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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Nikita Kucherov	47	22	53	75
2.	Connor McDavid	45	28	41	69
3.	Johnny Gaudreau	47	27	42	69
4.	Mikko Rantanen	46	21	48	69
5.	Nathan MacKinnon	46	26	40	66

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Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis Suomen Cup

Team Facts

Plays in Mestis
Suomen Cup
Team colours Blue + Red + Yellow + White
Town Vantaa, FIN
Founded 1994

2018-2019 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#1	Waltteri Ignatjew (G)	19	1999	Helsinki, FIN	6'3"	198	L	18/19
	#30	Eetu Mäkiniemi (G)	19	1999	Vantaa, FIN	6'3"	176	L
		Eetu-Perttu Pokkinen (G)	20	1998		5'10"	161	L
	#35	Juho Ratilainen (G)	21	1997	Liperi, FIN	5'11"	161	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#22	Tyko Karjalainen (D)	25	1993	Helsinki, FIN	6'0"	185	L	18/19
	#72	Jere Kiviniemi (D)	20	1998	Tyrnävä, FIN	6'1"	196	L	18/19
	#40	Mikko Kumin (D)	21	1997	Helsinki, FIN	6'0"	176	L	18/19
	#58	Emil Leppänen (D)	23	1995	Espoo, FIN	5'11"	170	L	18/19
		Alex Lindroos (D)	23	1995	Helsinki, FIN	6'4"	223	L
	#28	Ilari Metsola (D) “A”	26	1992	Helsinki, FIN	6'0"	176	L	18/19
	#53	Nico Nurmikanta (D)	24	1994	Espoo, FIN	6'0"	185	L
	#2	Joel Pyykkönen (D)	22	1996	Helsinki, FIN	6'5"	216	L	18/19
		Roope Reini (D)	19	1999	Raisio, FIN	5'10"	179	L
		Eemeli Räsänen (D)	19	1999	Joensuu, FIN	6'7"	209	R
	#52	Eetu Torpström (D)	21	1997	Kuopio, FIN	6'1"	185	R
FORWARDS
	#13	Erik Embrich (C/LW)	21	1997	Helsinki, FIN	6'0"	185	L
		Aleksi Halme (LW)	19	1999	Tampere, FIN	6'0"	187	L
	#29	Joona Harjama (C/LW) “A”	25	1993	Hamina, FIN	6'0"	176	L	18/19
		Roope Hirvonen (F)	20	1998	Espoo, FIN	5'10"	196	R
		Oliver Kiljunen (F)	20	1998	Tuusula, FIN	6'0"	231	L	Junior
	#19	Alex Levänen (C/LW)	22	1996	Espoo, FIN	5'11"	172	L	18/19
	#28	Joona Monto (C) “A”	24	1994	Hyvinkää, FIN	6'1"	187	L
		Ville-Valtteri Mustonen (F)	20	1998		5'10"	183	L
	#25	Antton Mönkäre (LW/RW)	22	1996	Espoo, FIN	6'0"	187	L	18/19
	#42	Jesse Niemi (RW)	21	1997	Vantaa, FIN	5'10"	172	L	18/19
	#13	Pekka Niemimaa (C) “C”	33	1985	Helsinki, FIN	6'4"	201	L	18/19
	#86	Roope Niskanen (F)	24	1994	Tampere, FIN	5'11"	190	L	18/19
	#43	Jussi Pelto-Arvo (RW/LW)	25	1993	Vantaa, FIN	5'10"	165	L	18/19
	#47	Joona Puhakka (F)	21	1997	Espoo, FIN	6'0"	183	L	18/19
	#8	Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (RW/LW)	24	1994	Vantaa, FIN	5'10"	176	R	18/19
	#67	Joel Sund (RW/LW)	25	1993	Jämsä, FIN	6'1"	209	R	18/19
	#46	Henri Tamminen (RW/LW)	25	1993	Espoo, FIN	6'2"	205	R	18/19
	#17	Riku Tiainen (RW)	23	1995	Jyväskylä, FIN	6'4"	185	L	18/19
Position: G:4 D:11 F:18 \| Av Age: 22.3 years \| Av Ht: 6'1" \| Av Wt 188 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Simo Mälkiä
Asst. Coach Tony Virta
Goaltending Coach Mikko Strömberg
General Manager Kai Sointu
Team Manager Jussi Haapiainen
Chairman Kalevi Helppolainen
Equipment Manager Jyrki Huurros
Equipment Manager Pekka Riippa
Equipment Manager Kalevi Tammela

