Who is Lasse Kukkonen?

Lasse Kukkonen is a retired defender from Finland.

What was the last team Lasse Kukkonen played for?

The last team Lasse played for was Kärpät in the Liiga.

How tall is Lasse Kukkonen?

Lasse Kukkonen is 183 cm (6'0") tall.

How much does Lasse Kukkonen weigh?

Lasse Kukkonen weighs 85 kg (187 lbs).

When was Lasse Kukkonen born?

Lasse Kukkonen was born on 1981-09-18 in Oulu, FIN.

How old is Lasse Kukkonen?

Lasse Kukkonen is 44 years old.

What is Lasse Kukkonen's nationality?

Lasse Kukkonen is from Finland.

Lasse Kukkonen

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Date of Birth: Sep 18, 1981
Age: 44
Place of Birth: Oulu, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Kärpät
Position: D
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Player Type: Defensive Defenseman
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Drafted: 2003 round 5 #151 overall by Chicago Blackhawks
Agency: Premium
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Kukkonen is a defensive minded defenceman. A well rounded player with no major weaknesses. Not a particularly big player, but doesn't shy away from contact. Reads the game well and positions himself accordingly. Has good passing skills, but tends to play it safe. Provides experience and leadership to his team. (EP 2014)

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
96-97	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja	31	10	17	27	54	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	4	-
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	1	1	2	-
97-98	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	36	5	16	21	46	-
	Finland U17 (all)"A"	International-Jr	6	1	0	1	2	-
98-99	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1	2	3	0	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	22	2	9	11	14	0	Relegation	12	0	4	4	10	-
	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	1	0	1	0	0
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	7	1	0	1	0	-
99-00	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	9	11	20	26	-
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	22	0	4	4	14	12
00-01	Kärpät	SM-liiga	47	1	5	6	46	6	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	4	2
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	0	0	2	0
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	20	2	1	3	16	-
01-02	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	1	1	0	1	0	3
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	55	2	6	8	42	6	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	4	-1
02-03	Kärpät"C"	SM-liiga	56	6	12	18	67	41	Playoffs	15	1	4	5	16	3
	Finland (all)	International	8	0	0	0	4	1
03-04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	10	0	1	1	4	-2
	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	59	3	11	14	58	4	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	8	-3
04-05	Kärpät"A"	SM-liiga	55	5	13	18	68	8	Playoffs	12	0	2	2	6	6
	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	2	-1
	Finland (all)	International	14	0	4	4	6	4
05-06	Kärpät"C"	SM-liiga	56	11	16	27	38	30	Playoffs	11	5	7	12	8	6
	Finland Olympics	OG	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland	WC	9	2	0	2	8	4
	Finland (all)	International	17	3	1	4	10	3
06-07	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	54	5	9	14	30	5
	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	20	0	0	0	8	-1
	Finland	WC	9	0	1	1	4	6
	Finland (all)	International	10	0	1	1	4	7
07-08	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	53	1	4	5	38	3	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	6	-1
08-09	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	22	0	2	2	10	-2
	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	26	0	11	11	20	9	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	6	1
	Finland	WC	6	0	0	0	4	1
	Finland (all)	International	6	0	0	0	4	1
09-10	Avangard Omsk	KHL	53	6	6	12	34	13	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	-1
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	1	1	4	1
	Finland"A"	WC	6	0	0	0	2	-2
	Finland (all)	International	18	0	1	1	8	2
10-11	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	37	4	8	12	16	11	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	2
	Finland"A"	WC	9	0	0	0	0	1
	Finland (all)	International	18	0	0	0	2	1
11-12	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	51	4	4	8	22	10	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	4	-4
	Finland"A"	WC	10	0	1	1	0	-2
	Finland (all)	International	22	0	2	2	6	0
12-13	Rögle BK"A"	Elitserien	54	2	4	6	30	-16	Kvalserien SHL	6	0	1	1	2	-1
	Finland"C"	WC	10	0	0	0	0	-1
	Finland (all)	International	21	0	1	1	4	-8
13-14	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	55	12	16	28	52	22	Playoffs	16	2	8	10	16	6
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	0	0	2	4
	Finland (all)	International	9	0	0	0	4	7
14-15	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	59	11	10	21	26	13	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	2	1
	Finland (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	0
15-16	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	58	6	19	25	54	8	Playoffs	14	2	3	5	4	-5
	Finland"A"	WC	6	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland (all)	International	12	1	1	2	4	2
16-17	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	48	7	15	22	26	17	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	1
	Finland"C"	WC	8	0	0	0	12	-1
	Finland (all)	International	15	0	1	1	18	-1
17-18	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	54	3	10	13	30	8	Playoffs	18	4	2	6	10	-3
	Finland Olympics"C"	OG	5	1	0	1	2	0
	Finland (all)	International	8	1	0	1	2	0
18-19	Kärpät"A"	Liiga	58	6	10	16	47	11	Playoffs	17	1	3	4	2	4
19-20	Kärpät"C"	Liiga	50	2	2	4	14	5
20-21	Kärpät	Liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
02-03	Finland	EHT	8	0	0	0	4	1
04-05	Kärpät	ECC	3	1	0	1	4	0
	Finland	EHT	7	0	4	4	4	5
05-06	Kärpät"C"	ECC	3	0	0	0	4	-1
	Finland	EHT	6	1	1	2	2	-1
06-07	Finland	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	1
09-10	Finland	EHT	6	0	0	0	2	3
10-11	Finland"A"	EHT	9	0	0	0	2	0
11-12	Finland"C"	EHT	8	0	0	0	4	1
12-13	Finland	EHT	9	0	1	1	4	-7
13-14	Kärpät	ET	5	0	0	0	18	-
	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2	3
14-15	Kärpät"C"	Champions HL	11	0	3	3	8	3
	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	0
15-16	Kärpät	Champions HL	13	1	4	5	4	4
	Finland"C"	EHT	6	1	1	2	4	2
16-17	Kärpät"C"	Champions HL	3	0	0	0	0	-1
	Finland	EHT	5	0	1	1	6	0
17-18	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	0
18-19	Kärpät	Champions HL	10	2	3	5	4	6
19-20	Kärpät	Champions HL	4	0	0	0	2	0

