What league does Pelicans U18 Akatemia play in?

Pelicans U18 Akatemia play in the U18 Suomi-sarja.

When was Pelicans U18 Akatemia founded?

Pelicans U18 Akatemia was founded in 1996 in Lahti, FIN, Finland.

Where is Pelicans U18 Akatemia based?

Pelicans U18 Akatemia is based in Lahti, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Pelicans U18 Akatemia?

The head coach of Pelicans U18 Akatemia is Riku Kornilov.

Who is the captain of Pelicans U18 Akatemia?

The captain of Pelicans U18 Akatemia is Leevi Mara.

Pelicans U18 Akatemia

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2016-2017 Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia were 0-24-0 in the 2016-17 U18 Mestis season with 0 points, 7th in the Karsintasarja - lohko 2 and 36th overall.

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2016-2017 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Roster

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — 2016-2017 Roster
	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#30	Joona Lappalainen (G)	26	1999	Lahti, FIN	6'1"	159	R
	#37	Otto Manskinen (G)	25	2000	Heinola, FIN	6'2"	170	L
	#32	Jere Sainia (G)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	5'6"	134	L
	#31	Miro Seppänen (G)	27	1999	Heinola, FIN	5'4"	128	L
	#33	Samu Väinölä (G)	27	1999	Nastola, FIN	5'11"	185	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#11	Alex Aura (D)	26	2000	Lahti, FIN	6'2"	165	L
	#79	Veeti Kapanen (D)	25	2001	Heinola, FIN	5'10"	168	L
		Jere Kääriäinen (D)	26	2000	Heinola, FIN	6'0"	183	L
	#44	Jere Kääriäinen (D)	26	2000	Heinola, FIN	-	-	L
	#11	Timo Kääriäinen (D)	27	1999		5'7"	185	L
	#8	Ville Leinonen (D)"A"	27	1999	Heinola, FIN	6'0"	163	R
		Reko Mäki-Saari (D)	26	2000		5'11"	176	L
	#43	Jaakko Nokelainen (D)	26	2000		5'11"	128	L
		Jukka Pynnönen (D)	26	2000		5'10"	183	L
	#48	Santeri Pyyhtiä (D)	26	2000	Lahti, FIN	6'2"	170	R
	#6	Jere Talasoja (D)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	5'9"	163	L
	#16	Kasperi Vesalainen (D)	27	1999	Heinola, FIN	5'9"	141	L
	#13	Santtu Viitasuo (D/F)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	6'0"	150	L
FORWARDS
	#7	Vilho Airola (F)	26	2000	Heinola, FIN	6'4"	187	L
	#3	Emil Halme (F)	26	2000		5'11"	170	L
	#11	Joona Helosaari (F)	26	2000		5'10"	181	L
	#12	Santeri Iivonen (F)	26	2000		6'1"	163	L
	#20	Riku Immonen (F)	28	1998		-	-	-
	#14	Jere Julkunen (F)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	5'8"	165	R
		Peter Jurvelin (F/D)	27	1999	Järvenpää, FIN	6'1"	181	L
	#55	Otto Kaartinen (F)	26	2000		6'8"	293	R
		Joonas Kangaskolkka (F/D)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	5'8"	172	L
		Leevi Karén (F)	25	2000		5'5"	126	L
		Niklas Koppanen (F)	25	2001	Lahti, FIN	6'1"	170	L
	#10	Patrick Kälkäjä (F)"A"	28	1998	Lahti, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#53	Nico Luode (F)	25	2000		5'7"	141	L
	#11	Veeti Luumi (F)	26	2000	Heinola, FIN	5'10"	220	L
	#9	Iiro Makkonen (F)	27	1999		5'8"	143	L
	#19	Leevi Mara (F)"C"	27	1999	Heinola, FIN	6'0"	179	L
	#87	Santtu Nykänen (W/D)	26	2000	Heinola, FIN	6'0"	183	L
	#12	Eemil Polus (F)	25	2000	Heinola, FIN	-	-	R
	#18	Micke Rautio (F)	27	1999		6'0"	159	L
		Eelis Räihä (F)	25	2000	Helsinki, FIN	5'10"	176	L
		Kasperi Sallinen (F/D)	27	1999	Orimattila, FIN	6'0"	183	L
	#52	Heikki Sukuvaara (F)	26	2000		5'10"	154	L
	#59	Ville Venäläinen (D/F)	26	2000		6'0"	165	L
	#62	Roni Väisänen (RW)	25	2001		6'1"	179	L
Position: G: 4, D: 6, F: 12Av Age: 17.59 yearsAv Ht: 5'10"Av Wt: 163 lbsCompare with other teams »

