Position: | Forward |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 167 |
Played For: | SM-liiga Upon Pallo Kiekko-67 Ilves |
Birth Date: | May 5, 1948 |
Birth Place: | Rauma, Finland |
Death Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Career Start: | 1967 |
Career End: | 1978 |
Veikko Suominen (May 5, 1948 – December 21, 1978) was an ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Upon Pallo, Kiekko-67 and Ilves from 1967 to 1978.
Suominen committed suicide on December 21, 1978, while a member of the Tampere-based team Ilves. After his death, Ilves retired his jersey number, 24, out of use immediately and it has not been assigned since.