Mikko Eloranta

Date of Birth: Aug 24, 1972
Age: 54
Place of Birth: Aura, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: TPS
Position: LW
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Mikko Eloranta Facts

Player Type: GrinderTwo-Way ForwardWorkhorse
Drafted: 1999 round 9 #247 overall by Boston Bruins

An experienced Finnish forward. Eloranta plays with good intensity and has fine leadership skills. Strong along the boards and and has also a decent scoring ability. Somewhat injury proned the last couple of seasons.

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Mikko Eloranta Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1989-1990	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	2	0	0	0	0	-
1990-1991	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	35	8	8	16	18	-
1991-1992	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	19	3	1	4	8	-
1992-1993	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	31	11	6	17	20	-	Playoffs	6	0	4	4	6	-
1993-1994	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	45	3	4	7	24	-12
1994-1995	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	40	14	13	27	32	-	Playoffs	3	3	0	3	4	-
1995-1996	Ilves	SM-liiga	43	18	15	33	86	-7	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	-5
1995-1996	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	8	6	7	13	2	-
1996-1997	TPS	SM-liiga	31	6	15	21	52	17	Playoffs	10	5	2	7	6	5
1997-1998	TPS "A"	SM-liiga	46	23	14	37	82	18	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	8	0
1997-1998	Finland	WC	10	1	1	2	12	3
1997-1998	Finland (all)	International	21	7	5	12	20	-
1998-1999	TPS "C"	SM-liiga	52	19	21	40	103	15	Playoffs	10	1	6	7	26	8
1998-1999	Finland	WC	12	1	2	3	6	2
1999-2000	Boston Bruins	NHL	50	6	12	18	36	-10
2000-2001	Boston Bruins	NHL	62	12	11	23	38	2
2001-2002	Boston Bruins	NHL	6	0	0	0	2	-1
2001-2002	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	71	9	9	18	54	0	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	-1
2001-2002	Finland Olympics	OG	4	2	0	2	2	0
2001-2002	Finland (all)	International	4	2	0	2	2	0
2002-2003	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	75	5	12	17	56	-15
2002-2003	Finland	WC	7	1	1	2	16	2
2003-2004	TPS "C"	SM-liiga	54	23	19	42	87	27	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	39	1
2004-2005	SC Rapperswil-Jona	NLA	44	19	28	47	88	-	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	12	-
2004-2005	Finland	WCup	6	2	0	2	2	-
2004-2005	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	0	0
2005-2006	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	1	0	0	0	2	-	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	8	-
2006-2007	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	33	11	14	25	60	-	Playoffs	5	3	0	3	8	-
2007-2008	Malmö Redhawks	HockeyAllsvenskan	36	10	14	24	74	11	Kvalserien SHL	10	4	2	6	14	2
2008-2009	TPS	SM-liiga	48	9	11	20	122	-4	Playoffs	8	2	2	4	6	2
2009-2010	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010-2011	PaKa	II-divisioona	1	1	2	3	0	-
2011-2012	PaKa	II-divisioona	1	1	0	1	0	-
2012-2013	TarU	III-divisioona	1	0	2	2	2	-

Mikko Eloranta Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1996-1997	TPS	Euro HL	6	3	1	4	6	7	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	2
1997-1998	TPS	Euro HL	3	1	0	1	4	-
2003-2004	Finland	EHT	6	2	1	3	8	-
2004-2005	Finland	EHT	5	0	1	1	6	-

Mikko Eloranta Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
EHT	2	11	2	2	4	0.36	14	-	0
Euro HL	2	9	4	1	5	0.56	10	7*	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	2
HockeyAllsvenskan	1	36	10	14	24	0.67	74	11	1	10	4	2	6	0.60	14	2
I-divisioona	3	93	23	24	47	0.51	58	-12*	1	3	3	0	3	1.00	4	-
II-divisioona	2	2	2	2	4	2.00	0	-	0
III-divisioona	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	2	-	0
International	2	25	9	5	14	0.56	22	0	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	3	56	11	9	20	0.36	26	-	0
NHL	4	264	32	44	76	0.29	186	-24	1	7	1	1	2	0.29	2	-1
NLA (NL)	3	78	30	42	72	0.92	150	-	3	16	5	2	7	0.44	28	-
OG	1	4	2	0	2	0.50	2	0	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	6	274	98	95	193	0.70	532	66	6	39	8	13	21	0.54	87	11
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	31	11	6	17	0.55	20	-	1	6	0	4	4	0.67	6	-
WC	4	36	3	4	7	0.19	34	7	0
WCup	1	6	2	0	2	0.33	2	-	0

Mikko Eloranta Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1992-1993	U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
1995-1996	SM-liiga Most Goals by Rookie (18)
1996-1997	European Hockey League (EHL) Champion SM-liiga Silver Medal
1997-1998	European Super Cup Champion Liiga Most Game-Winning Goals (7) Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (1) World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999	SM-liiga Champion World Championship Silver Medal
2003-2004	SM-liiga Silver Medal
2004-2005	World Cup Runner Up
2022-2023	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#269)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
01/25/2012	Confirmed	No team	PaKa
09/16/2009	Confirmed	TPS	Retired

Mikko Eloranta Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for PaKa
Cult/Star player for SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Cult/Star player for TPS