2016-2017 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Staff

Head CoachRiku Kornilov
Asst. CoachConor Palendat

Team Staff History

2016-2017 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Captains

"C"

Leevi Mara

"A"

Team Captaincy History

2016-2017 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Demographics

Pelicans U18 Akatemia Facts

Plays in: U18 Suomi-sarja
Team Colors: -
Town: Lahti, FIN Map
Founded: 1996

2016-2017 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Roster Facts

Nationalities

42 players

Experience

Pelicans U18 Akatemia: 600 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Panthers Hockey (III-divisioona)
Pelicans U20 Team (U20 Aluesarja)
Peliitat (II-divisioona)
Peliitat U20 (U20 Suomi-sarja)

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Latest Transactions

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Latest Transactions
Date	Status		Player	Team	Source
08/31/2026	Confirmed	leaving	Miska Miettinen (F)	Somang Hockey U18 AAA	Details
09/18/2025	Confirmed	leaving	Aleksi Pippuri (F)	Peliitat	Details
09/18/2025	Confirmed	leaving	Veeti Honkala (D)	Peliitat	Details
09/10/2023	Confirmed	leaving	Joona Karjalainen (F)	Peliitat	Details
08/30/2023	Confirmed	leaving	Niko Sipilä (F)	Peliitat	Details
08/30/2023	Confirmed	leaving	Arttu Siitonen (D)	Peliitat	Details
08/30/2023	Confirmed	leaving	Alexey Novoseltsev (F)	Peliitat	Details
06/08/2018	Confirmed	leaving	Vilho Airola (F)	Ketterä U20	Details

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Pelicans U18 Akatemia History and Standings

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Season History
season	league	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	TP	GF	GA	P/GP	rank	postseason
2025-2026	U18 Suomi-srja	17	8	-	1	-	8	17	80	76	1	5	-
	U18 Suomi-srja	18	4	-	4	-	10	12	63	83	0.67	5	-
2024-2025	U18 Suomi-srja	21	11	-	3	-	7	25	92	72	1.19	2	-
2023-2024	U18 Mestis	22	12	0	-	4	6	40	86	71	1.82	5	-
	U18 Mestis	18	11	1	-	2	4	37	86	43	2.06	4	-
2022-2023	U18 Mestis	22	10	1	-	2	9	34	74	71	1.55	5	-
	U18 Mestis	18	9	2	-	4	3	32	69	43	1.78	4	-
2021-2022	U18 Mestis	24	17	3	-	2	2	59	114	62	2.46	1	-
	U18 Mestis	13	3	0	-	2	8	11	45	56	0.85	9	-
2020-2021	U18 Mestis	2	2	0	-	0	0	6	5	1	3	1	Season Cancelled
	U18 Mestis	17	6	2	-	1	8	23	49	55	1.35	5	-
2019-2020	U18 Suomi-srja	11	5	-	2	-	4	12	41	46	1.09	5	Season Cancelled
	U18 Suomi-srja	17	12	-	1	-	4	25	101	49	1.47	1	Final group
2017-2018	U18 Suomi-srja	4	1	-	1	-	2	3	17	16	0.75	4	-
	U18 Mestis	24	6	0	-	2	16	20	67	105	0.83	5	-
2016-2017	U18 Suomi-srja	14	6	-	2	-	6	14	51	56	1	4	-
	U18 Mestis	24	0	0	-	0	24	0	33	207	0	7	Relegated

