After playing three seasons for
TPS in Finland's
SM-liiga, Hurme made his North American debut in the
International Hockey League with the
Indianapolis Ice during the 1997–98 season. He played 48 games with the Senators over three seasons before being traded to the
Florida Panthers. He appeared in another 28 games with the Panthers during the
2002–03 season. Hurme was traded to the
Atlanta Thrashers, but due to a very serious illness, he did not play a single game in Atlanta. Suffering from the crippling effects of hospital infections, Hurme needed over two years to recuperate. Eventually Hurme returned to the ice, and in the
2005–06 season he played with the
Columbia Inferno of the
ECHL and
Chicago Wolves of the
AHL before joining the Portland Pirates, for whom he started sixteen playoff games. For the 2006–07 season, Hurme returned to Finland and played again for TPS. He played for
Malmö Redhawks from 2007 to 2009. He returned to Finland to play for Ilves in December 2009. He spent his off-seasons in
Turku,
Finland, where he owns a house in the neighbourhood of Hirvensalo. Hurme was on the Finnish squad at the
2002 Winter Olympics. ==Career statistics==