What league does Jokerit U18 play in?

Jokerit U18 play in the U18 SM-sarja.

When was Jokerit U18 founded?

Jokerit U18 was founded in 1967 in Helsinki, FIN, Finland.

Where is Jokerit U18 based?

Jokerit U18 is based in Helsinki, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Jokerit U18?

The head coach of Jokerit U18 is Mika Niskanen.

Who is the captain of Jokerit U18?

The captain of Jokerit U18 is Jaako Manninen.

What arena does Jokerit U18 play in?

Jokerit U18 play their home games at Helsinki Areena 2 in Helsinki, FIN.

What are the team colors of Jokerit U18?

The team colors of Jokerit U18 are Red + White + Yellow.

Jokerit U18

U18 SM-sarja

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2018-2019 Jokerit U18 Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
U18 SM-sarja
1.	Leo Ring (F)	29	19	28	47	0	-	7	1	4	5	0
2.	Niko Kautiainen (F)	40	25	19	44	42	-	7	2	3	5	2
3.	Juuso Mäenpää (C/LW)	41	14	27	41	12	-	7	2	3	5	4
4.	Samu Salminen (C/LW)	33	18	18	36	32	-	1	0	1	1	0
5.	Juuso Fagerström (C/LW)	36	8	26	34	10	-	7	5	3	8	0
6.	Jesper Tarkiainen (RW)	35	21	12	33	14	-	6	2	0	2	0
7.	Niclas Tenhovuori (RW)	42	12	17	29	14	-	6	3	0	3	2
8.	Samuel Helenius (C/LW)	43	13	15	28	52	-	7	0	0	0	2
9.	Joni Jurmo (D)	42	3	20	23	22	-	7	1	2	3	4
10.	Jere Henriksson (RW)	14	12	8	20	8	-	7	2	3	5	0
11.	Jaako Manninen (D)	38	5	14	19	22	-	7	0	4	4	4
12.	Olli Österman (F)	42	8	10	18	12	-	1	0	0	0	0
13.	Joose Virtanen (RW)	45	6	11	17	12	-	7	0	1	1	0
14.	Viljam Sandvik (C)	41	7	8	15	10	-
15.	Kasper Vähärautio (D)	44	6	8	14	14	-	3	0	0	0	0
16.	Lauri Toikka (D)	36	3	11	14	2	-	7	1	1	2	0
17.	Rasmus Ruusunen (LW)	36	8	5	13	32	-
18.	Juuso Kaartinen (F)	35	2	11	13	26	-	6	1	2	3	16
19.	Onni Männikkö (D)	39	1	10	11	16	-
20.	Kasper Saarijärvi (D)	38	2	8	10	12	-	4	0	3	3	0
21.	Niko Karlsson (D)	39	1	7	8	10	-
22.	Dani Scheiman (W)	35	6	1	7	12	-	1	0	0	0	0
23.	Leevi Selänne (F)	10	1	6	7	39	-
24.	Topias Saikkonen (D)	15	3	3	6	8	-
25.	Joel Määttä (C)	10	1	4	5	6	-	7	3	4	7	0
26.	Kevin Johansson (F)	10	2	2	4	34	-
27.	Matias Ylitolva (D)	21	0	4	4	8	-
28.	Rasmus Lahnaviik (LW)	5	2	1	3	2	-	7	4	4	8	6
29.	Mico Luoto (D)	3	1	2	3	0	-	7	1	1	2	0
30.	Leevi Hyypiä (F)	8	1	2	3	0	-
31.	Manu Huvila (F)	2	1	0	1	0	-
32.	Santeri Hatakka (D)	3	0	1	1	0	-	7	1	4	5	4
33.	Tomas Totro (LW)	0	0	0	0	0	-	7	0	0	0	0
34.	Klaus Kaspar Jõgi (LW)	1	0	0	0	0	-
35.	Roni Karvinen (LW/C)	3	0	0	0	0	-
36.	Matias Myllykoski (D)	3	0	0	0	2	-
37.	Iiro Grönberg (C)	7	0	0	0	2	-
38.	Aleksi Aalto (D)	-	-	-	-	-	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
U18 SM-sarja
1.	Sebastian Katajainen (G)	29	-	.925	-	-	-	-	-	819	7	2.86	.924
2.	Patrick Aaltonen (G)	20	-	.902	-	-	-	-	-	515	0
3.	Joni Jämsä (G)	2	3.00	.898	-	-	-	-	-	53
4.	Pyry Rannelma (G)	0	0.00	.000	-	-	-	-	0:00	-	2	0.00	.000
5.	Sisu Heikkeri (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-

