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 Kalle Saukko.

Who is the captain of Pelicans U18 Akatemia?

The captain of Pelicans U18 Akatemia is Veeti Mäenpää.

Pelicans U18 Akatemia

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Pelicans U18 Akatemia are 8-8-1 in the 2025-26 U18 Suomi-sarja season with 17 points, 5th in the Lohko I and 27th overall.

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2025-2026 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	CTRCT
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	#58	Aaron Hietamaa	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#56	Aaron Kaskinen	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#75	Rasmus Lattu	17	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#53	Veeti Mäenpää "C"	17	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#61	Lukas Oksanen	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
GOALTENDERS
	#52	Juho Heinonen (G)	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#31	Viljami Lämsä (G)	17	2009		5'10"	143	L	Junior
	#51	Niilo Ruponen (G)	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#1	Albert Zerlik (G)	17	2009		-	-	L	Junior
DEFENSEMEN
	#54	Topi Ahokanto (D)	17	2009	Lahti, FIN	6'6"	179	R	Junior
	#55	Niki Haapasilta (D)	18	2008	Helsinki, FIN	6'2"	192	L	Junior
	#73	Alex Hakkarainen (D)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#7	Valtteri Heiskanen (D)	16	2009	Joensuu, FIN	6'0"	163	L	Junior
	#62	Pekka Kallio (D)	16	2009		5'6"	130	L	Junior
	#60	Veeti Laakso (D)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#13	Lassi Lehtonen (D)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#67	Niclas Lähdesmäki (D)	18	2008	Turku, FIN	5'9"	163	L	Junior
	#15	Roope Mäenpää (D)	17	2009		6'0"	165	L	Junior
FORWARDS
	#64	Timi Aitta-Aho (F)	18	2008	Lahti, FIN	-	-	L	Junior
	#63	Joona Hätönen (F)	16	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#12	Joonas Jääskeläinen (F)	17	2009		5'10"	165	L	Junior
	#77	Luca Kampman (F)	17	2008		5'8"	150	L	Junior
	#34	Konsta Kostiainen (F)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#76	Miska Miettinen (F)	16	2009	Lahti, FIN	5'10"	170	L
	#66	Oskari Niemivirta (F)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#4	Dmitrii Panteleev (LW)	17	2009	Hamina, FIN	5'7"	154	L	Junior
	#78	Veeti Piiroinen (F)	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#57	Behailu Pussinen (F)	18	2008	Lahti, FIN	5'11"	176	L	Junior
	#65	Miro Tupakka (F)	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#8	Mikael Tyrväinen (F)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#71	Lauri Vahvelainen (F)	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior
	#68	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)"A"	18	2008		-	-	-	Junior
	#70	Frans Vappula (F)	16	2009	Lahti, FIN	5'9"	143	L	Junior
	#72	Elmeri Virolainen (F)"A"	17	2009		-	-	-	Junior

Position: G: 2, D: 9, F: 13Av Age: 17.10 yearsAv Ht: 5'10"Av Wt: 163 lbsCompare with other teams »

2025-2026 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Staff

Head CoachKalle Saukko
Asst. CoachDavid Herman
Asst. CoachJani Mikonaho
Goaltending CoachMarkus Tirkkonen
Team ManagerAnssi Hietamaa
Equipment ManagerJussi Ahokanto
Equipment ManagerMikael Lähdesmäki
Equipment ManagerMika Vahvelainen

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2025-2026 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Captains

"C"

Veeti Mäenpää

"A"

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Pelicans U18 Akatemia Facts

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

2025-2026 Pelicans U18 Akatemia Roster Facts

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34 players

Experience

Pelicans U18 Akatemia: 987 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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09/10/2023

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Joona Karjalainen (F)

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08/30/2023

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Alexey Novoseltsev (F)

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Vilho Airola (F)

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Pelicans U18 Akatemia History and Standings

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

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Vili Jämsen (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	U20 Mestis	4	2	7	9	0
2.	Miklós István Gyulai (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	4	2	6	2
3.	Santeri Saharinen (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	4	3	2	5	0
4.	Juho Hyppönen (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	U20 Mestis	4	0	3	3	0
5.	Valtteri Heiskanen (D)	2026-2027	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	0	3	3	0
6.	Luka Kauppila (F)	2026-2027	JHT	Suomi-sarja	2	2	0	2	0
7.	Aleksi Pippuri (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat	II-divisioona	1	1	1	2	0
8.	Mikael Tyrväinen (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1	1	2	2
9.	Joona Karjalainen (F)	2026-2027	LeKi U20	U20 Mestis	3	1	1	2	0
10.	Jooa Bäf (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	4	1	1	2	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	163 lbs	17.10
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	174 lbs	17.00
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	17.10
2022-2023	View Roster	5'10"	170 lbs	17.06
2021-2022	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	17.17

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Regular Season

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

#	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

#	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.

#	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

#	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

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
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

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	35	27	61
2.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	33	23	60
3.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	40	21	49
4.	Joonas Karttunen (F)	2021-2022	37	20	46
5.	Perttu Lahti (F)	2023-2024	36	20	45

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	35	27	61
2.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	33	23	60
3.	Mikael Tyrväinen (F)	2025-2026	25	22	40
4.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	40	21	49
5.	Anton Järvinen (F)	2023-2024	33	21	38

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Leevi Koskinen (F)	2021-2022	33	37	60
2.	Joona Karén (F)	2021-2022	35	34	61
3.	Eetu Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	40	28	49
4.	Joonas Karttunen (F)	2021-2022	37	26	46
5.	Perttu Lahti (F)	2023-2024	36	25	45

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Frans Vappula (F)	2025-2026	24	22	89
2.	Kasperi Vesalainen (D)	2016-2017	21	2	81
3.	Vilho Karjalainen (F)	2023-2024	39	22	74
4.	Joonatan Vaitiniemi (F)	2025-2026	32	39	72
5.	Jere Kääriäinen (D)	2017-2018	23	8	67