Niklas Virtanen

#92 RoKi / Mestis - 26/27

Date of Birth: Sep 23, 1999
Age: 27
Place of Birth: Laitila, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: LaJy
Position: LW/RW
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 89 kg / 196 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: 26/27+1

Niklas Virtanen Facts

Player Type: Glue GuyPower ForwardWorkhorse
Agency: Premium

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Virtanen is an unyielding and versatile player. He does whatever it takes on the ice for his teams success and is a very coachable player
— Janne Laukkanen 2024

Virtanen is an exemplary professional both on and off the ice. He gives everything he has every single day to help his team win
— Vesa Petäjä 2020

Niklas Virtanen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2014-2015	Lukko U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	13	5	4	9	2	-
2014-2015	Lukko U16	U16 SM-sarja	28	9	12	21	2	-	Playoffs	11	2	3	5	0	-
2015-2016	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	33	1	2	3	8	-
2016-2017	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	44	20	8	28	53	-
2017-2018	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	5	3	2	5	0	-	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	-
2017-2018	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	44	8	11	19	16	3
2018-2019	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	34	6	5	11	8	-15
2019-2020	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	38	11	8	19	38	0
2019-2020	Pelicans	Liiga	4	1	0	1	2	-1
2020-2021	Peliitat	Mestis	17	4	5	9	28	-2	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2021-2022	Peliitat	Mestis	44	4	6	10	20	-15	Relegation	9	6	3	9	4	8
2021-2022	HC Giants Loan	Suomi-sarja	2	3	3	6	4	-
2022-2023	Peliitat "C"	Mestis	39	18	13	31	34	-6	Relegation	4	4	1	5	4	3
2023-2024	Pelicans	Liiga	26	2	1	3	35	0	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023-2024	Kiekko-Vantaa Loan	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	-1
2024-2025	Pelicans	Liiga	5	0	0	0	27	-1
2025-2026	Pelicans	Liiga	3	1	0	1	2	-2	Playoffs	3	2	0	2	0	1
2026-2027	RoKi	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	0
2026-2027	Projected	Mestis	34	0	0	0	0	0

Niklas Virtanen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2022-2023	Peliitat	Suomen Cup	2	3	1	4	0	-
2023-2024	Pelicans	Champions HL	5	0	0	0	0	-2
2024-2025	Pelicans	Champions HL	6	0	0	0	14	-1

Niklas Virtanen Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	2	11	0	0	0	0.00	14	-3	0
Liiga	4	38	4	1	5	0.13	66	-4	2	4	2	0	2	0.50	0	1
Mestis	5	102	26	24	50	0.49	82	-24	3	15	10	4	14	0.93	8	10
Suomen Cup	1	2	3	1	4	2.00	0	-	0
Suomi-sarja	1	2	3	3	6	3.00	4	-	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	28	9	12	21	0.75	2	-	1	11	2	3	5	0.45	0	-
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	13	5	4	9	0.69	2	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	3	82	24	12	36	0.44	61	-	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	116	25	24	49	0.42	62	-12	0

Niklas Virtanen Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
HC Giants	1	2	3	3	6	3.00	4	-	0
Kiekko-Vantaa	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1	0
Lukko U16	1	41	14	16	30	0.73	4	-	1	11	2	3	5	0.45	0	-
Lukko U18	3	82	24	12	36	0.44	61	-	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	-
Lukko U20	2	78	14	16	30	0.38	24	-12	0
Pelicans	4	49	4	1	5	0.10	80	-7	2	4	2	0	2	0.50	0	1
Pelicans U20	1	38	11	8	19	0.50	38	0	0
Peliitat	3	102	29	25	54	0.53	82	-23*	3	15	10	4	14	0.93	8	10
RoKi	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Niklas Virtanen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2014-2015	U16 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2023-2024	Liiga Silver Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
09/28/2026	Confirmed	Pelicans	RoKi
08/19/2026	Confirmed	Pelicans	Unknown
03/11/2026	Extension	No team	Pelicans
07/16/2024	Extension	Pelicans	Pelicans
09/26/2023	Extension	Pelicans	Pelicans
08/29/2023	Confirmed	Peliitat	Pelicans
05/12/2022	Extension	Peliitat	Peliitat
10/30/2021	Loan	Peliitat	HC Giants
07/19/2021	Extension	Peliitat	Peliitat
07/03/2020	Confirmed	Pelicans U20	Peliitat
08/08/2019	Confirmed	Lukko U20	Pelicans U20

Niklas Virtanen Biography and Trivia

Player of the week (Mestis), 2023-02-13
Finland II (Mestis) Most goals (4) in relegation 2022-2023