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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Josh Kestner	41	16	21	37
2.	Ryan Lasch	26	10	27	37
3.	Petri Kontiola	41	7	29	36
4.	Eemeli Suomi	40	10	25	35
5.	Daniel Audette	40	8	27	35

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Team Facts

Plays in Liiga
Full name Lahden Pelicans
Team colours Teal + Black + White
Town Lahti, FIN
Founded 1996

2019-2020 Skater Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
	Liiga
1.	Juhamatti Aaltonen (RW)	48	17	20	37	22	-7	\|
2.	Hannes Björninen (C/W)	39	11	17	28	22	-1	\|
3.	Aleksi Mustonen (C/LW)	45	9	17	26	6	-17	\|
4.	Jesse Ylönen (RW)	53	12	10	22	14	-20	\|
5.	Waltteri Merelä (F)	48	7	11	18	16	-3	\|
6.	Antti Tyrväinen (LW/RW)	41	9	8	17	66	-17	\|
7.	Topi Jaakola (D)	38	3	14	17	33	-19	\|
8.	János Hári (LW/C)	24	2	11	13	14	-2	\|
9.	Roope Elimäki (C)	42	8	4	12	30	-9	\|
10.	Jesse Mankinen (RW/LW)	39	6	5	11	6	-13	\|

11.	Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (RW/LW)	40	5	5	10	10	-8	\|
12.	Alexander Shchemerov (D)	55	3	7	10	32	-16	\|
13.	Janne Jalasvaara (D)	30	2	8	10	22	-10	\|
14.	Sakke Hämäläinen (F)	20	2	6	8	6	-1	\|
15.	Artturi Toivola (C)	57	3	4	7	24	-18	\|
16.	Jonatan Tanus (LW/C)	44	2	5	7	14	-12	\|
17.	Miihkali Teppo (D)	44	2	5	7	16	-10	\|
18.	Alex Lintuniemi (D)	24	2	4	6	28	-6	\|
19.	Samuel Salonen (LW)	38	1	5	6	12	-5	\|
20.	Ossi Ikonen (D)	18	0	6	6	14	-5	\|

21.	Taavi Vartiainen (LW/RW)	42	0	6	6	99	-13	\|
22.	Otto Nieminen (LW/RW)	24	4	1	5	2	-3	\|
23.	Jarkko Pynnönen (D)	44	3	1	4	6	-8	\|
24.	Pavel Vorobey (D)	15	1	3	4	10	3	\|
25.	Aleks Haatanen (LW)	15	0	4	4	16	-4	\|
26.	Frank Gymer (C)	22	2	1	3	6	-9	\|
27.	Casimir Jürgens (D)	9	1	2	3	0	0	\|
28.	Severi Lahtinen (RW/LW)	10	0	3	3	6	-6	\|
29.	Matias Rajaniemi (D)	12	0	2	2	0	-4	\|
30.	Matteo Pietroniro (D)	21	0	2	2	29	-2	\|

31.	Elias Ulander (D)	24	0	2	2	20	-6	\|
32.	Niklas Virtanen (F)	4	1	0	1	2	-1	\|
33.	Tomi Purmola (F)	3	0	1	1	4	0	\|
34.	Pasi Kouvalainen (RW)	4	0	1	1	4	0	\|
35.	Leevi Tukiainen (F)	10	0	1	1	0	-4	\|
36.	Aleksi Ek (D)	15	0	1	1	0	-4	\|
37.	Santtu Kinnunen (D)	24	0	1	1	14	-9	\|
38.	Topias Vilén (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
39.	Patrik Satosaari (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
40.	Niko-Petteri Nuutinen (F)	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|

41.	Juuso Arola (D)	1	0	0	0	2	-2	\|
42.	Stanislav Vrhel (F)	3	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
43.	Juuso Jämsen (F)	3	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
44.	Elias Vilén (F)	3	0	0	0	2	-2	\|
45.	Juuso Heikkilä (F)	5	0	0	0	2	-4	\|
46.	Niko Seppälä (D)	10	0	0	0	12	-4	\|
	Champions HL
1.	Juhamatti Aaltonen (RW)	5	1	5	6	2	2	\|
2.	Hannes Björninen (C/W)	5	2	3	5	4	-1	\|
3.	Severi Lahtinen (RW/LW)	5	2	1	3	0	-1	\|
4.	Jesse Ylönen (RW)	5	2	1	3	0	-2	\|

5.	Aleksi Mustonen (C/LW)	6	2	1	3	0	-2	\|
6.	János Hári (LW/C)	5	1	2	3	0	2	\|
7.	Waltteri Merelä (F)	5	1	2	3	6	-1	\|
8.	Jonatan Tanus (LW/C)	6	1	1	2	2	1	\|
9.	Topi Jaakola (D)	5	0	2	2	4	-4	\|
10.	Miro-Pekka Saarelainen (RW/LW)	1	1	0	1	2	2	\|
11.	Jesse Mankinen (RW/LW)	4	1	0	1	0	-1	\|
12.	Taavi Vartiainen (LW/RW)	5	1	0	1	8	-2	\|
13.	Otto Nieminen (LW/RW)	6	1	0	1	2	0	\|
14.	Aleksi Ek (D)	1	0	1	1	0	1	\|

