Markus Niemeläinen
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Markus Niemeläinen Facts
- Date of Birth
- Jun 08, 1998
- Age
- 28
- Place of Birth
- Kuopio, FIN
- Nation
- Finland
- Youth Team
- Kiekko-Ahma
- Position
- D
- Height
- 197 cm / 6'6"
- Weight
- 86 kg / 190 lbs
- Shoots
- L
- Contract
- 25/26
A complete all-around defenceman that makes the game look easy. Natural size and strength compliment his smooth stride. Very mobile skater who moves up and down the ice quickly, with acute recognition of puck and body position. His maturity and poise is actualized in his high-percentage decision-making, with and without the puck, as well as his proactive stick and body play. Very stable defensively and always takes his lane, but is quick to rush the puck up the ice as he recognizes and accounts for how much time his team is spending in their own end. All-in-all, a quick-thinking defenceman that, honestly lacking nothing, has the potential to develop into a reliable two-way defenceman. (Curtis Joe, EP 2016)
Family relations
Brother: Matias Niemeläinen
Family relations
Brother: Matias Niemeläinen
An all-situations defender, Niemelainen contributes on the power play and does some good work on the penalty kill
—Futureconsiderations.ca 2016
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| S | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | POST | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-15 |  Finland U17 | EYOF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 15-16 | Finland U18 | Ivan Hlinka Memorial | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 17-18 | HPK | Spengler Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |||||||
| 24-25 |  Eisbären Berlin | Champions HL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 25-26 | Eisbären Berlin | Champions HL | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Markus Niemeläinen Game Log
2025-2026
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| Date | Team | Opp | Score | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | SOG | PPG | SHG | TOI |
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| Sun 03/05 |  | @ | ||||||||||
| Thu 30/04 | | vs | ||||||||||
| Fri 10/04 | | @ | ||||||||||
| Wed 08/04 | | vs | ||||||||||
| Sat 04/04 | | vs | ||||||||||
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| League | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AHL | 4 | 120 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0.22 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -7 |
 Champions HL | 2 | 4* | 1* | 0 | 1* | 0.25* | 2* | 4* | 0 | |||||||
| DEL | 2 | 62 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.16 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.18 | 10 | 6 |
| EYOF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| International-Jr | 4 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.20 | 24 | -1* | 0 | |||||||
| Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Liiga | 4 | 161 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.11 | 109 | -15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 4 | -5 |
| Mestis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
| NHL | 2 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 8 | -2 | 0 | |||||||
 OHL | 2 | 124 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 0.29 | 68 | -28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -6 |
 Spengler Cup | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||||||
| U16 SM-sarja | 3 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.35 | 18 | - | 0 | |||||||
| U16 SM-sarja Q | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1.30 | 8 | - | 0 | |||||||
| U17 SM-sarja | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.56 | 2 | - |
| U18 SM-sarja | 3 | 44 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.36 | 14 | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | - |
| U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) | 2 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.41 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.29 | 6 | 7 |
| WHC-17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | - | 0 | |||||||
| WJC-18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
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Markus Niemeläinen Hockey Connections
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Markus Niemeläinen Career Highlights
| Season | Awards by Season |
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| 2012-2013 | |
| 2014-2015 | |
| 2015-2016 | |
| 2018-2019 | |
| 2024-2025 | |
| 2025-2026 |
Transactions
08/14/2026
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Eisbären Berlin
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Unknown05/08/2026
extension
05/13/2025
extension
09/12/2024
03/10/2022
extension
08/01/2020
04/30/2020
confirmed
04/28/2017
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07/22/2015
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Markus Niemeläinen Biography and Trivia
Drafted 2015, 1 #18 by Saginaw Spirit in the CHL Import Draft
Drafted 2015, 3 #63 by Dinamo Riga in the KHL Draft
Drafted 2015, 13 #199 by Fargo Force in the USHL Entry Draft
2016 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #63 by FC Hockey
2016 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #48 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
2016 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #52 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING
2016 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #38 by TSN/McKenzie