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Jonne Saarinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	10	9	24	33	6
2.	Vili Jämsen (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	U20 Mestis	16	11	13	24	4
3.	Timi Aitta-Aho (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	8	12	10	22	8
4.	Miklós István Gyulai (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	18	11	11	22	8
5.	Anton Järvinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	9	10	11	21	8
6.	Elias Saarinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	8	8	9	17	2
7.	Veeti Piiroinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	10	6	11	17	0
8.	Akseli Saarikivi (D)	2026-2027	Hiisi	III-divisioona	6	9	5	14	2
9.	Akseli Kaitainen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	6	7	7	14	6
10.	Konsta Kostiainen (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	18	8	5	13	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	5'11"	168 lbs	17.28
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	176 lbs	17.04
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	17.17
2022-2023	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	17.29
2021-2022	View Roster	5'10"	170 lbs	17.31

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Behailu Pussinen (F)	54	34	35	69
2.	Joona Karén (F)	50	29	40	69
3.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	68	32	36	68
4.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	72	26	38	64
5.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	33	23	37	60

Franchise All-Time Goals

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Behailu Pussinen (F)	54	34	35	69
2.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	68	32	36	68
3.	Joona Karén (F)	50	29	40	69
4.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	72	26	38	64
5.	Santtu Nykänen (F)	57	26	28	54

Franchise All-Time Assists

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Joona Karén (F)	50	29	40	69
2.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	72	26	38	64
3.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	33	23	37	60
4.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	68	32	36	68
5.	Behailu Pussinen (F)	54	34	35	69

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Behailu Pussinen (F)	54	34	69	133
2.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	68	32	68	122
3.	Jere Kääriäinen (D)	36	5	15	109
4.	Kasperi Vesalainen (D)	35	0	6	99
5.	Vilho Karjalainen (F)	71	12	30	98

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Veeti Honkala (D)	75	8	18	26
2.	Teemu Tarvainen (F)	74	24	33	57
3.	Akseli Kaitainen (F)	73	24	23	47
4.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	72	26	38	64
5.	Vilho Karjalainen (F)	71	12	18	30

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	P/GP
1.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	33	23	60	1.82
2.	Luka Kauppila (F)	6	5	10	1.67
3.	Mikael Tyrväinen (F)	25	22	40	1.60
4.	Niki Brofeldt (F)	6	3	9	1.50
5.	Veeti Luumi (F)	38	24	55	1.45

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	35	27	34	61	1.74	18
2.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	33	23	37	60	1.82	10
3.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	40	21	28	49	1.23	8
4.	Joonas Karttunen (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	37	20	26	46	1.24	18
5.	Perttu Lahti (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	36	20	25	45	1.25	50

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	35	27	34	61	1.74	18
2.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	33	23	37	60	1.82	10
3.	Mikael Tyrväinen (F)	2025-2026	U18 Suomi-sarja	25	22	18	40	1.60	12
4.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	40	21	28	49	1.23	8
5.	Anton Järvinen (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	33	21	17	38	1.15	59

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	33	23	37	60	1.82	10
2.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	35	27	34	61	1.74	18
3.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	40	21	28	49	1.23	8
4.	Joonas Karttunen (F)	2021-2022	U18 Mestis	37	20	26	46	1.24	18
5.	Perttu Lahti (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	36	20	25	45	1.25	50

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Pelicans U18 Akatemia — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Frans Vappula (F)	2025-2026	U18 Suomi-sarja	24	8	14	22	0.92	89
2.	Kasperi Vesalainen (D)	2016-2017	U18 Mestis Q	21	0	2	2	0.10	81
3.	Vilho Karjalainen (F)	2023-2024	U18 Mestis	39	10	12	22	0.56	74
4.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	2025-2026	U18 Suomi-sarja	32	20	19	39	1.22	72
5.	Jere Kääriäinen (D)	2017-2018	U18 Mestis Q	23	2	6	8	0.35	67