Roope Talaja

Date of Birth: Aug 02, 1988
Age: 38
Place of Birth: Kuopio, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: KalPa
Position: LW
Height: 182 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Roope Talaja Facts

Player Type: GrinderWorkhorse

Talaja is typical grinder with good work ethic. Works hard, checks often and isn't afraid to block shots. Has good puck control but could improve the quality of his shots.

Roope Talaja Statistics

									Post
2003-2004	KJT U16	U16 SM-sarja	22	8	3	11	34	-	Playoffs	2	2	0	2	0	-
2004-2005	KJT U18	U18 SM-sarja	17	1	9	10	22	-	Relegation	10	6	2	8	8	-
2005-2006	KJT U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	9	5	5	10	8	-	Qualification	2	1	0	1	0	-
2005-2006	KJT U18	U18 I-divisioona	17	17	10	27	30	-
2005-2006	KJT U20	U20 I-divisioona Q	2	0	0	0	2	-
2005-2006	KJT U20	U20 I-divisioona	5	1	2	3	6	-
2006-2007	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	37	2	4	6	16	7	Playoffs	12	1	0	1	2	1
2007-2008	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	U20 I-divisioona Q	1	0	0	0	0	-
2007-2008	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	U20 I-divisioona	4	2	1	3	0	-
2007-2008	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	23	2	2	4	30	1
2008-2009	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	39	17	9	26	50	8	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	14	-4
2009-2010	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	34	11	17	28	53	12
2009-2010	HIFK Loan	SM-liiga	2	0	1	1	0	0
2010-2011	Jukurit Loan	Mestis	1	2	1	3	2	1
2010-2011	Blues	SM-liiga	40	2	3	5	95	-10	Playoffs	18	2	1	3	22	0
2011-2012	Blues	SM-liiga	58	18	8	26	55	2	Playoffs	16	4	2	6	18	2
2012-2013	HIFK	SM-liiga	57	12	12	24	24	-2	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	2	0
2013-2014	HIFK	Liiga	31	2	5	7	8	1	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2014-2015	Blues	Liiga	36	10	8	18	30	0
2015-2016	Blues	Liiga	27	5	8	13	18	-4
2015-2016	Jokerit	KHL	7	0	0	0	0	-1	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
2016-2017	Jokerit	KHL	49	4	6	10	55	0	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	4	0
2017-2018	IF Björklöven	HockeyAllsvenskan	41	11	11	22	48	-2	Qualification	5	1	0	1	2	1
2018-2019	Sport "A"	Liiga	56	22	15	37	99	-6
2019-2020	Sport "A"	Liiga	39	13	10	23	53	-14
2020-2021	Sport	Liiga	41	8	4	12	12	-3	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021-2022	Sport	Liiga	50	11	11	22	34	-1
2022-2023	Ässät	Liiga	51	16	15	31	28	-4	Playoffs	8	1	0	1	12	0
2023-2024	Ässät "A"	Liiga	51	10	5	15	22	-12
2024-2025	Ässät	Liiga	50	7	3	10	28	-17	Playoffs	9	3	1	4	24	4
2025-2026	Ässät	Liiga	26	5	3	8	16	-5	Playoffs	7	7	1	8	4	8

Roope Talaja Tournament Statistics


2012-2013	HIFK	ET	7	1	2	3	4	-
2013-2014	HIFK	ET	5	0	1	1	0	-
2015-2016	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	3	2	0	2	0	2
2015-2016	Blues	Champions HL	9	1	1	2	8	-1

