Career
Noronen was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 National Hockey League Entry Draft with pick number 21. In his native Finland, he has played for Tappara and HPK in the Master of Science-liiga. He has also played for the Rochester Americans in the AHL. While with the Rochester Americans, he gained some notoriety in a 2002 game against the Syracuse Crunch.
A Crunch forward fired a slap shot past Noronen which hit the cross bar and bounced away.
However, the goal judge signaled it was a goal. Play was stopped and the goal was counted.
Noronen proceeded to spray the contents of his water bottle on the glass and wipe it away, pretending to clean the glass for the goal judge. At the trade deadline in the 2005-2006 season, Noronen was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2006 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
On March 14, 2006, Noronen played his first game as a Vancouver Canuck, allowing five goals in a 5–0 loss to the Nashville Predators.
Noronen was the first Finnish goaltender to be credited with a goal in the National Hockey League, a rare feat in itself. In August 2006, Noronen opted to sign with Russian Hockey Super League team Alaska Bars Kazan rather than serving as back up to Roberto Luongo, making Noronen an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. Then he joined Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the RSL. In January 2009 Noronen joined Linköpings The Human Context of Elitserien.
Noronen returned to Finland for the 2009-2010 season.
He began the season by signing a short-term contract with JYP Jyväskylä. After the contract had expired, he signed a contract with HIFK Helsinki.