Hannu Juhani Kamppuri is a former professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 goaltender

Goaltender

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. Kamppuri was an accomplished SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

 goaltender, but is probably best known in North America

North America

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 for being one of the first Finnish

Finland

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 goaltenders to compete in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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, where he played 13 games for the New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils

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. He also appeared in net for the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

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 of the World Hockey Association

World Hockey Association

The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...

, as well as various minor league teams.

Kamppuri is a member of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame

The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland and was created in 1979 to honor those individuals who have contributed to Finnish ice hockey...

, being inducted in 1998.

Awards

• Urpo Ylönen trophy
  Urpo Ylönen trophy
  The Urpo Ylönen trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish SM-liiga to the best goalie of the season.Trophy winners:1977-78: Antero Kivelä 1978-79: Jorma Valtonen 1979-80: Jorma Valtonen 1980-81: Hannu Kamppuri...
  
   (best goaltender, SM-liiga
  SM-liiga
  The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
  
  ) - (1981, 1982, 1984, 1987)
• First Team All-Star (SM-liiga) - (1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987)

External links

• Kamppuri @ NHLFinns.com