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	85	3	22	25	0.29	78	13	2	12	2	0	2	0.17	14	-2
Champions HL	5	41	3	10	13	0.32	18	12	0
ECC	2	6	1	0	1	0.17	8	-1	0
EHT	13	73	2	8	10	0.14	34	8	0
ET	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	18	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	1	54	2	4	6	0.11	30	-16	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	2	-1
I-divisioona	1	22	0	4	4	0.18	14	12	0
International	14	181	5	12	17	0.09	76	19	0
International-Jr	4	37	4	2	6	0.16	20	-	0
KHL	3	141	14	18	32	0.23	72	34	3	18	0	2	2	0.11	4	-3
Liiga (SM-liiga)	13	652	72	134	206	0.32	510	175	11	130	17	37	54	0.42	72	20
NHL	4	159	6	16	22	0.14	90	3	1	14	0	2	2	0.14	6	-1
OG	4	19	1	1	2	0.11	8	5	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	31	10	17	27	0.87	54	-	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	4	-
U18 SM-sarja	2	38	6	18	24	0.63	46	-	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	49	11	20	31	0.63	40	0	2	13	1	4	5	0.38	10	3*
WC	10	80	2	2	4	0.05	32	5	0
WJC-18	1	7	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0
WJC-20	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0

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Lasse Kukkonen Career Totals

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Champions HL

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EHT

Elitserien

I-divisioona

International

181

International-Jr

KHL

141

Liiga

652

134

NHL

159

U16 SM-sarja

U18 SM-sarja

U20 SM-liiga

WJC-18

WJC-20

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Lasse Kukkonen Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1998-1999	U18 WJC Gold Medal
2000-2001	U20 WJC Silver Medal
2002-2003	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Plus/Minus (Matti Keinonen Trophy) (+41) Liiga Best Plus/Minus by Defenseman (+41) SM-liiga Player of the Month (October) SM-liiga Silver Medal
2004-2005	SM-liiga Champion
2005-2006	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Defenseman (Pekka Rautakallio Award) SM-liiga Best Plus/Minus (Matti Keinonen Trophy) (+30) Liiga Best Plus/Minus by Defenseman (+30) SM-liiga Bronze Medal SM-liiga Player of the Month (March) Liiga Playoffs Most Assists by Defenseman (7) Liiga Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5) Liiga Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (12) Olympic Silver Medal World Championship Bronze Medal World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2006-2007	World Championship Silver Medal
2009-2010	KHL All-Star Game Olympic Bronze Medal
2010-2011	World Championship Gold Medal
2013-2014	Liiga All-Star Team Liiga Best Defenseman (Pekka Rautakallio Award) Liiga Champion Liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (Juha Rantasila Trophy) (12) Olympic Bronze Medal
2014-2015	Liiga All-Star Team Liiga Champion
2015-2016	Liiga Bronze Medal World Championship Silver Medal
2017-2018	Liiga Champion
2018-2019	Liiga Silver Medal
2023-2024	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#276)

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09/16/2020

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Retired

Kärpät

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06/08/2020

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Kärpät

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12/18/2018

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Kärpät

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11/12/2015

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Kärpät

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04/08/2013

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Rögle BK

Kärpät

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07/11/2012

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Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Rögle BK

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09/23/2010

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Avangard Omsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

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06/24/2009

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Philadelphia Flyers

Avangard Omsk

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Lasse Kukkonen Biography and Trivia

Number 5 retired by Kärpät
Cult/Star player for Kärpät

Career transactions
- 2010-09-23 • Signed to a two-year contract by Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 2009-06-24 • Signed to a one-year contract by Avangard Omsk
- 2007-05-17 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Philadelphia Flyers
- 2007-02-26 • Traded to the Philadelphia Flyers w/ a 2007 3rd round pick (Garrett Klotz) for Kyle Calder
- 2006-06-18 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Chicago Blackhawks
- 2004-09-11 • Signed by Kärpät
- 2003-07-15 • Signed to a one-year entry-level contract by the Chicago Blackhawks