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Finland USA Kai Kantola
#81 KalPa / Liiga - 22/23
Date of Birth
Sep 11, 1987
Position
RW/C
Age
36
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
North York, ON, CAN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Finland / USA
Shoots
R
Youth Team
East Coast Eagles
Status
Retired

Kantola is typical power forward. Kantola has good work ethic and likes to play physically. He also has good shot and can be useful in faceoffs. Biggest weakness is skating.
(EP 2015)

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Kai Kantola Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2002-03 Carolina Jr. Hurricanes 16U AAA 16U AAA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 0* 0* 6* -* |
2003-04 Kiekkoreipas U18 U18 SM-sarja 30* 5* 9* 14* 26* -* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 0 -
2004-05 Fargo-Moorhead Jets NAHL 37* 5* 7* 12* 20* -* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 4 -
2005-06 Fargo-Moorhead Jets NAHL 52* 24* 28* 52* 116* -* | Playoffs 8 3 4 7 6 -
2006-07 Bowling Green State Univ. NCAA 36* 5* 6* 11* 26* -20* |
Suomi U20 Mestis 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
2007-08 Bowling Green State Univ. NCAA 28* 6* 7* 13* 60* -3* |
2008-09 Bowling Green State Univ. NCAA 36* 12* 6* 18* 63* -15* |
2009-10 Bowling Green State Univ. NCAA 35* 5* 7* 12* 44* -11* |
Norfolk Admirals AHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2010-11 Ilves SM-liiga 56* 5* 8* 13* 24* -2* | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 0 -2
2011-12 Ilves SM-liiga 47* 3* 9* 12* 34* 5* | Relegation 5 2 4 6 10 8
2012-13 Ilves SM-liiga 37* 11* 11* 22* 86* 0* | Relegation 5 1 2 3 4 2
2013-14 Ilves “A” Liiga 59* 19* 14* 33* 32* 1* |
2014-15 Blues Liiga 39* 12* 10* 22* 26* -3* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 4 -2
2015-16 Blues Liiga 10* 1* 1* 2* 2* -3* |
Ilves “A” Liiga 49* 7* 12* 19* 52* -10* |
2016-17 KooKoo Liiga 50* 14* 9* 23* 38* -16* |
HIFK Liiga 10* 1* 2* 3* 4* -2* | Playoffs 11 2 1 3 8 -1
2017-18 KalPa “A” Liiga 53* 7* 16* 23* 32* 15* | Playoffs 6 4 1 5 26 1
2018-19 KalPa “A” Liiga 29* 6* 13* 19* 18* 3* |
2019-20 KalPa “A” Liiga 58* 20* 19* 39* 32* 5* |
2020-21 KalPa “A” Liiga 57* 19* 17* 36* 38* 9* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 8 2
2021-22 Black Wings Linz ICEHL 24* 5* 5* 10* 6* -21* |
2022-23 TPS Liiga 10* 0* 0* 0* 2* -4* |
KalPa Liiga 37* 7* 7* 14* 39* 2* | Playoffs 6 0 2 2 4 3

Kai Kantola Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2015-16 Blues Champions HL 5* 1* 0* 1* 0* 0* |
2017-18 KalPa Champions HL 6* 4* 4* 8* 0* 2* |
2018-19 KalPa Spengler Cup 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 TPS Champions HL 4* 1* 2* 3* 2* 1* |

Kai Kantola Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
16U AAA 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
AHL 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
Champions HL 3 15* 6* 6* 12* 0.80* 2* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
ICEHL 1 24* 5* 5* 10* 0.42* 6* -21* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 1 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 12 601* 132* 148* 280* 0.47* 459* 0* | 8 46 11 * 11 * 22 * 0.48 * 64 * 11 *
Mestis 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
NAHL 2 89* 29* 35* 64* 0.72* 136* -* | 2 13 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.54 * 10 * - *
NCAA 4 135* 28* 26* 54* 0.40* 193* -49* | 0 * * * * * *
Spengler Cup 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 1 30* 5* 9* 14* 0.47* 26* -* | 1 6 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *

Kai Kantola Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/22/2023
06/22/2023 Confirmed KalPa Retired
10/17/2022
10/17/2022 Confirmed TPS KalPa
09/05/2022
09/05/2022 Confirmed Black Wings Linz TPS
06/21/2021
06/21/2021 Confirmed KalPa Black Wings Linz
02/24/2020
02/24/2020 Extension KalPa KalPa
01/21/2019
01/21/2019 Extension KalPa KalPa
05/10/2017
05/10/2017 Confirmed HIFK KalPa
02/12/2017
02/12/2017 Confirmed KooKoo HIFK
04/14/2016
04/14/2016 Confirmed Ilves KooKoo
10/13/2015
10/13/2015 Confirmed Blues Ilves
04/16/2014
04/16/2014 Confirmed Ilves Blues
03/21/2012
03/21/2012 Extension Ilves Ilves
12/27/2010
12/27/2010 Extension Ilves Ilves
06/01/2010
06/01/2010 Confirmed Bowling Green State Univ. Ilves
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2004, 3 #24 overall by Chicago Steel in the USHL Futures Draft