Iikka Kangasniemi

Date of Birth: Feb 18, 1995
Age: 31
Place of Birth: Oulu, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Kiekko-Vantaa Itä
Position: LW/RW
Height: 170 cm / 5'7"
Weight: 77 kg / 170 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: 27/28

Iikka Kangasniemi Facts

Kangasniemi is a skilled winger. Has a good vision and excels in skating and stickhandling. Small frame poses some obvious limitations, but the lack of size is compensated by his speed, agility and offensive skills. (EP 2014)

Brothers: Okko Kangasniemi & Totti Kangasniemi

Iikka Kangasniemi Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-2011	Karhu-Kissat U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9	9	1	10	2	-
2010-2011	Karhu-Kissat U16	U16 I-divisioona	22	16	27	43	24	-
2011-2012	Karhu-Kissat U17	U17 SM-sarja	1	1	0	1	0	-
2011-2012	Karhu-Kissat U18	U18 I-divisioona Q	9	7	10	17	0	-
2011-2012	Karhu-Kissat U18	U18 II-divisioona	1	0	0	0	0	-
2011-2012	Blues U18 II	U18 I-divisioona	30	15	15	30	2	-
2012-2013	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	46	17	29	46	14	-	Playoffs	10	3	4	7	8	-
2012-2013	Blues U18 Akatemia	U18 SM-sarja	2	2	2	4	2	-
2013-2014	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	42	22	38	60	28	34	Playoffs	8	5	10	15	4	15
2013-2014	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	1	3	4	2	-
2014-2015	Kiekko-Vantaa Loan	Mestis	39	3	23	26	46	-1
2014-2015	TUTO Hockey Loan	Mestis	9	9	4	13	2	8	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0	-1
2015-2016	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	8	5	6	11	4	6
2015-2016	Blues	Liiga	39	7	7	14	10	-6
2015-2016	TUTO Hockey Loan	Mestis	4	3	2	5	0	1
2016-2017	Pelicans	Liiga	47	10	29	39	47	15	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	4	2
2017-2018	Pelicans	Liiga	56	17	19	36	10	0	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-1
2018-2019	HIFK	Liiga	39	22	14	36	12	7	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	0	-4
2019-2020	HIFK	Liiga	31	6	11	17	8	0
2019-2020	MODO Hockey	HockeyAllsvenskan	10	2	3	5	29	1	Qualification	2	0	1	1	4	0
2020-2021	Pelicans	Liiga	41	11	24	35	22	7	Playoffs	5	1	7	8	4	3
2021-2022	Pelicans	Liiga	51	18	24	42	10	7	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0	0
2022-2023	Pelicans	Liiga	44	5	23	28	18	-3	Playoffs	18	4	10	14	6	-3
2023-2024	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Czechia	43	4	17	21	9	-18	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	0
2024-2025	Pelicans	Liiga	54	9	26	35	14	-10	Relegation	8	0	4	4	4	3
2025-2026	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	53	10	29	39	14	2	Playoffs	5	2	4	6	2	-3
2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	13	2	4	6	2	3
2026-2027	Projected	Liiga	60	9	18	27	9	14

Iikka Kangasniemi Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	A	TP	+/-
2015-2016	Blues	Champions HL	5	0	0	0
2018-2019	HIFK	Champions HL	2	0	0	-1
2024-2025	Pelicans	Champions HL	5	2	2	-2

Iikka Kangasniemi Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	3	12	0	2	2	0.17	0	-3	0
Czechia	1	43	4	17	21	0.49	9	-18	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	0
HockeyAllsvenskan	1	10	2	3	5	0.50	29	1	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	4	0
International-Jr	1	4	1	3	4	1.00	2	-	0
Liiga	11	468	117	210	327	0.70	167	22	8	58	11	29	40	0.69	20	-3
Mestis	2	52	15	29	44	0.85	48	8	1	7	1	0	1	0.14	0	-1
U16 I-divisioona	1	22	16	27	43	1.95	24	-	0
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	9	9	1	10	1.11	2	-	0
U17 SM-sarja	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	-	0
U18 I-divisioona	1	30	15	15	30	1.00	2	-	0
U18 I-divisioona Q	1	9	7	10	17	1.89	0	-	0
U18 II-divisioona	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	1	48	19	31	50	1.04	16	-	1	10	3	4	7	0.70	8	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	2	43	22	38	60	1.40	28	34	2	16	10	16	26	1.63	8	21

Iikka Kangasniemi Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Blues U18	1	46	17	29	46	1.00	14	-	1	10	3	4	7	0.70	8	-
Blues U20	2	43	22	38	60	1.40	28	34	2	16	10	16	26	1.63	8	21
Finland U20 (all)	1	4	1	3	4	1.00	2	-	0
HC Energie Karlovy Vary	1	43	4	17	21	0.49	9	-18	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	0
HIFK	2	72	28	25	53	0.74	20	6	1	11	1	1	2	0.18	0	-4
Karhu-Kissat U16	1	31	25	28	53	1.71	26	-	0
Karhu-Kissat U17	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	-	0
Karhu-Kissat U18	1	10	7	10	17	1.70	0	-	0
Kiekko-Espoo	3	110	19	40	59	0.54	26	-1	1	5	2	4	6	1.20	2	-3
Kiekko-Espoo U18 Akatemia	2	32	17	17	34	1.06	4	-	0
Kiekko-Vantaa	1	39	3	23	26	0.67	46	-1	0
MODO Hockey	1	10	2	3	5	0.50	29	1	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	4	0
Pelicans	6	298	70	147	217	0.73	121	14	6	42	8	24	32	0.76	18	4
TUTO Hockey	2	13	12	6	18	1.38	2	9	1	7	1	0	1	0.14	0	-1

Iikka Kangasniemi Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2012-2013	U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2013-2014	U20 SM-liiga Champion U20 SM-liiga First All-Star Team U20 SM-liiga Player of the Month (December) U20 SM-liiga Playoffs Most Assists (10)
2014-2015	Finland2 (Mestis) Most Points by Junior (39) Finland2 (Mestis) Rookie of the Month (February)
2015-2016	U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2017-2018	Liiga Player of the Month (November)
2022-2023	Liiga Silver Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
05/07/2026	Extension	Kiekko-Espoo	Kiekko-Espoo
08/19/2025	Confirmed	Pelicans	Kiekko-Espoo
07/26/2024	Confirmed	HC Energie Karlovy Vary	Pelicans
05/04/2023	Confirmed	Pelicans	HC Energie Karlovy Vary
04/28/2022	Extension	Pelicans	Pelicans
04/19/2021	Extension	Pelicans	Pelicans
04/29/2020	Confirmed	MODO Hockey	Pelicans
02/04/2020	Confirmed	HIFK	MODO Hockey
05/02/2018	Confirmed	Pelicans	HIFK
04/15/2016	Confirmed	Blues	Pelicans
09/10/2015	Loan	Blues	TUTO Hockey
01/27/2015	Loan	Blues	TUTO Hockey
04/28/2014	Confirmed	Blues U20	Blues

Iikka Kangasniemi Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2014-04-28 • Signed to a two-year + option year contract with Blues

Career assingments
- 2015-09-10 • Loaned to TuTo by Blues indefinitely
- 2015-01-26 • Loaned to TuTo by Blues to end of the season
- 2014-2015 • Loaned to Kiekko-Vantaa by Blues

Other memorable dates
- 2015-10-21 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Pelicans) and scored first Liiga goal at the same game. +/-: -1 S: 3 TOI: 15:11