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2022 Winter Olympics - Men's Tournament

2022 Winter Olympics

Women's Tournament

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Finland Niklas Friman

#3 Jokerit / KHL - 21/22
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Last 5 games
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1
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Last 10 games
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2
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Olympic Games

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Scoring Leaders
# Player GP G A TP
1. Anton Levtchi 36 17 23 40
2. Petrus Palmu 39 15 21 36
3. Saku Mäenalanen 39 10 26 36
4. Eetu Koivistoinen 33 13 19 32
5. Lukas Jasek 32 6 26 32
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Aug 30, 1993
Position
D/F
Age
28
Height
6'2" / 189 cm
Place of Birth
Rauma, FIN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
TuTo
Contract
21/22
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1-time SM-liiga Champion 1

Father: Kari-Pekka Friman
Brother: Matias Friman

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2008-09 TUTO Hockey U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8 5 7 12 8 |
TUTO Hockey U16 “C” U16 SM-sarja 23 9 20 29 12 |
TuTo U18 U18 I-divisioona 6 2 2 4 2 |
TuTo U20 U20 I-divisioona 1 1 0 1 0 |
2009-10 TPS U17 U17 SM-sarja 0 0 0 0 0 | Playoffs 4 3 4 7 2
TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 9 2 2 4 2 |
TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja 26 5 10 15 4 |
TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
2010-11 TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 5 2 2 4 2 |
TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja 11 6 4 10 2 | Playoffs 11 1 1 2 2
TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 26 2 2 4 4 -8 |
2011-12 TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 43 13 17 30 20 11 |
TPS SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
Kiekkohait Suomi-sarja 3 0 2 2 0 |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3 0 1 1 0 |
2012-13 TPS U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 24 6 10 16 18 7 | Playoffs 7 1 2 3 2 -3
TPS SM-liiga 26 2 3 5 8 -1 |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
2013-14 TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 8 1 4 5 12 8 |
TPS Liiga 45 1 4 5 18 -12 |
2014-15 TPS Liiga 50 0 4 4 24 -16 |
TUTO Hockey Mestis 7 1 3 4 6 3 |
2015-16 TPS Liiga 27 0 3 3 14 -8 | Playoffs 6 1 0 1 6 3
2016-17 HPK Liiga 2 0 0 0 2 -1 |
JYP Liiga 45 3 6 9 10 18 | Playoffs 15 1 3 4 4 -4
JYP-Akatemia Mestis 8 2 1 3 2 -3 |
2017-18 HPK Liiga 53 3 7 10 14 2 |
2018-19 HPK “A” Liiga 56 5 10 15 28 4 | Playoffs 17 1 3 4 6 9
Finland (all) International 6 0 0 0 0 -1 |
2019-20 HPK “C” Liiga 58 6 9 15 22 -1 |
Finland (all) International 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
2020-21 Jokerit KHL 26 1 5 6 8 7 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 1
2021-22 Jokerit KHL 43 5 11 16 10 16 |
Finland OG - - - - - |
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 TPS ET 5 0 0 0 2 |
2013-14 TPS ET 6 1 0 1 2 |
2014-15 TPS Champions HL 8 0 1 1 0 4 |
2015-16 TPS Champions HL 7 0 0 0 4 -3 |
2016-17 JYP Champions HL 3 0 1 1 0 -3 |
2017-18 HPK Spengler Cup 2 0 0 0 0 -3 |
2018-19 Finland EHT 6 0 0 0 0 -1 |
2019-20 HPK Champions HL 5 0 0 0 4 -2 |
Finland EHT 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
2020-21 Finland EHT 4 0 0 0 0 -3 |
2021-22 Finland EHT - - - - - |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
KHL
Wed 05/01 Jokerit vs Dynamo Moskva
Thu 30/12 Jokerit @ CSKA Moskva
Tue 28/12 Jokerit vs Kunlun Red Star
Sun 26/12 Jokerit vs Avangard Omsk
Wed 22/12 Jokerit vs Dinamo Minsk
Mon 20/12 Jokerit vs CSKA Moskva
Sun 12/12 Jokerit @ Dinamo Minsk
Fri 10/12 Jokerit @ Spartak Moskva
Wed 08/12 Jokerit @ Severstal Cherepovets
Mon 06/12 Jokerit vs Amur Khabarovsk
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 4 23 0 2 2 0.09 8 -4 | 0
EHT 4 13 0 0 0 0.00 0 -4 | 0
ET 2 11 1 0 1 0.09 4 - | 0
International 2 9 0 0 0 0.00 0 -1 | 0
International-Jr 2 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 0 | 0
KHL 2 69 6 16 22 0.32 18 23 | 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1
Liiga 9 363 20 46 66 0.18 140 -15 | 3 38 3 6 9 0.24 16 8
Mestis 2 15 3 4 7 0.47 8 0 | 0
OG 1 - - - - - - - | 0
Spengler Cup 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 -3 | 0
Suomi-sarja 1 3 0 2 2 0.67 0 - | 0
U16 SM-sarja 1 23 9 20 29 1.26 12 - | 0
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 8 5 7 12 1.50 8 - | 0
U17 SM-sarja 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - | 1 4 3 4 7 1.75 2 -
U18 I-divisioona 1 6 2 2 4 0.67 2 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja 2 37 11 14 25 0.68 6 - | 1 11 1 1 2 0.18 2 -
U18 SM-sarja Q 2 14 4 4 8 0.57 4 - | 0
U20 I-divisioona 1 1 1 0 1 1.00 0 - | 0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 5 102 22 33 55 0.54 54 18 | 1 7 1 2 3 0.43 2 -3
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Teamwork
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Strength
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Hitting
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Veli-Matti Vittasmäki (D) 2009-2022 9 Finland, Finland (all), TPS, TPS U20, TUTO Hockey
Mikko Lehtonen (D) 2009-2022 9 Finland, Finland, Finland (all), Finland U20 (all), Jokerit, TPS, TPS U17, TPS U18, TPS U20, TUTO Hockey
Elmeri Eronen (D) 2010-2021 8 Finland, Finland (all), HPK, TPS, TPS U18, TPS U20
Teemu Turunen (F) 2016-2022 6 Finland, Finland (all), HPK, Jokerit

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Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
05/13/2020
05/13/2020 Confirmed HPK Jokerit
10/25/2018
10/25/2018 Extension HPK HPK
04/28/2017
04/28/2017 Confirmed JYP HPK
01/16/2017
01/16/2017 Extension JYP JYP
09/26/2016
09/26/2016 Confirmed HPK JYP
08/24/2016
08/24/2016 Confirmed TPS HPK
03/31/2015
03/31/2015 Extension TPS TPS
11/18/2014
11/18/2014 Loan TPS TUTO Hockey
01/14/2014
01/14/2014 Extension TPS TPS
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