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Finland Taavi Vartiainen

#22 EXA IceFighters Leipzig / Germany3 - 21/22
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Jun 30, 1994
Position
LW/RW
Age
28
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
Lahti, FIN
Weight
201 lbs / 91 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Pelicans
Status
Retired
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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 Pelicans U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8 0 0 0 6 - |
Pelicans U16 U16 I-divisioona 20 9 16 25 28 - | Playoffs 2 0 1 1 0 -
2010-11 Pelicans U17 U17 SM-sarja Q 4 4 2 6 31 - |
Pelicans U17 U17 SM-sarja 3 3 2 5 4 - |
Pelicans U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 3 0 0 0 14 - |
Pelicans U18 U18 I-divisioona 24 12 17 29 94 - |
Kiekkoreipas U20 U20 II-divisioona 2 1 2 3 8 - |
2011-12 Pelicans U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 9 0 4 4 22 - |
Pelicans U18 U18 SM-sarja 30 13 13 26 85 - |
Vierumäki A U20 II-divisioona 1 2 2 4 4 - |
2012-13 Pelicans U20 U20 SM-liiga 39 4 8 12 42 0 |
2013-14 Pelicans U20 U20 SM-liiga 44 19 23 42 80 -2 | Playoffs 11 5 5 10 39 4
2014-15 Pelicans U20 U20 SM-liiga 18 5 6 11 38 -3 |
Pelicans Liiga 43 1 2 3 91 -5 |
2015-16 Pelicans U20 U20 SM-liiga 4 1 3 4 18 4 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -2
Pelicans Liiga 40 1 5 6 108 -10 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -1
Peliitat Mestis 8 3 6 9 2 2 |
2016-17 Pelicans Liiga 29 2 2 4 36 -4 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -1
Peliitat Mestis 6 0 0 0 0 -7 |
2017-18 Pelicans Liiga 59 5 10 15 69 -4 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 0
2018-19 Pelicans Liiga 58 11 8 19 45 -1 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 0
2019-20 Pelicans Liiga 42 0 6 6 99 -13 |
2020-21 Ilves Liiga 0 0 0 0 0 - |
KOOVEE Mestis 1 0 0 0 0 -1 |
2021-22 Peliitat “A” Mestis 5 1 1 2 2 -1 |
Mariestad BoIS HockeyEttan 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
EXA IceFighters Leipzig Germany3 7 2 0 2 16 - |
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2019-20 Pelicans Champions HL 5 1 0 1 8 -2 |
2021-22 Peliitat “A” Suomen Cup 2 1 0 1 12 - |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
HockeyEttan
2022-01-09T15:00:00+0000 Mariestad BoIS vs HC Dalen
2022-01-07T18:00:00+0000 Mariestad BoIS @ Skövde IK
2021-11-14T15:00:00+0000 Mariestad BoIS vs Borlänge HF
Mestis
2021-10-09T17:00:00+0300 Peliitat vs SaPKo
2021-10-07T18:30:00+0300 Peliitat vs TUTO Hockey
2021-10-02T17:00:00+0300 Peliitat @ IPK
2021-09-30T18:30:00+0300 Peliitat vs Ketterä
2021-09-23T18:30:00+0300 Peliitat @ KOOVEE
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 1 5 1 0 1 0.20 8 -2 | 0
Germany3 1 7 2 0 2 0.29 16 - | 0
HockeyEttan 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
Liiga 7 271 20 33 53 0.20 448 -37 | 4 9 0 0 0 0.00 6 -2
Mestis 4 20 4 7 11 0.55 4 -7 | 0
Suomen Cup 1 2 1 0 1 0.50 12 - | 0
U16 I-divisioona 1 20 9 16 25 1.25 28 - | 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 -
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 8 0 0 0 0.00 6 - | 0
U17 SM-sarja 1 3 3 2 5 1.67 4 - | 0
U17 SM-sarja Q 1 4 4 2 6 1.50 31 - | 0
U18 I-divisioona 1 24 12 17 29 1.21 94 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja 1 30 13 13 26 0.87 85 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja Q 2 12 0 4 4 0.33 36 - | 0
U20 II-divisioona 2 3 3 4 7 2.33 12 - | 0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 105 29 40 69 0.66 178 -1 | 2 13 5 5 10 0.77 41 2
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Hannes Björninen (F) 2010-2020 10 Pelicans, Pelicans U18, Pelicans U20, Peliitat
Perttu Hynönen (D) 2009-2017 8 Pelicans, Pelicans U16, Pelicans U17, Pelicans U18, Pelicans U20, Peliitat
Joonas Harald (G) 2009-2017 8 Pelicans, Pelicans U16, Pelicans U18, Pelicans U20, Peliitat
Roope Elimäki (F) 2010-2020 8 Pelicans, Pelicans U18, Pelicans U20, Peliitat
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/29/2022
09/29/2022 Confirmed KSW IceFighters Leipzig Retired
02/01/2022
02/01/2022 Confirmed Mariestad BoIS EXA IceFighters Leipzig
10/28/2021
10/28/2021 Confirmed Peliitat Mariestad BoIS
08/13/2021
08/13/2021 Confirmed No team Peliitat
02/05/2021
02/05/2021 Confirmed Ilves Unknown
11/20/2020
11/20/2020 Loan Ilves KOOVEE
03/24/2020
03/24/2020 Confirmed Pelicans Ilves
02/05/2019
02/05/2019 Extension Pelicans Pelicans
01/26/2017
01/26/2017 Loan Pelicans Peliitat
11/10/2016
11/10/2016 Extension Pelicans Pelicans
10/19/2014
10/19/2014 Extension Pelicans Pelicans
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