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Finland Miro-Pekka Saarelainen
#8 Kiekko-Vantaa / Mestis - 25/26
1-time Polish Champion 1
Date of Birth
Apr 26, 1994
Position
RW/LW
Age
31
Height
5'10" / 177 cm
Place of Birth
Vantaa, FIN
Weight
176 lbs / 80 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
Kiekko-Vantaa
Contract
25/26
Agency
PREMIUM

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Miro-Pekka Saarelainen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2008-09 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 2* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 20* 13* 9* 22* 16* -* | Playoffs 5 1 3 4 6 -
2009-10 HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 2* 0* 3* 3* 0* -* |
HIFK U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 4* 4* 8* 4* -* | Playoffs 7 3 6 9 6 -
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 7* 5* 3* 8* 2* -* |
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 13* 11* 13* 24* 10* -* | Playoffs 10 1 3 4 4 -
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 12* 3* 5* 8* 8* -* |
2010-11 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 8* 6* 4* 10* 4* -* |
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 23* 14* 14* 28* 39* -* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 2 -
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 3* 1* 0* 1* 0* -* |
2011-12 HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 7* 5* 2* 7* 8* -* |
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 25* 22* 13* 35* 28* -* | Playoffs 4 2 0 2 2 -
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 16* 3* 1* 4* 0* -4* |
2012-13 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 48* 17* 12* 29* 18* 1* | Playoffs 5 0 3 3 2 6
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 4* 1* 0* 1* 0* 0* |
2013-14 HIFK U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 48* 22* 16* 38* 18* -4* | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 2 -4
2014-15 HIFK U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 35* 26* 11* 37* 26* 6* | Playoffs 3 1 3 4 4 4
HIFK Liiga 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* 0* |
2015-16 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 9* 5* 2* 7* 6* 2* | Playoffs 2 2 2 4 2 1
HIFK Liiga 31* 5* 3* 8* 2* -8* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 8* 1* 3* 4* 2* 1* |
2016-17 HIFK Liiga 22* 2* 1* 3* 2* -2* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
RoKi Mestis 8* 1* 3* 4* 2* -1* |
KooKoo Liiga 9* 0* 3* 3* 0* 0* |
2017-18 KeuPa HT Mestis 50* 25* 24* 49* 28* 16* | Playoffs 14 5 3 8 33 5
2018-19 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 50* 36* 30* 66* 10* 16* |
2019-20 Pelicans Liiga 40* 5* 5* 10* 10* -8* |
2020-21 Pelicans Liiga 22* 1* 2* 3* 2* -4* |
2021-22 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 27* 7* 18* 25* 14* -6* |
GKS Katowice Poland 9* 1* 5* 6* 2* 2* | Playoffs 16 3 1 4 0 -1
2022-23 Rødovre Mighty Bulls Denmark 46* 16* 15* 30* 8* -23* |
2023-24 UTE Erste Liga 39* 19* 13* 32* 4* 8* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 2 -4
2024-25 Füchse Duisburg Germany3 17* 2* 6* 8* 4* -6* |
IPK Mestis 11* 0* 4* 4* 0* -3* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 1
2025-26 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 32* 10* 8* 18* 6* 2* |
Projected Mestis 48* 15* 12* 27* 9* 3* |

Miro-Pekka Saarelainen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 HIFK U20 JCWC 4* 2* 0* 2* 12* 0* |
2015-16 HIFK Champions HL 6* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
2016-17 HIFK Champions HL 6* 1* 0* 1* 2* -1* |
2017-18 KeuPa HT Suomen Cup 3* 2* 1* 3* 0* 0* |
2018-19 Kiekko-Vantaa “A” Suomen Cup 2* 1* 0* 1* 2* -* |
2019-20 Pelicans Champions HL 1* 1* 0* 1* 2* 2* |
Peliitat Suomen Cup 4* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2021-22 Kiekko-Vantaa Suomen Cup 2* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |

Miro-Pekka Saarelainen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 3 13* 2* 0* 2* 0.15* 6* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
Denmark 1 46* 16* 15* 30* 0.65* 8* -23* | 0 * * * * * *
Erste Liga 1 39* 19* 13* 32* 0.82* 4* 8* | 1 4 1 * 0 * 1 * 0.25 * 2 * -4 *
Germany3 1 17* 2* 6* 8* 0.47* 4* -6* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 3 19* 5* 5* 10* 0.53* 8* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
JCWC 1 4* 2* 0* 2* 0.50* 12* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 5 126* 14* 14* 28* 0.22* 16* -22* | 0 * * * * * *
Mestis 7 187* 80* 91* 171* 0.91* 62* 25* | 2 17 5 * 3 * 8 * 0.47 * 33 * 6 *
Poland 1 9* 1* 5* 6* 0.67* 2* 2* | 1 16 3 * 1 * 4 * 0.25 * 0 * -1 *
Suomen Cup 4 11* 4* 2* 6* 0.55* 4* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 24* 17* 13* 30* 1.25* 20* -* | 2 12 4 * 9 * 13 * 1.08 * 12 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 4* 1* 3* 4* 1.00* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 3 61* 47* 40* 87* 1.43* 77* -* | 3 18 4 * 4 * 8 * 0.44 * 8 * - *
U18 SM-sarja Q 3 22* 16* 9* 25* 1.14* 14* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 5 156* 73* 42* 115* 0.74* 68* 1* | 4 15 4 * 8 * 12 * 0.80 * 10 * 7 *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Miro-Pekka Saarelainen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/09/2025
06/09/2025 Confirmed IPK Kiekko-Vantaa
01/27/2025
01/27/2025 Confirmed Füchse Duisburg IPK
11/21/2024
11/21/2024 Confirmed No team Füchse Duisburg
07/11/2023
07/11/2023 Confirmed Rødovre Mighty Bulls UTE
06/23/2022
06/23/2022 Confirmed GKS Katowice Rødovre Mighty Bulls
01/04/2022
01/04/2022 Confirmed Kiekko-Vantaa GKS Katowice
07/01/2021
07/01/2021 Confirmed Pelicans Kiekko-Vantaa
04/17/2019
04/17/2019 Confirmed Kiekko-Vantaa Pelicans
05/09/2018
05/09/2018 Confirmed KeuPa HT Kiekko-Vantaa
04/25/2017
04/25/2017 Confirmed HIFK KeuPa HT
02/12/2017
02/12/2017 Loan HIFK KooKoo
01/04/2017
01/04/2017 Loan HIFK RoKi
10/30/2015
10/30/2015 Loan HIFK Kiekko-Vantaa
05/19/2015
05/19/2015 Extension HIFK U20 HIFK
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2015-05-19 • Signed to a three-year contract with HIFK

Career assingments
- 2015-2016 • Loaned to Kiekko-Vantaa by HIFK

Other memorable dates
- 2015-01-15 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Blues) and scored first Liiga goal at the same game. +/-: 0 S: 5 TOI: 10:50