Roope Ranta

Roope Ranta (born May 23, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for SC Riessersee of the German second level league DEL2. Before he played mostly in Finland second level league Mestis.

Roope Ranta
Born	(1988-05-23) May 23, 1988 (age 36) Helsinki, Finland
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	156 lb (71 kg; 11 st 2 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
DEL2 team Former teams	SC Riessersee Espoo Blues SV Kaltern
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2007–present

Playing career

Roope Ranta started playing hockey in his hometown Helsinki. As a junior, he changed to Espoo Blues a team from Finland highest level league Liiga. He played for this team until 2012 in 75 games (25 points). At this time he was loaned to Finlands second level league Mestis. He played also for Kiekko-Vantaa and Jokipojat. From season 2012-13, he played in the Mestis for Jokipojat, HC Keski-Uusimaa, Lempäälän Kisa and Mikkelin Jukurit. He was always one of the Top Scorers in his teams. In 2012-13 Mestis season he was the best assist (34 assists) in the Mestis. In 2015-16 Mestis season he has made the most points in playoffs, was voted for the All-Star game and won the championship with Jukurit.

In the 2014-15 season, he played some games for Sputnik Nizhny Tagil in Russian second level hockey league VHL and later for SV Kaltern in the highest level Italy hockey league Serie A before he changed back to Finland in January 2015.^[1][2]

For season 2016-17, Ranta changed to Germany's second level league DEL2 and has played for Lausitzer Füchse.^[3] Since November 2016 he plays for SC Riessersee in the same league.^[4]

References

1. "Colpo Caldaro, Doug Janik è un luccio" (in Italian). Hockeytime. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
2. "Kaltern and Tommi Roope Ranta go different ways" (in German). Sportnews Suedtirol. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
3. "All want Roope Ranta" (in German). Lausitzer Rundschau. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
4. "Roope Ranta change from Weisswasser to Riessersee" (in German). Münchner Merkur. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-12-23.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database