Otso Rantakari

Otso Rantakari (born November 19, 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Otso Rantakari
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Born (1993-11-19) November 19, 1993
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Augsburger Panther
Espoo Blues
Modo Hockey
Tappara
HC Davos
EHC Biel
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
HIFK
Playing career 2012–present

Playing career

Rantakari made his Liiga debut playing with Espoo Blues during the 2014–15 Liiga season.[1]

On September 9, 2019, Rantakari was signed to a four-month tryout by HC Davos of the Swiss National League (NL) through December 31, 2019. On November 30, 2019, Rantakari was signed to a one-year contract by Davos through the end of the 2019/20 season. On January 21, 2020, Rantakari was loaned to EHC Biel to replace injured Anssi Salmela.

On 18 June 2020, Rantakari left Switzerland as a free agent and agreed to a one-year deal with Russian club, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[2]

Personal

On July 30, 2021 he married Miss Finland 2010, Viivi Pumpanen.

References
  1. "Otso Rantakari player profile" (in Finnish). jatkoaika.com. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. "Rantakari becomes a player with Neftekhimik" (in Russian). HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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