Juha Leimu is a Finnish professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defender who is currently playing for Tappara

Tappara

Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....

 of the 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...

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Playing career

Leimu's breakthrough season was 2009-10, when he was called up to Tappara

Tappara

Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....

 from the second highest level team Lempäälän Kisa

Lempäälän Kisa

Lempäälän Kisa is an ice hockey team from Lempäälä, Finland. They play currently in the Mestis league, the second top league in Finland after Sm-liiga. Their home rink is Masku Arena holding currently only 900 people.-Retired numbers:...

. He immediately impressed at the top level and scored 24 points in 36 games. After that season, he signed a three-year extension to his contract with Tappara

Tappara

Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....

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External links

• http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=126416