Team Facts

Nationalities 33 players
Experience Kiekko-Vantaa: 1 341 GP
Liiga: 446 GP
KHL: 11 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Hunters (Suomi-sarja)
Jokerit (KHL)
Kiekko-Vantaa U16 (Jr. C SM-sarja)
Kiekko-Vantaa U17 (Jr. B2 SM-sarja)
Kiekko-Vantaa U18 (Jr. B SM-sarja)
Kiekko-Vantaa U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)

Team Captains

“C” Pekka Niemimaa
“A” Ilari Metsola
Joona Harjama
Joona Monto

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Trio Areena
Location Vantaa, FIN
Capacity 3 700
Construction Year 2001

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
01/08/2019
01/08/2019	Loan	Joining	Alex Lindroos (D)	Joining from	JYP
12/14/2018
12/14/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Eemeli Heikkinen (D)	Leaving for	Unknown
11/15/2018
11/15/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Henri Tamminen (F)	Joining from	JYP
10/31/2018
10/31/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Jarkko Harjula (F)	Leaving for	Hokki
10/18/2018
10/18/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Sami Salminen (F)	Leaving for	TUTO Hockey
10/13/2018
10/13/2018	Loan	Joining	Oskari Salminen (G)	Joining from	KooKoo
10/09/2018
10/09/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Toni Leinonen (F)	Leaving for	Jokipojat
10/09/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Jani Kautto (G)	Leaving for	HC Vantaa

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1994-1995	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Promoted
1995-1996	II-divisioona	32	19	3	10	-	-	182	144	41	3	Qualification loss
1996-1997	II-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-1998	II-divisioona	20	15	1	4	-	-	150	71	31	2	Qualification loss
1998-1999	II-divisioona	18	17	0	1	-	-	148	40	34	1	-
1999-2000	Suomi-sarja	34	21	3	10	-	-	175	107	45	2	Promoted
2000-2001	Mestis	44	22	5	17	-	-	160	143	49	4	Quarterfinal loss
2001-2002	Mestis	44	25	5	14	-	-	156	122	56	3	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	Mestis	44	27	4	11	-	2	175	131	60	3	Final loss
2003-2004	Mestis	45	15	6	19	3	2	128	136	44	8	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	Mestis	44	14	11	19	4	-	116	122	43	8	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	Mestis	45	21	6	18	-	-	130	128	50	6	Quarterfinal loss
2006-2007	Mestis	45	16	3	26	-	-	142	188	37	8	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	Mestis	45	14	-	25	4	2	128	169	52	9	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	Mestis	45	20	-	16	6	3	130	120	75	6	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	Mestis	45	21	-	17	2	5	141	141	72	7	Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011	Mestis	49	18	-	22	6	6	143	150	69	8	Quarterfinal loss
2011-2012	Mestis	46	13	-	21	6	6	118	143	57	8	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	Mestis	48	13	-	21	6	8	123	144	59	11	Saved in play-out
2013-2014	Mestis	56	18	-	25	9	4	148	157	76	8	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	Mestis	56	14	-	35	2	5	139	207	51	10	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	Mestis	50	17	-	23	7	3	141	148	70	8	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Mestis	50	22	-	15	4	9	148	139	83	3	Final loss
2017-2018	Mestis	50	21	-	18	6	5	150	151	80	4	Quarterfinal loss
2018-2019	Mestis	32	13	-	13	1	5	98	97	46	8	-

Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
2017-2018	Suomen Cup	2	1	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	16th final loss
2018-2019	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Retired Numbers