2018-2019 Jokerit U18 Staff

Head CoachMika Niskanen
Asst. CoachVille Wacklin
Goaltending CoachNiko Söderqvist
Team ManagerJari Mäkiniemi
ChairmanKim Borgström
Conditioning CoachJarno Brandt
Dir. of CoachingOlli-Pekka Yrjänheikki
Equipment ManagerLeo Hacklin
Skills CoachTeemu Poussa
Youth Hockey SupervisorMikko Nurminen

Team Staff History

2018-2019 Jokerit U18 Captains

"C"

Jaako Manninen

"A"

Juuso Kaartinen

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2018-2019 Jokerit U18 Demographics

Jokerit U18 Facts

Plays in: U18 SM-sarja
Team Colors: Red + White + Yellow
Town: Helsinki, FIN Map
Founded: 1967

2018-2019 Jokerit U18 Roster Facts

Nationalities

42 players
1 player

Experience

Jokerit U18: 1 365 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Jokerit (Liiga)
Jokerit U16 (U16 SM-sarja)
Jokerit U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
Kiekko-Vantaa U18 (U18 Mestis)
Kiekko-Vantaa U18 Akatemia (U18 Suomi-sarja)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Helsinki Areena 2
Location: Helsinki, FIN
Capacity: -
Construction Year: 1997

Jokerit U18 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/19/2026 11:00 AM UTC	Lukko U18	Jokerit U18	-	U18 SM-sarja
09/12/2026 01:00 PM UTC	Jokerit U18	Kiekko-Espoo U18	-	U18 SM-sarja
09/11/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Pelicans U18	Jokerit U18	-	U18 SM-sarja
09/06/2026 12:00 PM UTC	Jokerit U18	Ässät U18	3 - 1	U18 SM-sarja
09/04/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Jokerit U18	Ilves U18	6 - 1	U18 SM-sarja

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Jokerit U18 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	U18 SM-sarja	2	2	0	-	0	0	9	2	6	3	1	-
2025-2026	U18 SM-sarja	22	15	3	-	2	2	111	51	63	2.86	1	Champion
	U18 SM-sarja	22	17	2	-	2	1	124	50	56	2.55	1	-
2024-2025	U18 SM-sarja	22	9	9	-	4	0	83	74	35	1.59	5	Quarterfinal loss
	U18 SM-sarja	22	14	6	-	0	2	91	68	44	2	3	-
2023-2024	U18 SM-sarja	22	14	4	-	2	2	104	62	48	2.18	1	Champion
	U18 SM-sarja	22	12	6	-	3	1	94	66	43	1.95	2	-
2022-2023	U18 SM-sarja	22	12	5	-	2	3	84	54	43	1.95	2	Quarterfinal loss
	U18 SM-sarja	22	12	7	-	0	3	75	63	40	1.82	3	-
2021-2022	U18 SM-sarja	43	33	4	-	4	2	216	82	109	2.53	1	Final loss
	U18 SM-sarja	17	13	2	-	2	0	88	27	43	2.53	1	-
2020-2021	U18 SM-sarja	20	10	7	-	0	3	87	62	33	1.65	6	Season Cancelled
2019-2020	U18 SM-sarja	47	28	15	-	4	0	200	157	92	1.96	2	Season Cancelled
	U18 SM-sarja	30	17	10	-	3	0	126	96	57	1.9	3	-
2018-2019	U18 SM-sarja	49	32	12	-	1	4	212	135	102	2.08	2	Champion
	U18 SM-sarja	31	19	8	-	1	3	127	83	62	2	3	-
2017-2018	U18 SM-sarja	49	25	17	-	2	5	187	148	84	1.71	4	Quarterfinal loss
	U18 SM-sarja	31	18	8	-	1	4	124	93	60	1.94	2	-
2016-2017	U18 SM-sarja	48	22	17	-	7	2	164	152	82	1.71	4	Quarterfinal loss
	U18 SM-sarja	30	15	10	-	5	0	100	87	55	1.83	4	-
2015-2016	U18 SM-sarja	48	15	20	-	13	16	135	160	64	1.33	10	Did not make playoffs
	U18 SM-sarja	30	15	10	-	3	2	95	77	53	1.77	5	-
2014-2015	U18 SM-sarja	48	31	12	-	3	2	220	131	101	2.1	2	Bronze game win
	U18 SM-sarja	30	22	6	-	1	1	144	73	69	2.3	2	-
2013-2014	U18 SM-sarja	48	27	12	-	5	4	181	117	95	1.98	2	Champion
	U18 SM-sarja	30	17	8	-	3	2	119	70	59	1.97	3	-
2012-2013	U18 SM-sarja	30	19	6	-	4	6	145	81	63	2.1	2	-
	U18 SM-sarja	48	33	9	-	2	4	208	117	107	2.23	1	Champion
2011-2012	U18 SM-sarja	33	21	9	-	2	1	146	106	68	2.06	2	Champion
	U18 SM-sarja	9	7	2	-	0	0	35	21	21	2.33	2	Promoted

