| Played For: | HIFK Kiekko-Espoo SC Bern Hamburg Freezers |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 187 |
| Birth Date: | June 19, 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1995 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
Kimmo Kuhta (born June 19, 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward.
Apart from spending the 2005–06 season in the Swiss league, Kuhta represented HIFK in the SM-liiga from 1998 to the end of his career in 2013. He played a total of 728 games in HIFK, second only to Pertti Lehtonen with 851 on the team, and also holds the record for most goals in HIFK with 248 in total.[1] For his long and successful career on the team, he is considered an iconic HIFK player and a favorite among fans.[2] [3] In October 2018, HIFK retired the number 9 in his honor before a match against Tappara.[4]
After his playing career, he has worked as a hockey expert and a commentator for Yle,[5] and coached junior teams for HIFK.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | Karhu-Kissat Jr. | Fin-Jr. B | 14 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Karhu-Kissat Jr. | Fin-2 Jr. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Karhu-Kissat Jr. | Fin-Jr. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Karhu-Kissat Jr. | Fin-2 Jr. | 22 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Kiekko-Espoo Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 36 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-l | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HIFK | SM-l | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | PiTa | Fin-2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HIFK | SM-l | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Haukat | Fin-2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HIFK | SM-l | 45 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | HIFK | SM-l | 47 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | HIFK | SM-l | 43 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | HIFK | SM-l | 51 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | HIFK | SM-l | 46 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | HIFK | SM-l | 56 | 31 | 28 | 59 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | HIFK | SM-l | 56 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | SC Bern | NLA | 42 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | HIFK | SM-l | 55 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | HIFK | SM-l | 56 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | HIFK | SM-l | 34 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Hamburg Freezers | DEL | 32 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HIFK | SM-l | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | HIFK | SM-l | 59 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 2011–12 | HIFK | SM-l | 50 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | HIFK | SM-l | 51 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| SM-l totals | 730 | 249 | 231 | 480 | 329 | 81 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 28 | ||||