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Mikko Kousa

#44 Pelicans / Liiga - 25/26

Date of Birth

May 11, 1988

Position

Age

Height

5'10" / 178 cm

Place of Birth

Lahti, FIN

Weight

187 lbs / 85 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

Vesikansan Kiekko

Contract

26/27

A right-handed offensive minded defenseman. Well-rounded, plays smart and knows his limitations. A good skater, has a crisp first pass and can score some goals from the point. His size is a limitation against big forwards, limiting his effectiveness around his own net. EP (2019)

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Mikko Kousa Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-04	Kiekkoreipas U16	U16 SM-sarja	19*	3*	4*	7*	55*	-*	\|
2004-05	Kiekkoreipas U18	U18 SM-sarja	29*	4*	9*	13*	26*	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	4	-
2005-06	Kiekkoreipas U18	U18 SM-sarja	2*	0*	2*	2*	4*	-*	\|
	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	31*	3*	9*	12*	28*	-6*	\|	Relegation	8	0	2	2	10	-
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
2006-07	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	35*	2*	14*	16*	106*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	14	7	3	10	16	5
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3*	1*	1*	2*	6*	2*	\|
2007-08	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	36*	15*	19*	34*	74*	3*	\|
	Pelicans	SM-liiga	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	11*	2*	1*	3*	10*	-7*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6*	1*	2*	3*	4*	-3*	\|
2008-09	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	1*	\|
	Pelicans	SM-liiga	53*	1*	9*	10*	36*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	10	1	1	2	4	4
2009-10	Pelicans	SM-liiga	23*	2*	4*	6*	57*	-8*	\|
	HeKi	Mestis	6*	1*	2*	3*	8*	1*	\|
2010-11	HIFK	SM-liiga	53*	10*	12*	22*	34*	12*	\|	Playoffs	16	1	5	6	4	4
2011-12	HIFK	SM-liiga	59*	12*	22*	34*	46*	20*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	4	-4
	Finland (all)	International	13*	2*	1*	3*	8*	0*	\|
2012-13	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	19*	2*	8*	10*	14*	-8*	\|
	MODO Hockey	Elitserien	16*	1*	4*	5*	12*	-6*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-2
	Finland (all)	International	15*	0*	1*	1*	8*	5*	\|
2013-14	Jokerit	Liiga	57*	5*	13*	18*	72*	0*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	-1
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	1*	\|
2014-15	Lukko	Liiga	57*	11*	18*	29*	28*	-8*	\|	Playoffs	14	2	5	7	10	-2
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	2*	2*	0*	1*	\|
2015-16	Medvescak Zagreb	KHL	12*	2*	2*	4*	4*	0*	\|
	SC Bern	NLA	11*	3*	2*	5*	10*	-8*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2016-17	Djurgårdens IF	SHL	16*	0*	2*	2*	4*	-10*	\|
	Pelicans	Liiga	20*	5*	7*	12*	8*	7*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-3
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-1*	\|
2017-18	Pelicans “A”	Liiga	50*	12*	19*	31*	48*	-6*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-1
2018-19	Pelicans “A”	Liiga	50*	10*	24*	34*	22*	14*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	4	0
2019-20	HIFK	Liiga	54*	10*	23*	33*	40*	-11*	\|
2020-21	HIFK	Liiga	49*	4*	24*	28*	34*	-7*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	1
2021-22	Pelicans	Liiga	25*	0*	6*	6*	14*	-12*	\|
2022-23	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL	45*	4*	15*	19*	26*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	8	1
2023-24	HK Nitra	Slovakia	11*	1*	3*	4*	4*	0*	\|	Playoffs	21	1	11	12	14	-1
2024-25	SaiPa “A”	Liiga	52*	4*	27*	31*	32*	-11*	\|	Playoffs	21	1	10	11	10	-3
2025-26	Pelicans “A”	Liiga	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Projected	Liiga	30*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|