Jokerit U18 Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Lauri Kouhia (F)	2026-2027	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	6	5	1	6	0
2.	Akseli Virtanen (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-sarja	2	2	4	6	0
3.	Emil Kuusla (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit	Liiga	3	1	4	5	0
4.	Oliver Kiljunen (F)	2026-2027	Herning Blue Fox	Metal Ligaen	2	4	0	4	0
5.	Veikka Fagerström (F)	2026-2027	HPK U20	U20 SM-sarja	2	2	2	4	0
6.	Tino Kossila (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-sarja	2	1	3	4	2
7.	Aatu Karvinen (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-sarja	2	2	1	3	0
8.	Roni Karvinen (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans	Liiga	3	2	1	3	2
9.	Valtti Mäenpää (F)	2026-2027	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	3	2	1	3	6
10.	Santeri Huovila (F)	2026-2027	JYP	Liiga	2	1	2	3	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'11"	163 lbs	16.26
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	172 lbs	17.12
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	174 lbs	17.06
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	176 lbs	17.16
2022-2023	View Roster	5'11"	176 lbs	17.22

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	90	45	69	114
2.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	42	52	43	95
3.	Vito Agarth (F)	72	40	50	90
4.	Jaakko Heikkinen (F)	86	31	58	89
5.	Aaro Keinänen (F)	70	36	47	83

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	42	52	43	95
2.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	90	45	69	114
3.	Niko Kautiainen (F)	87	45	36	81
4.	Vito Agarth (F)	72	40	50	90
5.	Aaro Keinänen (F)	70	36	47	83

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	90	45	69	114
2.	Jaakko Heikkinen (F)	86	31	58	89
3.	Vito Agarth (F)	72	40	50	90
4.	Niklas Borgström (F)	70	25	48	73
5.	Aaro Keinänen (F)	70	36	47	83

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Sakari Kostilainen (F)	70	31	62	138
2.	Alexander Turunen (D)	66	5	24	127
3.	Joonas Länsisalmi (F)	45	19	36	112
4.	Heikki Löfman (F)	49	23	38	111
5.	Mikko Juutilainen (D)	55	18	35	111

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Samu Tuomisto (F)	94	8	13	21
2.	Joose Virtanen (F)	91	25	33	58
3.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	90	45	69	114
4.	Miko Leivo (D)	89	3	24	27
5.	Eero Jääskeläinen (D)	89	2	9	11

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	42	52	95	2.26
2.	Jere Inkinen (F)	2	1	4	2.00
3.	Akseli Virtanen (F)	31	18	57	1.84
4.	Jani Laajanen (F)	20	17	35	1.75
5.	Aleksi Niemitalo (F)	8	5	14	1.75

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	2014-2015	42	28	65
2.	Jaakko Heikkinen (F)	2014-2015	44	25	61
3.	Nestor Noiva (F)	2021-2022	35	32	60
4.	Joel Ikonen (F)	2025-2026	39	25	60
5.	Oula Kuure (F)	2014-2015	48	28	57

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Nestor Noiva (F)	2021-2022	35	32	60
2.	Ville-Valtteri Mustonen (F)	2015-2016	47	30	49
3.	Miko Matikka (F)	2019-2020	46	29	54
4.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	2014-2015	42	28	65
5.	Oula Kuure (F)	2014-2015	48	28	57

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Akseli Virtanen (F)	2025-2026	31	39	57
2.	Niklas Borgström (F)	2025-2026	43	39	56
3.	Niko Lönnroos (F)	2014-2015	42	37	65
4.	Jori Lehterä (F)	2004-2005	30	37	50
5.	Jaakko Heikkinen (F)	2014-2015	44	36	61

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Joonas Länsisalmi (F)	2008-2009	24	28	100
2.	Jonne Brygger (F)	2017-2018	45	31	96
3.	Teemu Laine (F)	1998-1999	28	37	81
4.	Kasper Halttunen (F)	2020-2021	17	19	81
5.	Kristofer Jõgi (F)	2017-2018	23	4	81