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Finland Joel Kerkkänen
#86 GKS Tychy / Poland - 25/26
Date of Birth
Jun 23, 1999
Position
F
Age
26
Height
5'11" / 181 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
183 lbs / 83 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Jokerit
Contract
25/26
Agency
PREMIUM

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Joel Kerkkänen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 6* 2* 0* 2* 0* -* |
2013-14 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 4* 1* 3* 4* 0* -* |
HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 32* 20* 25* 45* 10* -* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 0 -
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
HJK U16 U16 Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2014-15 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 6* 3* 5* 8* 12* -* |
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 25* 8* 7* 15* 6* -* | Playoffs 10 3 2 5 6 -
Finland U16 (all) “A” International-Jr 11* 4* 3* 7* 2* -* |
2015-16 HIFK U18 “A” U18 SM-sarja 39* 14* 22* 36* 50* -* | Playoffs 2 0 2 2 2 -
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
2016-17 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 5* 3* 3* 6* 2* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 44* 7* 6* 13* 14* -2* | Playoffs 7 0 0 0 0 -4
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2017-18 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 51* 15* 15* 30* 10* 11* | Playoffs 11 1 1 2 2 -1
2018-19 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 37* 11* 16* 27* 14* 3* |
2019-20 Pelicans U20 “A” U20 SM-liiga 27* 11* 14* 25* 18* 17* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peliitat Mestis 26* 3* 10* 13* 6* -5* |
2020-21 Pelicans U20 U20 SM-sarja 7* 2* 2* 4* 12* -2* |
Peliitat Mestis 26* 11* 7* 18* 12* -3* |
2021-22 JoKP Mestis 34* 12* 14* 26* 37* 2* | Playoffs 5 2 2 4 2 2
2022-23 JoKP “A” Mestis 47* 17* 31* 48* 14* 19* | Playoffs 5 1 3 4 2 3
2023-24 TUTO Hockey Mestis 42* 6* 21* 27* 18* 1* | Playoffs 7 2 1 3 2 -1
Sport Liiga 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2024-25 Sport Liiga 33* 0* 1* 1* 6* -6* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0
JoKP Mestis 5* 2* 2* 4* 4* -1* |
HPK Liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
HIFK Liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2025-26 JoKP Mestis 5* 1* 3* 4* 0* 5* |
Ilves Liiga 4* 0* 1* 1* 2* 1* |
GKS Tychy Poland 9* 4* 5* 9* 2* -* |
Projected Poland 24* 11* 13* 24* 5* -* |

Joel Kerkkänen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2011-12 Finland Selects U13 QC Int PW 3* 4* 0* 4* 0* -* |
2016-17 Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2021-22 JoKP Suomen Cup 5* 3* 4* 7* 4* -* |
2022-23 JoKP “A” Suomen Cup 4* 1* 4* 5* 0* -* |

Joel Kerkkänen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 2 14* 4* 3* 7* 0.50* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 3 41* 0* 2* 2* 0.05* 8* -7* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * 0 *
Mestis 7 185* 52* 88* 140* 0.76* 91* 18* | 3 17 5 * 6 * 11 * 0.65 * 6 * 4 *
Poland 1 9* 4* 5* 9* 1.00* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QC Int PW 1 3* 4* 0* 4* 1.33* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Suomen Cup 2 9* 4* 8* 12* 1.33* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 Mestis 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 3 44* 25* 30* 55* 1.25* 22* -* | 1 3 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.33 * 0 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 4* 1* 3* 4* 1.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 4 70* 25* 33* 58* 0.83* 58* -* | 3 14 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.50 * 8 * - *
U20 SM-sarja (U20 SM-liiga) 6 171* 46* 53* 99* 0.58* 70* 27* | 3 19 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.11 * 2 * -5 *

Joel Kerkkänen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/09/2025
11/09/2025 Confirmed Ilves GKS Tychy
11/03/2025
11/03/2025 Confirmed Ilves Unknown
09/30/2025
09/30/2025 Confirmed JoKP Ilves
08/20/2025
08/20/2025 Confirmed Sport JoKP
01/07/2025
01/07/2025 Loan Sport HIFK
12/19/2024
12/19/2024 Loan Sport HPK
10/17/2024
10/17/2024 Loan Sport JoKP
04/15/2024
04/15/2024 Confirmed TUTO Hockey Sport
11/24/2023
11/24/2023 Loan TUTO Hockey Sport
08/15/2023
08/15/2023 Confirmed JoKP TUTO Hockey
05/03/2022
05/03/2022 Extension JoKP JoKP
05/14/2021
05/14/2021 Confirmed Pelicans JoKP
09/09/2020
09/09/2020 Loan Pelicans Peliitat
04/21/2020
04/21/2020 Extension Pelicans U20 Pelicans
08/08/2019
08/08/2019 Confirmed HIFK U20 Pelicans U20