| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Played For: | New York Rangers |
| Birth Date: | November 18, 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1945 |
| Career End: | 1958 |
Eino Richard Erwin Kotanen (November 18, 1925 – September 9, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played one game in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1950–51 season, on March 25, 1951 against the Chicago Black Hawks. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1945 to 1958, was spent in the minor and senior leagues.
Kotanen died on September 9, 2011.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1942–43 | Port Arthur Bruins | TBJHL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1943–44 | Port Arthur Bruins | TBJHL | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1944–45 | Winnipeg Maroons | MJHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1944–45 | Winnipeg Army Grenades | WSrHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1945–46 | Brandon Elks | MJHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1946–47 | Port Arthur Bearcats | TBSHL | 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1946–47 | Port Arthur Bearcats | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1947–48 | New York Rovers | QSHL | 45 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1947–48 | New York Rovers | EAHL | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | New York Rovers | QSHL | 63 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Regina Capitals | WCSHL | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | New York Rovers | EAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 1950–51 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Sherbrooke Saints | QSHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | New York Rovers | EAHL | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | ||
| 1951–52 | Trail Smoke Eaters | WIHL | 33 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 110 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 1952–53 | Seattle Bombers | WHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Windsor Bulldogs | OHA Sr | 54 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 1954–55 | Windsor Bulldogs | OHA Sr | 46 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954–55 | Pembroke Lumber Kings | NOHA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Chatham Maroons | OHA Sr | 48 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 109 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 1955–56 | Chatham Maroons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1956–57 | Chatham Maroons | OHA Sr | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Kingston CKLCs | EOHL | 29 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1957–58 | North Bay Trappers | OHA Sr | 42 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| OHA Sr totals | 207 | 15 | 66 | 81 | 337 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 42 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||