{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Turku, Finland | death_date = | death_place = | height_cm = 185 | weight_kg = 94 | position = Defence | shoots = Left | played_for = {{ubl|Turun Palloseura|Turun Toverit|Forssan Palloseura|Oulun Kärpät}} | league_coach = U16 Mestis | team_coach = TPS U16 Akatemia | coached_for = {{ubl|TPS Naiset|TUTO Hockey U18|TUTO Hockey (assist.)|TPS U20|TuTo U20|TuTo U18}} | career_start = 1984 | career_end = 1998 | career_start_coach = 2001 | career_end_coach = }} '''Kai Ortio''' (born 23 September 1965) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of Turun Palloseura (TPS) Akatemia U16, a junior ice hockey team in the U16 Mestis. During his playing career, he played two seasons in the SM-liiga, appearing with HC TPS in 45 games during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons and registering three points (0 goals+3 assists) and 22 penalty minutes.
== Playing career == Ortio developed in the minor and junior ice hockey systems of Turun Toverit (TuTo or TUTO) in his hometown of Turku. At age 19, he made his professional debut with the club's representative team, TuTo Hockey, in the 1984–85 I-Divisioona season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seuran Historia – 80-luku|url=https://www.tutohockey.fi/fi/seura/seuran-historia/80-luku|access-date=2021-02-16|website=TUTO Hockey|language=fi}}</ref>
Ortio went on to play the entirety of his fourteen season professional career in Finland, playing ten seasons in the second-tier I-divisioona and two seasons in the third-tier II-divisioona, in addition to his two seasons with TPS Turku in the SM-liiga. Eight of his seasons in the I-divisioona were spent with TuTo and, during the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons, his last active seasons before retirement, he served as the team's captain. The other two I-divisioona seasons were played with Oulun Kärpät in 1989–90 and Forssan Palloseura (FPS, previously FoPS) in 1990–91. In the II-divisioona, he played the 1994–95 season with Lätkä-77 and the 1995–96 season with Uudenkaupungin Jää-Kotkat (UJK).
== Personal life == Ortio's son, Joni Ortio, is an active professional goaltender and his career has included playing in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the SM-liiga, and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Muttilainen|first=Kimmo|date=2014-12-13|title=TPS-legendan todellinen juhlapeli: 50 vuotta jääkiekkoa!|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/3-7687298|access-date=2021-02-16|website=Yle|language=fi}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
=== Regular season and playoffs === {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="75%" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Regular season ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Postseason |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" !Season !Team !League !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM |- |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1984–85 |TuTo |I-div. |29 |0 |2 |2 |8 |— |— |— |— |— |- |1985–86 |TuTo |I-div. |44 |8 |8 |16 |25 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1986–87 |TuTo |I-div. |44 |5 |12 |17 |22 |— |— |— |— |— |- |1987–88 |TPS |SM-liiga |37 |0 |3 |3 |18 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1988–89 |TPS |SM-liiga |8 |0 |0 |0 |4 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |1989–90 |Kärpät |I-div. |42 |5 |12 |17 |12 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1990–91 |FoPS |I-div. |42 |7 |21 |28 |48 |— |— |— |— |— |- |1991–92 |TuTo |I-div. |44 |14 |12 |26 |26 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1992–93 |TuTo |I-div. |44 |9 |16 |25 |46 |''6'' |''1'' |''3'' |''4'' |''18'' |- |1993–94 |TuTo |I-div. |43 |5 |8 |13 |24 |''6'' |''0'' |''0'' |''0'' |''4'' |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1994–95 |Lätkä-77 |II-div. |26 |11 |19 |30 |59 |— |— |— |— |— |- |1995–96 |UJK |II-div. |35 |17 |23 |40 |8 |14 |3 |3 |6 |4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1996–97 |TuTo |I-div. |39 |9 |17 |26 |26 |— |— |— |— |— |- |1997–98 |TuTo |I-div. |40 |5 |14 |19 |38 |3 |0 |0 |0 |2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |SM-liiga totals !45 !0 !3 !3 !22 !1 !0 !0 !0 !4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |I-divisioona totals !411 !67 !122 !189 !275 !15 !1 !3 !4 !24 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |II-divisioona totals !61 !28 !42 !70 !67 !14 !3 !3 !6 !4 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortio, Kai}} Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Finnish ice hockey defencemen Category:Finnish ice hockey coaches Category:Ice hockey people from Turku Category:HC TPS players Category:TuTo players Category:Oulun Kärpät players Category:Auroraliiga coaches