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Otto Paajanen

#13 KooKoo / Liiga - 25/26

Date of Birth

Sep 13, 1992

Position

Age

Height

5'11" / 180 cm

Place of Birth

Loppi, FIN

Weight

192 lbs / 87 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

Lopen Lätkä

Contract

25/26

Agency

PREMIUM

Brothers: Mikko Paajanen & Jussi Paajanen

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Otto Paajanen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2007-08	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-*	\|
	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	13*	5*	6*	11*	2*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
2008-09	HPK U17	U17 SM-sarja Q	8*	5*	9*	14*	4*	-*	\|
	HPK U17	U17 SM-sarja	3*	0*	2*	2*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	2	2	0	-
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	3*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-*	\|
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	24*	2*	11*	13*	2*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	2	-
2009-10	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	7*	1*	4*	5*	6*	-*	\|
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	8	2	3	5	6	-
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	40*	8*	10*	18*	6*	3*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	-1
	Finland U18	WJC-18	6*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-1*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	13*	0*	2*	2*	4*	-*	\|
2010-11	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	39*	19*	28*	47*	16*	30*	\|	Playoffs	3	2	2	4	2	1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	5*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-4*	\|
	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	3*	1*	1*	2*	29*	-*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	4*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2011-12	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	7*	7*	2*	9*	10*	0*	\|	Playoffs	8	2	6	8	6	2
	HPK	SM-liiga	34*	4*	1*	5*	6*	-3*	\|
	KooKoo	Mestis	5*	1*	2*	3*	2*	1*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15*	1*	3*	4*	6*	-*	\|
2012-13	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	1	1	0	1	2	1
	HPK	SM-liiga	60*	3*	6*	9*	14*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	2	1
2013-14	HPK “A”	Liiga	59*	7*	8*	15*	14*	1*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	2	-1
2014-15	HPK “A”	Liiga	52*	5*	11*	16*	20*	-2*	\|
2015-16	HPK “A”	Liiga	60*	20*	15*	35*	14*	-21*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
2016-17	HPK “A”	Liiga	60*	8*	18*	26*	12*	14*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0	0
2017-18	HPK “C”	Liiga	60*	17*	16*	33*	26*	3*	\|
2018-19	HPK “C”	Liiga	60*	13*	21*	34*	44*	4*	\|	Playoffs	18	4	4	8	12	6
2019-20	HIFK	Liiga	49*	16*	21*	37*	26*	3*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
2020-21	Leksands IF	SHL	50*	8*	14*	22*	18*	7*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-5
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2021-22	HIFK “A”	Liiga	59*	12*	22*	34*	30*	2*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	4	-5
2022-23	HIFK “A”	Liiga	60*	6*	15*	21*	40*	-6*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	2	4	10	1
2023-24	KooKoo “C”	Liiga	50*	9*	11*	20*	20*	-8*	\|
2024-25	KooKoo “C”	Liiga	60*	11*	22*	33*	40*	16*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	6	-2
2025-26	KooKoo “C”	Liiga	33*	6*	13*	19*	32*	-3*	\|
	Projected	Liiga	60*	11*	24*	35*	58*	-5*	\|

Otto Paajanen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2017-18	HPK “C”	Spengler Cup	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-5*	\|
2019-20	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
2020-21	Finland	EHT	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2021-22	HIFK “A”	Champions HL	6*	1*	1*	2*	2*	1*	\|
2022-23	HIFK	Spengler Cup	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|

Otto Paajanen Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	1	6*	1*	1*	2*	0.33*	2*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	2	5*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	3	8*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	35*	3*	6*	9*	0.26*	39*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	14	756*	137*	200*	337*	0.45*	338*	-4*	\|	7	58	7 *	15 *	22 *	0.38 *	36 *	0 *
Mestis	2	10*	1*	2*	3*	0.30*	4*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	1	50*	8*	14*	22*	0.44*	18*	7*	\|	1	4	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	-5 *
Spengler Cup	2	5*	0*	2*	2*	0.40*	2*	-6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	13*	5*	6*	11*	0.85*	2*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.50 *	2 *	- *
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	9*	1*	1*	2*	0.22*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U17 SM-sarja	1	3*	0*	2*	2*	0.67*	0*	-*	\|	1	1	0 *	2 *	2 *	2.00 *	0 *	- *
U17 SM-sarja Q	1	8*	5*	9*	14*	1.75*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	2	27*	2*	11*	13*	0.48*	2*	-*	\|	2	13	3 *	3 *	6 *	0.46 *	8 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja Q	2	10*	1*	6*	7*	0.70*	8*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	4	86*	34*	40*	74*	0.86*	32*	33*	\|	4	16	5 *	9 *	14 *	0.88 *	10 *	3 *
WJC-18	1	6*	1*	0*	1*	0.17*	2*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	7*	0*	1*	1*	0.14*	0*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

Otto Paajanen Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2008-2009
- U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2009-2010
- U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
- U18 WJC Bronze Medal
2010-2011
- U20 SM-liiga First All-Star Team
2011-2012
- U20 SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2012-2013
- U20 SM-liiga Champion
2017-2018
- Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (2)
2018-2019
- Liiga Best Player in Playoffs (Jari Kurri Award)
- Liiga Champion

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
12/18/2025
12/18/2025	Rumour	KooKoo	TPS
04/13/2025
04/13/2025	Extension	KooKoo	KooKoo
05/10/2023
05/10/2023	Confirmed	HIFK	KooKoo
05/20/2021
05/20/2021	Confirmed	Leksands IF	HIFK
04/09/2020
04/09/2020	Confirmed	HIFK	Leksands IF
05/07/2019
05/07/2019	Confirmed	HPK	HIFK
11/21/2016
11/21/2016	Extension	HPK	HPK
12/19/2014
12/19/2014	Extension	HPK	HPK
12/12/2012
12/12/2012	Extension	HPK	HPK
11/21/2011
11/21/2011	Loan	HPK	KooKoo
02/11/2011
02/11/2011	Extension	HPK U20	HPK

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for HPK

Career transactions
- 2014-12-19 • Signed to a two-year contract extension with HPK
- 2012-12-12 • Signed to a two-year contract extension with HPK
- 2011-02-11 • Signed to a two-year contract with HPK

Career assingments
- 2011-2012 • Assigned to HPK U20
- 2010-2011 • Assigned to HPK U20
- 2011-11-21 • Loaned to KooKoo by HPK until Christmas break

Other memorable dates
- 2011-12-22 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2011-10-12 • Scored first Liiga goal (vs.Ässät)
- 2011-09-15 • Made Liiga debut (vs.TPS)
- 2010-04-12 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster