Career
Tammi is one of the few Finnish ice hockey players to have three or more Olympic medals. He was the "Ironman" of the Finnish Master of Science-liiga, awarded to the player who plays the most consecutive games, and has been inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame. Although Tammi was a top Finnish goaltender, he was never drafted by an National Hockey League team
Finland
Tammi started his career in the 1980-1981 season when he played for the Tampereen Ilves A-Junior team
Tammi also dressed for three Master of Science-Liiga games, but he did not play until the following year when he played in four games. In 1982-1983 he played 25 games during the regular season, winning the Rookie of the Year award.
Tammi went on to play in Ilves for a total of 15 Seasons (1980–1995). After Ilves, Tammi played in TuTo during the 1995-1996 season.
Germany
In 1996 Tammi moved to Germany and played for the Frankfurt Lions, a Deutsche Eishockey Liga team
Tammi played three seasons for the Lions, retiring after the 1998-1999 season. International
In addition to his Master of Science-Liiga career, Tammi also had an International career. Tammi was part of Team Finland in total of seven Ice Hockey World Championships, four Winter Olympics and two Canada Cups.
Tammi played a total of 213 International games and had one assistant
Highlight"s of Jukka Tammi"s International career are:
1988 Winter Olympics: Tammi played in the decisive game against the Soviet Union.