Julius Rantaeskola

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Julius Rantaeskola
Born (1993-03-22) March 22, 1993 (age 26)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Left
Liiga team KalPa
Playing career 2014–present

Julius Rantaeskola (born March 22, 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for KalPa of Liiga.

Ice hockey team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

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Career

Rantaeskola had spells on Jr. A SM-liiga for HIFK and Jokerit before making his professional debut with a loan spell at Kiekko-Vantaa of Mestis during the 2013-14 season. He became a permanent member of Kiekko-Vantaa on June 4, 2014 and played the next four seasons with the team. He had rejoined Jokerit on May 2, 2017 on a two-way contract after they entered co-operation with Kiekko-Vantaa [1] but spent the 2017–18 season on loan at Vantaa for his fourth successive season with them.

HIFK (ice hockey) ice hockey club in Helsinki, Finland

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Jokerit professional ice hockey club based in Helsinki, Finland

Helsingin Jokerit is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Western Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team won six league championships as a member of the Finnish SM-liiga. Jokerit plays its home games at the Hartwall Arena. They joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) as of the 2014–15 KHL season, making Finland the first Nordic country to have a team in the league.

Kiekko-Vantaa sports club

Kiekko-Vantaa is an ice hockey team from Vantaa, Finland, playing in the Mestis league. It plays its home games in Trio Areena. Kiekko-Vantaa has been in Mestis since the league started in 2000 and have been in the finals twice, losing both times.

On May 18, 2018, Rantaeskola joined IPK of Mestis [2] where he led the team with 40 points (18 goals and 22 assists) in 50 games. [3] His performances earned him a try-out with IPK's parent club KalPa alongside Tuomas Vartiainen. [4] He made his debut for the team on September 14, 2019 against HIFK. [5] Nine days later, KalPa announced that both Rantaeskola and Vartiainen would remain with the team until the end of the season after a successful try out. [6]

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