Roope Talaja Career Totals by League


Champions HL	1	9	1	1	2	0.22	8	-1	0
ET	2	12	1	3	4	0.33	4	-	0
HockeyAllsvenskan	1	41	11	11	22	0.54	48	-2	1	5	1	0	1	0.20	2	1
KHL	2	56	4	6	10	0.18	55	-1	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	4	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	15	615	141	111	252	0.41	522	-75	8	68	17	7	24	0.35	82	13
Mestis	4	97	32	29	61	0.63	135	22	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	14	-4
Spengler Cup	1	3	2	0	2	0.67	0	2	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	22	8	3	11	0.50	34	-	1	2	2	0	2	1.00	0	-
U18 I-divisioona	1	17	17	10	27	1.59	30	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	1	17	1	9	10	0.59	22	-	1	10	6	2	8	0.80	8	-
U18 SM-sarja Q	1	9	5	5	10	1.11	8	-	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	-
U20 I-divisioona	2	9	3	3	6	0.67	6	-	0
U20 I-divisioona Q	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	37	2	4	6	0.16	16	7	1	12	1	0	1	0.08	2	1

Roope Talaja Career Totals by Team


Ässät	4	178	38	26	64	0.36	94	-38	3	24	11	2	13	0.54	40	12
Blues	4	170	36	28	64	0.38	206	-13	2	34	6	3	9	0.26	40	2
Blues U20	1	37	2	4	6	0.16	16	7	1	12	1	0	1	0.08	2	1
HIFK	3	102	15	21	36	0.35	36	-1*	2	9	0	2	2	0.22	2	-1
IF Björklöven	1	41	11	11	22	0.54	48	-2	1	5	1	0	1	0.20	2	1
Jokerit	2	59	6	6	12	0.20	55	1	2	4	0	0	0	0.00	4	0
Jukurit	1	1	2	1	3	3.00	2	1	0
Kiekko-Vantaa	3	96	30	28	58	0.60	133	21	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	14	-4
Kiekko-Vantaa U20	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	0	-	0
KJT U16	1	22	8	3	11	0.50	34	-	1	2	2	0	2	1.00	0	-
KJT U18	2	43	23	24	47	1.09	60	-	2	12	7	2	9	0.75	8	-
KJT U20	1	7	1	2	3	0.43	8	-	0
Sport	4	186	54	40	94	0.51	198	-24	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Roope Talaja Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2006-2007	U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2010-2011	Finland2 (Mestis) Silver Medal SM-liiga Silver Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
08/14/2026	Confirmed	Ässät	Retired
11/01/2023	Extension	Ässät	Ässät
04/21/2022	Confirmed	Sport	Ässät
12/21/2019	Extension	Sport	Sport
12/22/2018	Extension	Sport	Sport
03/28/2018	Confirmed	IF Björklöven	Sport
10/22/2017	Confirmed	No team	IF Björklöven
12/09/2015	Confirmed	Blues	Jokerit
04/04/2014	Confirmed	HIFK	Blues
05/03/2012	Confirmed	Blues	HIFK
11/04/2010	Loan	Blues	Jukurit
05/06/2010	Confirmed	Kiekko-Vantaa	Blues
11/19/2009	Loan	Kiekko-Vantaa	HIFK

Roope Talaja Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Kiekko-Vantaa U20

Career transactions
- 2015-12-09 • Signed to a end of the season + one-year contract extension with Jokerit
- 2014-04-04 • Signed to a two-year contract with Blues
- 2012-05-03 • Signed to a two-year contract with HIFK
- 2011-05-05 • Signed to a one-year contract extension(team option used) with Blues
- 2010-05-06 • Signed to a one-year + option year contract with Blues
- 2008-05-07 • Signed to a two-year contract extension with Kiekko-Vantaa
- 2007-08-30 • Signed to a one-year contract with Kiekko-Vantaa

Career assingments
- 2010-11-03 • Loaned to Jukurit by Blues
- 2009-11-17 • Loaned to HIFK by Kiekko-Vantaa for two games

Other memorable dates
- 2015-12-14 • Made KHL debut (vs. Medvescak Zagreb) +/-: 1 S: 1 Hits: 2 PIM: 0 TOI: 13:38
- 2010-11-27 • Scored first Liiga goal(vs.Ilves)
- 2009-11-19 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Blues)