Tapio Laakso

#71 Lukko / Liiga - 19/20

Date of Birth: Jun 28, 1985
Age: 41
Place of Birth: Rymättylä, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: VG-62
Position: C
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Tapio Laakso Facts

Agency: Premium

Tapio Laakso was known as a hard working center. He was a good face-off taker and reliable at both ends of the ice. Laakso had very good defensive abiity and was an excellent penalty killer. He had a very high work ethic, good physique and great leadership qualities. However, Laakso was not a big offensive threat and didn't display the necessary skill set to rack up huge point totals.
Matias Strozyk, Elite Prospects

Tapio Laakso Statistics

									Post
2000-2001	TuTo U16	U16 SM-sarja	12	5	4	9	4	-	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2	-
2001-2002	TuTo U18	U18 I-divisioona	12	9	7	16	4	-	Playoffs	8	7	5	12	6	-
2001-2002	TUTO Hockey U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	1	1	0	-1
2002-2003	TuTo U18	U18 SM-sarja	28	21	30	51	26	-	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0	-
2002-2003	TUTO Hockey U20	U20 I-divisioona	1	0	1	1	0	-
2002-2003	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	3	0	0	0	2	0
2003-2004	TuTo U20	U20 I-divisioona	2	0	0	0	0	-
2003-2004	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	41	6	7	13	6	-6	Relegation	6	2	1	3	2	2
2004-2005	TuTo U20	U20 I-divisioona	9	10	10	20	4	-
2004-2005	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	43	5	9	14	10	10	Playoffs	8	1	2	3	4	2
2005-2006	TuTo U20	U20 I-divisioona	10	7	9	16	4	-	Playoffs	1	2	2	4	0	-
2005-2006	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	44	11	13	24	24	4	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	6	1
2006-2007	TuTo Hockey "C"	Mestis	45	12	23	35	52	9	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0	-3
2007-2008	KalPa	SM-liiga	53	8	15	23	47	-9
2008-2009	KalPa	SM-liiga	58	11	14	25	32	5	Playoffs	12	1	2	3	6	-2
2009-2010	KalPa	SM-liiga	58	12	7	19	26	-1	Playoffs	13	1	3	4	10	2
2010-2011	KalPa "A"	SM-liiga	60	7	15	22	73	4	Playoffs	7	2	0	2	29	-1
2011-2012	TPS "A"	SM-liiga	55	5	9	14	34	-24	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	6	-1
2012-2013	TPS "A"	SM-liiga	55	4	9	13	28	-5
2013-2014	TPS "C"	Liiga	39	3	5	8	10	-8
2014-2015	Ilves "A"	Liiga	52	17	17	34	22	10	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2015-2016	Ilves "C"	Liiga	44	9	10	19	36	-16
2016-2017	Ilves "C"	Liiga	59	9	24	33	30	-2	Playoffs	10	2	5	7	0	3
2017-2018	Ilves "C"	Liiga	53	13	11	24	24	-4
2018-2019	Lukko "A"	Liiga	60	8	6	14	20	2	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	4	-2
2019-2020	Lukko "C"	Liiga	29	2	2	4	16	1

Tapio Laakso Tournament Statistics


2008-2009	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2	0
2011-2012	TPS	ET	7	1	1	2	6	-
2012-2013	TPS "A"	ET	7	2	1	3	20	-
2013-2014	TPS "C"	ET	8	0	2	2	4	-

Tapio Laakso Career Totals by League


EHT	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
ET	3	22	3	4	7	0.32	30	-	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	13	675	108	144	252	0.37	398	-47	7	53	7	11	18	0.34	55	-2
Mestis	5	176	34	52	86	0.49	94	17	4	28	5	6	11	0.39	12	2
U16 SM-sarja	1	12	5	4	9	0.75	4	-	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	2	-
U18 I-divisioona	1	12	9	7	16	1.33	4	-	1	8	7	5	12	1.50	6	-
U18 SM-sarja	1	28	21	30	51	1.82	26	-	1	4	0	2	2	0.50	0	-
U20 I-divisioona	4	22	17	20	37	1.68	8	-	1	1	2	2	4	4.00	0	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	-1	0

Tapio Laakso Career Totals by Team


Finland (EHT)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
Ilves	4	208	48	62	110	0.53	112	-12	2	12	2	5	7	0.58	0	2
KalPa	4	229	38	51	89	0.39	178	-1	3	32	4	5	9	0.28	45	-1
Lukko	2	89	10	8	18	0.20	36	3	1	7	1	1	2	0.29	4	-2
TPS	3	171	15	27	42	0.25	102	-37*	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	6	-1
TuTo Hockey	5	176	34	52	86	0.49	94	17	4	28	5	6	11	0.39	12	2
TUTO Hockey U20	5	23	17	21	38	1.65	8	-1*	1	1	2	2	4	4.00	0	-
TuTo U16	1	12	5	4	9	0.75	4	-	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	2	-
TuTo U18	2	40	30	37	67	1.68	30	-	2	12	7	7	14	1.17	6	-

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tapio Laakso Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2008-2009	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2014-2015	Liiga Player of the Month (January)
2017-2018	Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (2)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
03/14/2020	Confirmed	Lukko	Retired
04/11/2018	Confirmed	Ilves	Lukko
12/18/2015	Extension	Ilves	Ilves
04/24/2014	Confirmed	TPS	Ilves
12/27/2012	Extension	TPS	TPS
04/11/2011	Confirmed	KalPa	TPS
01/01/2010	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
01/05/2009	Extension	KalPa	KalPa

Tapio Laakso Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for TUTO Hockey U20