Markus Kankaanperä

Date of Birth: Apr 27, 1980
Age: 46
Place of Birth: Skellefteå, SWE
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: JYP
Position: D
Height: 187 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 97 kg / 214 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Markus Kankaanperä Facts

Player Type: AgitatorPhysical Defenseman
Drafted: 1999 round 8 #218 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Agency: Premium

A defensively reliable defenseman with good size. Kankaanperä plays an aggressive game and has good timing in his physical play. He can chip in the offensive zone as well. Prone to taking penalties and lacks in mobility.

Father: Ari Kankaanperä
Brothers: Mikko Kankaanperä, Samuli Kankaanperä
Uncle: Risto Kankaanperä
Cousin: Tapio Sammalkangas

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Markus Kankaanperä Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1995-1996	JYP U16	U16 SM-sarja	25	5	6	11	34	-
1995-1996	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	9	1	1	2	4	-
1995-1996	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	2	0	2	2	-
1996-1997	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	33	3	5	8	83	-
1996-1997	Finland U17	WHC-17	3	0	0	0	8	-
1996-1997	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	10	0	0	0	10	-
1997-1998	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	13	4	10	14	18	-	Playoffs	5	3	2	5	6	-
1997-1998	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	32	0	0	0	2	-
1997-1998	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	0	1	1	8	-
1997-1998	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	24	1	2	3	18	-
1998-1999	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	4	-
1998-1999	JYP	SM-liiga	50	0	2	2	85	-3	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998-1999	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	0	0	0	6	-
1998-1999	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	1	0	1	10	-
1999-2000	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	1	1	2	2	-	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	6	-
1999-2000	JYP	SM-liiga	47	0	5	5	87	-5
1999-2000	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	2	2	8	-5
1999-2000	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	16	0	4	4	18	-
2000-2001	JYP	SM-liiga	53	5	4	9	60	-12
2001-2002	HPK	SM-liiga	51	4	3	7	80	13	Playoffs	8	0	0	0	10	0
2002-2003	Jokerit	SM-liiga	52	1	4	5	94	8	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	6	4
2003-2004	Jokerit	SM-liiga	55	6	6	12	101	12	Playoffs	8	1	1	2	8	3
2004-2005	Jokerit	SM-liiga	51	0	3	3	71	8	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	6	0
2005-2006	Jokerit	SM-liiga	53	5	5	10	182	-3
2006-2007	Jokerit	SM-liiga	49	9	7	16	136	15	Playoffs	10	0	1	1	6	1
2007-2008	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	45	2	4	6	114	-6	Kvalserien SHL	3	0	0	0	2	0
2008-2009	HIFK	SM-liiga	57	4	16	20	110	-2	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	6	-1
2009-2010	HIFK	SM-liiga	55	2	12	14	137	10	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	6	-1
2010-2011	HIFK	SM-liiga	58	1	10	11	145	14	Playoffs	15	0	4	4	28	4
2011-2012	HIFK	SM-liiga	29	0	4	4	71	15	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	8	-2
2012-2013	Tappara "A"	SM-liiga	58	4	12	16	166	21	Playoffs	15	0	1	1	8	-3
2013-2014	Tappara "A"	Liiga	58	5	4	9	72	0	Playoffs	18	2	1	3	20	3
2014-2015	Tappara "A"	Liiga	52	4	10	14	97	12	Playoffs	20	1	3	4	24	0
2015-2016	Tappara "A"	Liiga	49	1	6	7	88	7	Playoffs	18	1	1	2	6	-2
2016-2017	Sport "C"	Liiga	56	1	7	8	158	-4
2017-2018	Sport "C"	Liiga	17	1	2	3	33	-5
2017-2018	HIFK	Liiga	23	0	4	4	30	9	Playoffs	12	1	0	1	8	0
2018-2019	HIFK	Liiga	45	1	6	7	70	-12	Playoffs	10	0	0	0	10	1
2019-2020	HIFK	Liiga	6	0	0	0	6	2
2019-2020	Löwen Frankfurt	DEL2	6	0	3	3	14	3
2020-2021	JoKP	Mestis	9	1	5	6	31	2
2020-2021	HPK	Liiga	30	1	0	1	50	0
2021-2022	Dundee Stars "A"	EIHL	30	1	5	6	57	-9
2021-2022	HC Bolzano	ICEHL	1	0	0	0	0	-1	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-2

