[1] Korhonen began his career with Ilves, based in his hometown of Tampere where he played for the junior team.

After that he played for Kärpät, where despite posting the best save percentage in his career, he still served as backup to Tim Thomas.

In 2008 he had spells in the Oddset Ligaen in Denmark with Esbjerg IK and in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in Austria for Slovenian side HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, before returning to Ilves in January 2009.

During his tenure in Ilves, Korhonen has coached, for example, Sami Aittokallio, Ville Kolppanen, Joonas Korpisalo, Lukáš Dostál, and Eetu Mäkiniemi.

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