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Aleksi Saarela

Charlotte Checkers / AHL - 18/19

Player Facts

Date of Birth

Jan 07, 1997
Age

21
Place of Birth

Helsinki, FIN
Nation

Finland
Youth Team

LaJy

Position

C/LW
Height

5'11" / 180 cm
Weight

198 lbs / 90 kg
Shoots

L
Contract

19/20

Cap Hit

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Carolina Hurricanes / Signed
Drafted

2015 round 3 #89 overall by New York Rangers
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Highlights

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A dangerous offensive forward that creates energy through scoring chances. Possesses good hockey sense as well as good hands and stickhandling ability. A smooth and speedy skater who has a lot of jump in his step. Not very large in stature; however, his diminutive size doesn't deter his scoring prowess, and that is what he will have to rely upon to be successful. (Curtis Joe, EP 2014)

Brother: Antti Saarela
Father: Pasi Saarela
Uncle: Ilkka Saarela

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Player Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	Lukko U16	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	1	1	0	1	0		\|
	Lukko U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	1	1	1	2	0		\|
2011-12	Lukko U16 “A”	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	8	11	17	28	4		\|
	Lukko U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	28	33	39	72	26		\|	Playoffs	9	14	15	29	4
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-		\|
2012-13	Lukko U18 “A”	Jr. B SM-sarja	16	17	19	36	14		\|
	Lukko U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	22	8	10	18	6	-1	\|	Playoffs	10	2	6	8	2	6
	Lukko	Liiga	3	1	1	2	0	-2	\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	2	2	4	2		\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	4	1	1	2	2	7	\|
2013-14	Lukko U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	17	6	16	22	8	0	\|
	Lukko	Liiga	12	0	2	2	2	-4	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	2	1	0	1	0	-2	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	2	1	0	1	0	-2	\|
2014-15	Ässät	Liiga	51	6	6	12	18	-7	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	3	5	8	6	6	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	8	3	6	9	6	6	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	7	0	0	0	2		\|
2015-16	Ässät U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	2	0	2	2	0	0	\|	Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0	1
	Ässät	Liiga	51	20	13	33	14	4	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	4	3	7	4	2	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	5	7	12	2	8	\|
	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Finland (all)	International	5	1	1	2	0	1	\|
2016-17	Lukko	Liiga	49	15	13	28	10	-7	\|
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	9	6	4	10	2	7	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-2
2017-18	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	69	25	18	43	8	4	\|	Playoffs	8	2	1	3	2	1
2018-19	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	-	-	-	-	-		\|

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Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2016-17	Lukko	Champions HL	1	1	0	1	0	-1	\|

Player Career Totals

League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	78	31	22	53	0.68	10	11	\|	13	2	1	3	0.23	4	-1
Champions HL	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	-1	\|
EHT	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	\|
International	5	1	1	2	0.40	0	1	\|
International-Jr	36	10	14	24	0.67	12	19	\|
Jr. A SM-liiga	41	14	28	42	1.02	14	-1	\|	13	3	8	11	0.85	2	7
Jr. B SM-sarja	16	17	19	36	2.25	14	0	\|
Jr. C SM-sarja	29	34	40	74	2.55	26	0	\|	9	14	15	29	3.22	4	0
Jr. C SM-sarja Q	9	12	17	29	3.22	4	0	\|
Liiga	166	42	35	77	0.46	44	-16	\|	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
WHC-17	5	2	2	4	0.80	2	0	\|
WJC-18	9	4	5	9	1.00	6	4	\|
WJC-20	7	4	3	7	1.00	4	2	\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2010-2011
- U16 Pohjola Camp Roster (Lukko)
2011-2012
- Jr. C SM-sarja All-Star Team
- Jr. C SM-sarja Best Forward ''Sami Kapanen Award''
- Jr. C SM-sarja Best Player (Teppo Numminen Award)
- Jr. C SM-sarja Bronze Medal
- Jr. C SM-sarja Most Goals (Keijo Kuusela Award) (33)
- Jr. C SM-sarja Most Points (Reijo Leppänen Award) (72)
- Jr. C SM-sarja Playoffs Most Assists (15)
- Jr. C SM-sarja Playoffs Most Goals (14)
- Jr. C SM-sarja Playoffs Most Points (29)
- U16 Huippu-Pohjola Camp Roster (Lukko)
- U16 Pohjola Camp All-Star Team (Huippu-Pohjola Camp)
- U16 Pohjola Camp MVP (Huippu-Pohjola Camp)
2012-2013
- Jr. A SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2014-2015
- U18 WJC Silver Medal
2015-2016
- U20 WJC Gold Medal
2016-2017
- AHL Player of the Week (Apr. 2)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/21/2018
09/21/2018	Up/Down	Carolina Hurricanes	Charlotte Checkers
06/13/2016
06/13/2016	Confirmed	Lukko	Carolina Hurricanes
04/20/2016
04/20/2016	Confirmed	Ässät	Lukko
02/28/2016
02/28/2016	Confirmed	New York Rangers	Carolina Hurricanes
10/16/2014
10/16/2014	Extension	Ässät	Ässät
04/29/2014
04/29/2014	Confirmed	Lukko	Ässät
05/04/2013
05/04/2013	Extension	Lukko	Lukko

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2014, 1 #41 overall by Jokerit in the KHL Draft

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #155 by HOCKEYPROSPECT.COM

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #137 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #103 by ISS HOCKEY

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #31 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters

Career transactions
- 2014-10-16 • Signed to a one-year contract extension with Ässät
- 2014-04-29 • Signed to a one-year contract with Ässät
- 2013-05-04 • Signed to a one-year contract extension with Lukko
- 2012-2013 • Contracted to Lukko

Career assingments
- 2013-2014 • Assigned to Lukko U20

Other memorable dates
- 2016-01-05 • Won World Junior Championship gold medal
- 2015-12-23 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2015-04-16 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2014-04-16 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2013-02-19 • Made Liiga debut against Tappara and scored first Liiga goal and assist at the same game. (At the age 16y 01m 12d, he became second youngest goal scorer ever in Liiga)
- 2012-12-10 • Selected to U17 World Hockey Challenge roster

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