Rami Määttä (born 3 April 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for HC Ässät Pori of the Finnish Elite League and serves as the team's alternate captain. Määttä played his junior years in his local team Oulun Kärpät but moved to the HC Ässät Pori in 2018 at the U18 level. Määttä was awarded Ässät's alternate captaincy for the 2024–25 Liiga season. He won the U20 Finnish Championship in 2024, joining Ässät's U20 squad after the men's team got eliminated from a playoff spot.
Career Rami Määttä started playing ice hockey in the junior ranks of his local ice hockey team, Oulun Kärpät. He moved to the HC Ässät Pori U18 squad in 2018 at 16 years old after he could not afford to play for the Kärpät team. Määttä debuted professionally with Ässät in the 2020–21 season in a game against JYP Jyväskylä. He broke the Liiga record for most career games without a goal, scoring his first goal in the 177th game of his career. After Ässät had missed the 2024 playoffs, Määttä joined the U20 Ässät squad, winning the club their second ever U20 SM-sarja Legacy Bowl championship. Määttä was designated as Ässät's alternate captain for the 2024–25 season.
Personal life Määttä completed his senior high school education in Pori in 2021. Finnish-Russian actress Alina Tomnikov is Määttä's cousin. Määttä's athletic background is diverse; before focusing fully on ice hockey, he played association football at the junior level with Oulun Luistinseura. His father is a former rinkball player and Määttä himself has played rinkball in the I-divisioona, Finland's second-highest rinkball league, as a member of RW-Team.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffsSeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM2018–19HC Ässät PoriU20110226—————2019–20HC Ässät PoriU20461171818100002020–21HC Ässät PoriU2018111126200002020–21HC Ässät PoriLiiga140224—————2021–22HC Ässät PoriU2021230302222021–22HC Ässät PoriLiiga520131320—————2022–23HC Ässät PoriLiiga6004424800022023–24HC Ässät PoriU20—————413482023–24HC Ässät PoriLiiga5917816—————2024–25HC Ässät PoriLiiga592151720101122Liiga totals2443414484181124
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