Career
He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the third round of the 1997 National Hockey League Entry Draft with the 58th overall pick. After playing three seasons for TPS in Finland"s Master of Science-liiga, Hurme made his North American debut in the International Hockey League with the Indianapolis Ice during the 1997-1998 season. He played 48 games with the Senators over three seasons before being traded to the Florida Panthers.
He appeared in another 28 games with the Panthers during the 2002-2003 season.
Hurme was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers, but due to very serious illness he did not play a single game in Atlanta. Suffering from the crippling effects of hospital infections, Hurme needed over two years to recuperate.
Eventually Hurme returned to the ice, and in the 2005-2006 season he played with the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL and Chicago Wolves of the AHL before joining the Portland Pirates, for whom he started sixteen playoff games. Hurme"s National Hockey League rights are currently owned by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Foreign the 2006-2007 season, Hurme returned to Finland and played again for TPS. He played for Malmö Redhawks from 2007 to 2009.
He returned to Finland to play for Ilves in December 2009. He spends his off-season in Turku, Finland, where he owns a house in the neighbourhood of Hirvensalo.
