Roope Ranta

Roope Ranta (born May 23, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who last played for TUTO Hockey in the Mestis. Before that he played for SC Riessersee, Lausitzer Füchse, Heilbronner Falken, Löwen Frankfurt and Dresdner Eislöwen of the German second level league DEL2 and SC Langenthal in Switzerland.
==Playing career==
Roope Ranta started playing hockey in his hometown Helsinki. As a junior, he changed to Espoo Blues a team from Finland highest level league Liiga. He played for this team until 2012 in 75 games (25 points). At this time he was loaned to Finlands second level league Mestis. He played also for Kiekko-Vantaa and Jokipojat. From season 2012-13, he played in the Mestis for Jokipojat, HC Keski-Uusimaa, Lempäälän Kisa and Mikkelin Jukurit. He was always one of the Top Scorers in his teams. In 2012-13 Mestis season he was the best assist (34 assists) in the Mestis. In 2015-16 Mestis season he has made the most points in playoffs, was voted for the All-Star game and won the championship with Jukurit.
In the 2014-15 season, he played some games for Sputnik Nizhny Tagil in Russian second level hockey league VHL and later for SV Kaltern in the highest level Italy hockey league Serie A before he changed back to Finland in January 2015.
For season 2016-17, Ranta changed to Germany's second level league DEL2 and has played for Lausitzer Füchse. Since November 2016 he played for SC Riessersee in the same league.
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Category:Finnish ice hockey forwards
Category:Dresdner Eislöwen players
Category:Espoo Blues players
Category:SV Kaltern players
Category:HC Keski-Uusimaa players
Category:Mikkelin Jukurit players
Category:Kiekko-Vantaa players
Category:Jokipojat players
Category:SC Langenthal players
Category:SC Riessersee players
Category:Lausitzer Füchse players
Category:Lempäälän Kisa players
Category:Löwen Frankfurt players
Category:IK Oskarshamn players
Category:Sputnik Nizhny Tagil players
Category:TuTo players