Ten Matches Without Points and Contract Termination: Latvian Defender Leaves Finnish Jokerit

The club Jokerit from Helsinki has parted ways with Latvian defender Miks Tumans. The parties agreed to terminate their cooperation early, but the reasons for the decision are not publicly specified. As reported by the LETA agency, the Finnish club announced the contract termination on Friday on its Facebook page. ### Ten Matches Without Points This season, Tumans played ten matches for Jokerit in the top division of the Finnish championship, but he did not score any goals or assists. A year earlier, when Jokerit was competing in the second-tier Finnish league Mestis, the defender's statistics were significantly better. In 34 regular season matches, he scored 11 points, netting five goals and making six assists. In 14 playoff matches, he had one assist. The current season is also challenging for the club itself. After 21 matches, Jokerit has accumulated 18 points and occupies the second-to-last, 16th place among 17 participants in the championship. ### Second Contract Termination in a Year Tumans moved to Helsinki in the fall of 2025 after a brief stint in Slovak Prešov. In mid-October, the Slovak club also terminated the agreement with the Latvian defender by mutual consent. Before that, the hockey player already had significant experience playing in Finland. He spent his first two seasons with the team Roki from Rovaniemi, which played in the Mestis league. He then belonged to the top division club JYP from Jyväskylä for two seasons. During this period, the defender also played on loan for several Mestis teams and for Jukurit from Mikkeli. Thus, Finnish hockey is well known to Tumans, but the current stage of his career at Jokerit has ended after just the first ten matches of the season. ### Played for the Latvian National Team in Spring Despite the difficulties at the club level, Tumans has experience representing the national team. In the spring of 2026, he represented Latvia at the World Championship, where he played eight matches and scored two points — one goal and one assist. The defender remains a candidate for the national team, but after leaving Jokerit, his further club plans are currently unknown. The Finnish club also did not specify where Tumans might continue his career.