Career
Early career
He started his career in 1993, playing for Jokipojat at junior level and was promoted to its Mestis-team in front of the 2000/01-season. The year after he got transferred to KooKoo in the same league, where he became the league"s top scorer with 28 goals and made the All-Star team Master of Science-liiga and Norway
In 2002, he joined Ässät in the Master of Science-liiga for two seasons, before moving to Norway playing for Frisk Tigers in the 2004-2005 season of GET-ligaen.
He then moved back home to play for Master of Science-liiga team KalPa in the 2005/06-season.
After that he joined Jokipojat for 28 matches, following a brief spell at Sierre-Anniviers who played in the Swiss Nationalliga B.
Before the 2007-2008 GET-ligaen season, Pöllanen made another trip to Norway, playing for GET-ligaen team Lillehammer, where he has played three seasons. In 2009-2010, he was the player with the most points during the regular season.