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Roope Ranta (F)	2018-2019	Heilbronner Falken	DEL2	36	25	35	60	28
2.	Sami Blomqvist (F)	2018-2019	ESV Kaufbeuren	DEL2	35	28	22	50	28
3.	Eetu Koski (F)	2018-2019	Podhale Nowy Targ	Poland	36	11	31	42	22
4.	Niko Aitero (F)	2018-2019	HC Vantaa	II-divisioona	18	23	17	40	4
5.	Artem Iossafov (F)	2018-2019	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Erste Liga	36	18	22	40	0
6.	Teemu Mielonen (F)	2018-2019	Hunters	Suomi-sarja	29	13	25	38	54
7.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	2018-2019	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	46	10	28	38	6
8.	Santtu Sulander (F)	2018-2019	Viikingit	II-divisioona	18	24	13	37	10
9.	Mikko Hyvönen (F)	2018-2019	Riemu	Suomi-sarja	31	9	28	37	20
10.	Juuso Perttilä (F)	2018-2019	Nice	France	28	18	18	36	18

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	137	91	111	202
2.	Jukka Hakkarainen (D)	267	53	90	143
3.	Petri Pitkäjärvi (F)	304	46	83	129
4.	Artem Iossafov (F)	155	56	67	123
5.	Jani Pasanen (F)	64	34	87	121

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	137	91	111	202
2.	Karri Saarelainen (F)	98	62	58	120
3.	Artem Iossafov (F)	155	56	67	123
4.	Petteri Linnonmaa (F)	235	56	45	101
5.	Miikka Riikonen (F)	101	55	39	94

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	137	91	111	202
2.	Jukka Hakkarainen (D)	267	53	90	143
3.	Jani Pasanen (F)	64	34	87	121
4.	Petri Pitkäjärvi (F)	304	46	83	129
5.	Mikko Kainulainen (F)	152	35	73	108

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Jukka Hakkarainen (D)	267	53	143	387
2.	Patrik Lostedt (F)	106	7	17	345
3.	Marko From (D)	179	9	40	330
4.	Micke-Max Åsten (F)	82	15	38	219
5.	Niko Mäntylä (D)	146	9	21	196

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Petri Pitkäjärvi (F)	304	46	83	129
2.	Jukka Hakkarainen (D)	267	53	90	143
3.	Petteri Linnonmaa (F)	235	56	45	101
4.	Joel Lehtinen (F)	202	33	48	81
5.	Marko From (D)	179	9	31	40

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Pekka Peltola (F)	11	11	22	2.000
2.	Jani Pasanen (F)	64	34	121	1.891
3.	Juha Nurminen (F)	23	18	42	1.826
4.	Tuomas Kalliomäki (F)	45	27	78	1.733
5.	Tero Laukala (F)	29	16	50	1.724

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jani Pasanen (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	36	19	60	79	2.19	10
2.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	36	36	38	74	2.06	16
3.	Markku Takala (F)	2000-2001	Mestis	44	26	32	58	1.32	59
4.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	32	28	26	54	1.69	6
5.	Miikka Riikonen (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	35	33	18	51	1.46	20

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	36	36	38	74	2.06	16
2.	Miikka Riikonen (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	35	33	18	51	1.46	20
3.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	32	28	26	54	1.69	6
4.	Markku Takala (F)	2000-2001	Mestis	44	26	32	58	1.32	59
5.	Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (F)	2018-2019	Mestis	33	26	21	47	1.42	6

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jani Pasanen (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	36	19	60	79	2.19	10
2.	Jarmo Kokko (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	36	36	38	74	2.06	16
3.	Jarkko Oikarinen (F)	2006-2007	Mestis	45	9	37	46	1.02	28
4.	Tero Laukala (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	29	16	34	50	1.72	67
5.	Markku Takala (F)	2000-2001	Mestis	44	26	32	58	1.32	59

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Patrik Lostedt (F)	2004-2005	Mestis	40	1	3	4	0.10	159
2.	Patrik Lostedt (F)	2003-2004	Mestis	41	3	1	4	0.10	123
3.	Jarmo Jokila (F)	2007-2008	Mestis	42	21	20	41	0.98	116
4.	Kalle Moisio (F)	2013-2014	Mestis	44	3	9	12	0.27	104
5.	Marko From (D)	2006-2007	Mestis	43	2	9	11	0.26	99

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2018-2019	View roster	6'1"	188 lbs	22.30
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	183 lbs	22.72
2016-2017	View roster	5'11"	180 lbs	22.80
2015-2016	View roster	6'0"	187 lbs	22.25
2014-2015	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	21.80

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