Markus Kankaanperä Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-2004	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	4	1	0	1	8	0
2003-2004	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	-
2007-2008	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	4	-1
2010-2011	HIFK	ET	6	1	3	4	55	-
2011-2012	HIFK	ET	6	0	2	2	18	-
2012-2013	Tappara "A"	ET	7	0	0	0	6	-	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	8	-
2013-2014	Tappara	ET	8	0	0	0	4	-
2014-2015	Tappara "A"	Champions HL	8	0	0	0	31	-3
2015-2016	Tappara "A"	Champions HL	8	1	1	2	29	2
2018-2019	HIFK	Champions HL	6	1	1	2	2	1
2021-2022	Dundee Stars	EIHL Cup	6	0	0	0	6	0

Markus Kankaanperä Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	3	22	2	2	4	0.18	62	0	0
DEL2	1	6	0	3	3	0.50	14	3	0
EHT	2	6	0	0	0	0.00	4	-1*	0
EIHL	1	30	1	5	6	0.20	57	-9	0
EIHL Cup	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0
EJC-18	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	8	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	1	45	2	4	6	0.13	114	-6	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
ET	4	27	1	5	6	0.22	83	-	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	8	-
ICEHL	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2
International-Jr	5	70	4	6	10	0.14	58	-	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	22	1054	55	132	187	0.18	2129	100	16	166	7	18	25	0.15	160	7
Mestis	1	9	1	5	6	0.67	31	2	0
Spengler Cup	1	4	1	0	1	0.25	8	0	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	25	5	6	11	0.44	34	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	3	55	8	16	24	0.44	105	-	1	5	3	2	5	1.00	6	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	36	1	1	2	0.06	8	-	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	6	-
WHC-17	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	8	-	0
WJC-20	2	13	0	2	2	0.15	14	-5*	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Markus Kankaanperä Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Brynäs IF	1	45	2	4	6	0.13	114	-6	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
Dundee Stars	1	36	1	5	6	0.17	63	-9	0
Finland (EHT)	2	6	0	0	0	0.00	4	-1*	0
Finland U16 (all)	1	3	2	0	2	0.67	2	-	0
Finland U17	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	8	-	0
Finland U17 (all)	1	10	0	0	0	0.00	10	-	0
Finland U18	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	8	-	0
Finland U18 (all)	1	24	1	2	3	0.13	18	-	0
Finland U20	2	13	0	2	2	0.15	14	-5*	0
Finland U20 (all)	2	33	1	4	5	0.15	28	-	0
HC Bolzano	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2
HIFK	7	291	10	58	68	0.23	644	37*	6	49	1	5	6	0.12	66	1
HPK	2	81	5	3	8	0.10	130	13	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	10	0
Jokerit	5	264	22	25	47	0.18	592	40	4	35	2	7	9	0.26	26	8
JoKP	1	9	1	5	6	0.67	31	2	0
JYP	3	150	5	11	16	0.11	232	-20	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
JYP U16	1	25	5	6	11	0.44	34	-	0
JYP U18	3	55	8	16	24	0.44	105	-	1	5	3	2	5	1.00	6	-
JYP U20	3	36	1	1	2	0.06	8	-	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	6	-
Löwen Frankfurt	1	6	0	3	3	0.50	14	3	0
Sport	2	73	2	9	11	0.15	191	-9	0
Tappara	4	248	15	33	48	0.19	493	39*	4	73	4	6	10	0.14	66	-2*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Markus Kankaanperä Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1997-1998	U18 EJC Silver Medal U18 SM-sarja Champion
2001-2002	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2004-2005	SM-liiga Silver Medal
2006-2007	SM-liiga Silver Medal
2010-2011	SM-liiga Champion
2012-2013	SM-liiga Most Penalized Player (166min) SM-liiga Silver Medal
2013-2014	Liiga Silver Medal
2014-2015	Liiga Silver Medal
2015-2016	Liiga Champion
2016-2017	Liiga Most Penalized Player (158min)
2017-2018	Liiga Bronze Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
09/05/2022	Confirmed	HC Bolzano	Retired
02/23/2022	Confirmed	Dundee Stars	HC Bolzano
09/06/2021	Confirmed	HPK	Dundee Stars
01/12/2021	Confirmed	JoKP	HPK
10/27/2020	Confirmed	Löwen Frankfurt	JoKP
02/11/2020	Confirmed	HIFK	Löwen Frankfurt
02/13/2019	Extension	HIFK	HIFK
05/03/2018	Extension	HIFK	HIFK
01/03/2018	Confirmed	Sport	HIFK
05/03/2016	Confirmed	Tappara	Sport
05/20/2015	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
05/20/2014	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
05/02/2012	Confirmed	HIFK	Tappara
01/20/2010	Extension	HIFK	HIFK

Markus Kankaanperä Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for HIFK
Cult/Star player for Jokerit
Cult/Star player for Tappara