He played 71 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks between 2000 and 2006.

Internationally Noronen played for the Finnish national team at the junior and senior level, including at the 2004 World Championships.

A Crunch forward fired a slap shot past Noronen which hit the cross bar and bounced away.

[1] Noronen was the first Finnish goaltender to be credited with a goal in the National Hockey League, a rare feat in itself.

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.