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Finland Aleksi Heponiemi

#20 Charlotte Checkers / AHL - 22/23
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Jan 09, 1999
Position
C/W
Age
24
Height
5'10" / 178 cm
Place of Birth
Tampere, FIN
Weight
154 lbs / 70 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Ilves
Contract
22/23
Cap Hit
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Florida Panthers Florida Panthers / Signed
Drafted
2017 round 2 #40 overall by Florida Panthers
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Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time CHL Sportsman of the Year 1
1-time WHL (East) First All-Star Team 1
1-time WHL Champion 1
1-time WHL Rookie of the Year (Jim Piggott Trophy) 1
A highly-skilled forward who plays with a lot of speed and skill…uses his speed to jet down the wing and beat defenders along the outside, Futureconsiderations.ca 2017
He is dynamic and can create space for himself and his teammates because he makes quick decisions and has tremendous foot speed, Hockeyprospect.com 2017
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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 6 3 4 7 0 - |
Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja 15 2 5 7 2 - |
2014-15 Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 10 7 18 25 2 - |
Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja 31 26 50 76 16 - |
Ilves U18 U18 SM-sarja 1 0 0 0 0 - |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 7 1 2 3 0 - |
2015-16 Ilves U18 “A” U18 SM-sarja 39 25 40 65 24 - | Playoffs 5 2 4 6 2 -
Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 7 2 2 4 2 4 | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 2 1
Finland U17 WHC-17 5 0 0 0 0 - |
2016-17 Swift Current Broncos WHL 72 28 58 86 18 15 | Playoffs 14 0 8 8 8 -7
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 3 0 3 3 0 - |
2017-18 Swift Current Broncos WHL 57 28 90 118 28 42 | Playoffs 26 5 25 30 2 5
Finland U20 WJC-20 5 2 0 2 2 -3 |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 10 3 1 4 2 - |
2018-19 Kärpät Liiga 50 16 30 46 8 18 | Playoffs 17 3 0 3 8 -1
Finland U20 WJC-20 7 3 6 9 4 7 |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 12 6 11 17 6 - |
2019-20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 49 3 11 14 16 -7 |
2020-21 MODO Hockey HockeyAllsvenskan 16 6 8 14 22 5 |
Florida Panthers NHL 9 1 1 2 2 1 |
Syracuse Crunch AHL 6 0 6 6 6 0 |
2021-22 Florida Panthers NHL 6 0 1 1 2 -6 |
Charlotte Checkers “A” AHL 56 9 30 39 28 0 | Playoffs 7 1 3 4 14 1
2022-23 Florida Panthers NHL 10 1 2 3 2 -1 |
Charlotte Checkers “A” AHL 34 8 16 24 10 8 |
Projected AHL 64 15 30 45 19 15 |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2016-17 Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4 0 5 5 0 1 |
2017-18 Swift Current Broncos M-Cup 3 1 3 4 2 -2 |
2018-19 Kärpät Champions HL 10 2 5 7 12 1 |
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Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
AHL
2023-01-28T17:05:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers @ Rochester Americans
2023-01-27T18:05:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers @ Rochester Americans
2023-01-25T18:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers @ Utica Comets
2023-01-22T12:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Cleveland Monsters
2023-01-21T15:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Cleveland Monsters
2023-01-15T15:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2023-01-14T15:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2023-01-11T18:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Hartford Wolf Pack
2023-01-10T18:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers vs Hartford Wolf Pack
2023-01-07T18:00:00-0600 Charlotte Checkers @ Hershey Bears
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 145 20 63 83 0.57 60 1 | 1 7 1 3 4 0.57 14 1
Champions HL 1 10 2 5 7 0.70 12 1 | 0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4 0 5 5 1.25 0 1 | 0
HockeyAllsvenskan 1 16 6 8 14 0.88 22 5 | 0
International-Jr 4 32 10 17 27 0.84 8 - | 0
Liiga 1 50 16 30 46 0.92 8 18 | 1 17 3 0 3 0.18 8 -1
M-Cup 1 3 1 3 4 1.33 2 -2 | 0
NHL 3 25 2 4 6 0.24 6 -6 | 0
U16 SM-sarja 2 46 28 55 83 1.80 18 - | 0
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 16 10 22 32 2.00 2 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja 2 40 25 40 65 1.63 24 - | 1 5 2 4 6 1.20 2 -
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 1 7 2 2 4 0.57 2 4 | 1 7 1 0 1 0.14 2 1
WHC-17 1 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 - | 0
WHL 2 129 56 148 204 1.58 46 57 | 2 40 5 33 38 0.95 10 -2
WJC-20 2 12 5 6 11 0.92 6 4 | 0
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Speed
16
Puckhandling
16
Passing
16
Agility
16
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Santeri Virtanen (F) 2014-2019 5 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17, Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all)
Aarne Talvitie (F) 2014-2019 5 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17, Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all)
Eemeli Räsänen (D) 2014-2019 5 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17, Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U20 (all)
Linus Nyman (F) 2014-2019 5 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17, Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all)
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
12/23/2022
12/23/2022 Up/Down Florida Panthers Charlotte Checkers
12/16/2022
12/16/2022 Up/Down Charlotte Checkers Florida Panthers
12/10/2022
12/10/2022 Up/Down Florida Panthers Charlotte Checkers
11/27/2022
11/27/2022 Up/Down Charlotte Checkers Florida Panthers
11/11/2022
11/11/2022 Up/Down Florida Panthers Charlotte Checkers
11/05/2022
11/05/2022 Up/Down Charlotte Checkers Florida Panthers
10/10/2022
10/10/2022 Up/Down Florida Panthers Charlotte Checkers
07/05/2022
07/05/2022 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
08/09/2020
08/09/2020 Loan Florida Panthers MODO Hockey
05/15/2019
05/15/2019 Confirmed Kärpät Florida Panthers
05/28/2018
05/28/2018 Confirmed Swift Current Broncos Kärpät
06/30/2016
06/30/2016 Confirmed Ilves U20 Swift Current Broncos
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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2016, 1 #10 overall by Swift Current Broncos in the CHL Import Draft

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #68 by ISS Hockey

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #76 by FCHockey

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #65 by McKeen's Hockey

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #50 by TSN/McKenzie

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #26 by NHL Central Scouting

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