*	\|
	Finland	WC	10*	2*	3*	5*	12*	4*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	24*	3*	8*	11*	14*	10*	\|
2014-15	Tappara “A”	Liiga	24*	1*	7*	8*	16*	4*	\|
	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	25*	2*	4*	6*	59*	-14*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	0*	0*	0*	0*	2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	17*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2015-16	Medvescak Zagreb “A”	KHL	48*	8*	10*	18*	64*	-7*	\|
	Tappara	Liiga	11*	2*	0*	2*	2*	1*	\|	Playoffs	18	0	2	2	20	-5
	Finland (all)	International	5*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-4*	\|
2016-17	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	57*	10*	14*	24*	56*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	4	2	5	7	12	2
2017-18	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	50*	0*	11*	11*	32*	10*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	1
2018-19	Tappara “A”	Liiga	49*	1*	12*	13*	42*	3*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	1	3	10	2
2019-20	Tappara “A”	Liiga	47*	2*	5*	7*	55*	16*	\|

Tuukka Mäntylä Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2002-03	Finland	EHT	9*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-*	\|
2003-04	Finland	EHT	13*	1*	2*	3*	12*	-*	\|
2004-05	Finland	EHT	8*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-*	\|
2005-06	Finland	EHT	7*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
2006-07	Finland	EHT	8*	0*	0*	0*	22*	0*	\|
2007-08	Finland	EHT	3*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-1*	\|
2008-09	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2010-11	Tappara “A”	ET	4*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-*	\|
2011-12	Tappara “A”	ET	8*	1*	2*	3*	8*	-*	\|
2012-13	Tappara “C”	ET	7*	2*	2*	4*	2*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
2013-14	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Nadezhda Cup	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	8*	0*	2*	2*	2*	1*	\|
2014-15	Tappara “A”	Champions HL	7*	0*	0*	0*	12*	1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	6*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2015-16	Finland	EHT	5*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-4*	\|
2017-18	Malmö Redhawks	Champions HL	8*	1*	0*	1*	2*	2*	\|
2018-19	Tappara	Champions HL	6*	0*	1*	1*	8*	-1*	\|
2019-20	Tappara	Champions HL	8*	0*	0*	0*	4*	3*	\|

Tuukka Mäntylä Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	4	29*	1*	1*	2*	0.07*	26*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	10	70*	2*	8*	10*	0.14*	52*	-6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	6*	0*	1*	1*	0.17*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	3	19*	3*	4*	7*	0.37*	16*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
International	5	63*	4*	15*	19*	0.30*	24*	10*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	56*	8*	14*	22*	0.39*	74*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	5	221*	24*	57*	81*	0.37*	250*	-41*	\|	1	4	2 *	5 *	7 *	1.75 *	12 *	2 *
Liiga (SM-liiga)	14	621*	50*	171*	221*	0.36*	757*	70*	\|	10	101	9 *	22 *	31 *	0.31 *	119 *	10 *
Nadezhda Cup	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL (Elitserien)	5	239*	18*	62*	80*	0.33*	237*	2*	\|	5	32	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.13 *	12 *	-12 *
U16 SM-sarja	2	64*	14*	27*	41*	0.64*	80*	-*	\|	1	4	1 *	2 *	3 *	0.75 *	2 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja	3	43*	6*	27*	33*	0.77*	69*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	43*	7*	18*	25*	0.58*	64*	-*	\|	2	11	2 *	5 *	7 *	0.64 *	8 *	- *
WC	6	49*	2*	10*	12*	0.24*	24*	10*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	6*	1*	0*	1*	0.17*	8*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	14*	1*	7*	8*	0.57*	20*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tuukka Mäntylä Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1997-1998
- U18 EJC Silver Medal
- U20 SM-liiga Bronze Medal
1998-1999
- U18 WJC Gold Medal
2000-2001
2001-2002
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2002-2003
- SM-liiga Champion
2005-2006
- World Championship Bronze Medal
2006-2007
- World Championship Silver Medal
2012-2013
2013-2014
- World Championship Silver Medal
2015-2016
- Liiga Champion
2018-2019
- Liiga Bronze Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
03/17/2020
03/17/2020	Confirmed	Tappara	Retired
05/07/2018
05/07/2018	Confirmed	Malmö Redhawks	Tappara
08/02/2017
08/02/2017	Confirmed	Kunlun Red Star	Malmö Redhawks
07/05/2016
07/05/2016	Confirmed	Tappara	Kunlun Red Star
02/10/2016
02/10/2016	Confirmed	Medvescak Zagreb	Tappara
06/19/2015
06/19/2015	Confirmed	Tappara	Medvescak Zagreb
02/25/2015
02/25/2015	Confirmed	Amur Khabarovsk	Unknown
11/26/2014
11/26/2014	Confirmed	Tappara	Amur Khabarovsk
07/10/2014
07/10/2014	Confirmed	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Tappara
05/29/2013
05/29/2013	Confirmed	Tappara	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
10/21/2011
10/21/2011	Confirmed	Tappara	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
04/06/2009
04/06/2009	Confirmed	Frölunda HC	Tappara

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Tappara