Player Name: Ensio Kalju
Born: Turku ,Finland
Height: 6´3
Weight: 220
Position: Defense
Shoots: Right
Current Team: Edmonton Blizzard
Former Teams: Seattle Riot, Halifax Raiders, Montreal Militia
National Team: Finland
SHL Draft: First round in S40

2. Playing Career

Ensio started playing hockey in Finland, joined the hometown team TPS at the age of 7. From there on he steadily moved up the ranks, never made his debut for the men´s team in Liiga though. At the age of 17 Ensio moved to SMJHL in order to fully go after the SHL dream. Halifax Raiders took him in and Kalju played couple seasons there before getting traded to Montreal where Ensio played his third and final year in the juniors. After the third year came SHL draft, Seattle drafted the talented defender on the first round, that journey lasted around two full seasons before Ensio was once again in the trade speculations, Edmonton managed to trade for Ensio and he has been with the team since, even one cup in the process.

3. International Play

Kalju made his international debut for Finland in the juniors while playing for Halifax. These days he is a regular face in the men´s team, plays big minutes on the blueline and he is one of the key pieces in Finland´s puzzle when going forward.

4. Personal Life

Not much is known about Kalju and his personal life, for fact we know that he lives in Edmonton and he had a girlfriend once. He likes to keep things private, despite at times sharing fairly personal information in his blog posts, that is where we learned about his girlfriend, but what is going on right now is unknown.