Matti Kuparinen

Matti Kuparinen
Born	(1984-10-16) October 16, 1984 (age 40) Pori, Finland
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
SM-liiga team Former teams	HIFK Ässät KalPa Avangard Omsk
Playing career	2003–present

Matti Kuparinen (born October 16, 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-liiga.

Kuparinen played originally with SM-liiga team, Ässät Pori, for eight seasons from 2003 to 2011, of which he was team captain for over three years. Kuparinen played his first games in SM-liiga in the season of 2003-04 and his first national team games in September 2008. He switched to KalPa in the 2011-12 season with a two-year contract that was then extended to 2015.^[1]

After a spending the majority of the 2012-13 season, abroad in the Kontinental Hockey League with Avangard Omsk, Kuparinen returned as a free agent to join his third SM-liiga club, HIFK, on an optional two-year contract on July 22, 2013.^[2]

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