Mikko Kousa Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	HIFK	ET	6*	1*	4*	5*	8*	-*	\|
2011-12	HIFK	ET	6*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	9*	1*	0*	1*	4*	-2*	\|
2012-13	Finland	EHT	9*	0*	0*	0*	2*	1*	\|
2013-14	Jokerit	ET	6*	1*	1*	2*	2*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	1*	\|
2014-15	Lukko	Champions HL	6*	1*	2*	3*	10*	2*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	2*	2*	0*	1*	\|
2015-16	SC Bern	Swiss Cup	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2016-17	Djurgårdens IF	Champions HL	2*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-1*	\|

Mikko Kousa Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	2	8*	2*	2*	4*	0.50*	10*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
DEL	1	45*	4*	15*	19*	0.42*	26*	-2*	\|	1	7	1 *	4 *	5 *	0.71 *	8 *	1 *
EHT	6	30*	1*	3*	4*	0.13*	10*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	3	18*	2*	8*	10*	0.56*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	6	40*	2*	5*	7*	0.18*	20*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	2	31*	4*	10*	14*	0.45*	18*	-8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	15	605*	86*	209*	295*	0.49*	471*	-19*	\|	11	85	5 *	29 *	34 *	0.40 *	42 *	-4 *
Mestis	3	20*	4*	4*	8*	0.40*	24*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NLA (NL)	1	11*	3*	2*	5*	0.45*	10*	-8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL (Elitserien)	2	32*	1*	6*	7*	0.22*	16*	-16*	\|	1	5	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.20 *	2 *	-2 *
Slovakia	1	11*	1*	3*	4*	0.36*	4*	0*	\|	1	21	1 *	11 *	12 *	0.57 *	14 *	-1 *
Swiss Cup	1	1*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	19*	3*	4*	7*	0.37*	55*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	2	31*	4*	11*	15*	0.48*	30*	-*	\|	1	3	2 *	1 *	3 *	1.00 *	4 *	- *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	4	103*	20*	43*	63*	0.61*	208*	-10*	\|	2	22	7 *	5 *	12 *	0.55 *	26 *	5 *
WJC-20	1	6*	1*	2*	3*	0.50*	4*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Mikko Kousa Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2006-2007
- U20 SM-liiga Champion
2007-2008
- U20 SM-liiga First All-Star Team
- U20 SM-liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (15)
2010-2011
- SM-liiga Champion
2019-2020
- Liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (Juha Rantasila Trophy) (10)
2020-2021
- Liiga Bronze Medal
2023-2024
- Slovakian Extraliga Champion
2024-2025
- Liiga Silver Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
07/04/2025
07/04/2025	Confirmed	SaiPa	Pelicans
06/28/2024
06/28/2024	Confirmed	HK Nitra	SaiPa
11/16/2023
11/16/2023	Confirmed	No team	HK Nitra
10/06/2022
10/06/2022	Confirmed	Pelicans	Düsseldorfer EG
10/13/2021
10/13/2021	Confirmed	HIFK	Pelicans
05/07/2019
05/07/2019	Confirmed	Pelicans	HIFK
01/17/2018
01/17/2018	Extension	Pelicans	Pelicans
12/17/2016
12/17/2016	Confirmed	Djurgårdens IF	Pelicans
09/01/2016
09/01/2016	Confirmed	SC Bern	Djurgårdens IF
11/30/2015
11/30/2015	Confirmed	Medvescak Zagreb	SC Bern
10/12/2015
10/12/2015	Confirmed	Lukko	Medvescak Zagreb
07/21/2014
07/21/2014	Confirmed	Jokerit	Lukko
04/29/2013
04/29/2013	Confirmed	MODO Hockey	Jokerit
01/13/2013
01/13/2013	Confirmed	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	MODO Hockey
05/02/2012
05/02/2012	Confirmed	HIFK	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
05/23/2011
05/23/2011	Extension	HIFK	HIFK
05/05/2010
05/05/2010	Confirmed	Pelicans	HIFK

Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2013-01-13 • Signed to a four-month contract by MODO
- 2012-12-31 • Bought out by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
- 2012-05-02 • Signed to a one-year contract by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
- 2011-05-23 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by HIFk
- 2010-05-05 • Signed to a one-year contract by HIFK