Matti Kuparinen
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. 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. References

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1984 births
Living people
Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players
Avangard Omsk players
KalPa players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Finnish ice hockey forwards
Ice hockey people from Pori