HIFK’s Otto Paajanen moves to KooKooho

Otto Paajanen’s new club is KooKoo.

Central striker Otto Paajanen According to the information received by Iltalehti, he will switch to Kouvolaa and KooKoo’s shirt for the 2023–24 season.

The 30-year-old center is now playing his third season at HIFK. In 33 games this season, Paajanen has scored a modest 4+8 power points.

Last season, the player’s points were 12+22 in 59 games.

Paajanen played about eight seasons in the ranks of HPK, also serving as the team’s captain. He won the Finnish championship in the spring of 2019 in Hämeenlinna.

In the 2020–21 season, Lopen Lätkä’s grown up played in the SHL’s Leksand.

Pätkä in Kouvola

Otto Paajanen returns to Kouvola. Mikko Lieri / AOP

The man played in the 2011–12 season on a five-game loan contract in KooKoo, so Paajanen will not be moving to a completely new environment.

At that time, the people from Kouvola played for Mest.

Paajanen played in the under-20 World Championship in 2012 and in the under-18 World Championship in 2010, when he won bronze.

He has played eight games in the A national team.

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