Kristian Kuusela (born ) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey right wing. Kuusela announced his retirement on 27 April 2023 after winning the Liiga championship with Tappara. Kuusela played a total of 1107 regular season games with 738 points. During his Liiga career Kuusela represented Ässät, Kärpät, Blues and Tappara. Foreign clubs Kuusela reprecented were MODO Hockey from Sweden and Amur Khabarovsk from Russia.

Awards

Swedish Champion with Modo Hockey: 2006–07. Finnish Champion with 4x Tappara and 1x Kärpät: 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23. Liiga Runners-up with 1x Ässät, 1x Kärpät and 3x Tappara: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18. Lasse Oksanen trophy: 2015–16 Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy: 2015–16 Kultainen kypärä: 2015–16 CHL Champion with Tappara : 2022–23 Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championships: 2019

Kristian Kuusela

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

1983 births

Living people

Amur Khabarovsk players

Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players

Espoo Blues players

FoPS players

Modo Hockey players

Oulun Kärpät players

Finnish ice hockey right wingers

Sportspeople from Seinäjoki

Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden

Tappara players

Kristian Kuusela