The death of a hockey coach is reported by his club Cergy-Pontoise.
Tittamari Rinne,
Micke Suopuro
9.2. 22: 31 • Updated 9.2. 23:58
Hockey coach Miika Elomo has died at the age of 47.
Elomo’s death is reported by his club Les Jokers Cergy-Pontoise on Instagram.
– As sad and shocked, we today heard about the departure of our head coach, the club writes.
– Our thoughts are with his wife, family and loved ones.
Other French Main Series teams have also taken into account Elomo’s departure.
– We give our full support to you. Our sincere condolences to Miika Elomo’s relatives, Les D’Angers regretted the message service in X.
Such was Miika Elomo’s career in hockey
Elomo made a long career as a hockey player. Elomo’s breeding club was Turku Kisa-Veikot. He was booked in the NHL in the first round and was recorded in two NHL matches in the Washington Capitals shirt.
At the AHL, he celebrated his club in the ranks of Saint-John Flames in the spring of 2001.
In the SM League, Elomo played 230 matches in the TPS, HIFK and Blues shirt for eight seasons. Elomo won two Finnish championships in TPS as a player.
Elomo also coached his long-term TPS as head coach in the Finnish Champions League in 2014-2015. He replaced the job I guess Suikkanen. Prior to this, Elomo had worked as the head coach of TPS A-Juniors and also as an assistant coach at TPS.
As head coach, Elomo coached another Turku club TUTO Hockey in Mestis for a long time. Coach working with Elomo Elmo Aittola Presented his condolences in the Message Service X.
– Dear friend. I will miss you. Every day I live, I will miss you. Good journey Miika, Aittola writes.
Aittola today coaches in the Polish Main Series STS Sanakia, which Elomo was head coach in 2022-2023. For the last two seasons, Elomo coached in France.
Elomo gave an interview in December To Turun Sanomatwhere he told about the follow -up plans of his career. Elomo hoped that his career would continue in France.
– I’d love to continue in France. Ice hockey is on the rise in France and it is great to be in the boom, Elomo told the magazine.
Elomo was in the Finnish coaching team on the under-20 national team, while Finland won the bronze medal at the World Cup in 2021.
Elomo’s death was the first to report in Finland Staple.