15.	Antti Tyrväinen (LW/RW)	1	0	1	1	0	1	\|
16.	Matteo Pietroniro (D)	2	0	1	1	2	0	\|
17.	Miihkali Teppo (D)	5	0	1	1	2	-1	\|
18.	Jarkko Pynnönen (D)	6	0	1	1	0	-1	\|
19.	Pavel Vorobey (D)	6	0	1	1	8	0	\|
20.	Lauri Heino (F)	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
21.	Sakke Hämäläinen (F)	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
22.	Joonas Uimonen (D)	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
23.	Samuel Salonen (LW)	2	0	0	0	0	-1	\|
24.	Aleks Haatanen (LW)	2	0	0	0	4	-1	\|

25.	Frank Gymer (C)	3	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
26.	Artturi Toivola (C)	3	0	0	0	2	1	\|
27.	Roope Elimäki (C)	4	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
28.	Casimir Jürgens (D)	4	0	0	0	2	0	\|
29.	Alexander Shchemerov (D)	4	0	0	0	4	0	\|
30.	Santtu Kinnunen (D)	6	0	0	0	6	-2	\|

2019-2020 Goaltending Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SV%
	Liiga
1.	Tomi Karhunen	18	2.48	.906	\|
2.	Jasper Patrikainen	8	3.22	.901	\|
3.	Atte Tolvanen	36	3.39	.888	\|
4.	Oskari Parviainen	2	4.59	.826	\|
5.	Riku Helenius	2	7.91	.750	\|
	Champions HL
1.	Atte Tolvanen	2	2.34	.938	\|
2.	Tomi Karhunen	4	3.00	.921	\|
3.	Jasper Patrikainen	0	-	-	\|

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
02/25/2021
02/25/2021	Loan	Joining	Aleksi Laakso (D)	Joining from	HIFK
02/22/2021
02/22/2021	Loan	Joining	Niklas Nordgren (F)	Joining from	HIFK
02/01/2021
02/01/2021	Loan	Joining	Erik Autio (D)	Joining from	Kiekko-Espoo
01/30/2021
01/30/2021	Loan	Joining	Veeti Vainio (D)	Joining from	SaiPa
01/23/2021
01/23/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Ryan Lasch (F)	Leaving for	ZSC
01/18/2021
01/18/2021	Loan	Joining	Eero Teräväinen (D)	Joining from	HIFK
01/14/2021
01/14/2021	Rumour	Leaving	Rudolf Cerveny (F)	Leaving for	Motor Ceske Budejovice
01/06/2021
01/06/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Atte Tolvanen (G)	Leaving for	Ässät

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
Hockey Reipas
1991-1992	SM-liiga	44	12	6	26	-	-	142	202	30	11	Did not make playoffs
Reipas Lahti
1992-1993	SM-liiga	48	6	3	39	-	-	125	260	15	12	Saved in relegation
1993-1994	SM-liiga	48	6	2	40	-	-	119	280	14	12	Relegated
1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	18	6	22	-	-	155	201	42	8	Did not make playoffs
1995-1996	I-divisioona	44	24	2	18	-	-	175	136	50	6	Quarterfinal loss
Pelicans
1996-1997	I-divisioona	44	26	3	15	-	-	168	119	55	3	Qualification loss
1997-1998	I-divisioona	44	23	4	17	-	-	155	147	50	4	Qualification loss
1998-1999	I-divisioona	48	30	7	11	-	-	178	109	67	2	Promoted
1999-2000	SM-liiga	54	8	8	38	-	-	108	197	24	12	Saved in relegation
2000-2001	SM-liiga	56	22	11	23	-	-	170	164	55	7	Quarterfinal loss
2001-2002	SM-liiga	56	27	10	19	-	-	157	152	68	5	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	SM-liiga	56	15	2	39	-	-	120	182	36	12	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	SM-liiga	56	7	12	37	-	-	110	227	27	13	Did not make playoffs
2004-2005	SM-liiga	56	7	-	36	3	10	100	230	37	13	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	SM-liiga	56	18	-	29	4	5	125	171	67	12	Did not make playoffs
2006-2007	SM-liiga	56	19	-	24	7	6	147	151	77	10	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	SM-liiga	56	28	-	19	5	4	176	142	98	6	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	SM-liiga	58	22	-	27	5	4	149	145	80	9	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	SM-liiga	58	18	-	27	6	7	166	197	73	12	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	SM-liiga	60	17	-	37	2	4	133	180	59	14	Saved in relegation
2011-2012	SM-liiga	60	30	-	18	9	3	213	155	111	2	Final loss
2012-2013	SM-liiga	60	22	-	28	7	3	163	180	83	11	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	Liiga	60	25	-	24	6	5	156	155	92	8	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	Liiga	60	16	-	30	6	8	125	166	68	12	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	Liiga	60	24	-	25	4	7	145	171	87	9	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Liiga	60	23	-	21	8	8	157	150	93	6	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	Liiga	60	20	-	24	7	9	165	175	83	10	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2018-2019	Liiga	60	30	-	19	3	8	199	154	104	3	Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020	Liiga	59	19	-	40	7	4	120	201	54	14	Did not make playoffs
2020-2021	Liiga	41	24	-	17	6	1	123	112	67	7	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
Lahden Reipas
1965-1966	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pelicans
2019-2020	Champions HL	6	2	-	4	1	2	16	20	7	4	Did not make playoffs

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Michal Repik (F)	2020-2021	HC Sparta Praha	Czech	49	25	25	50	32
2.	János Hári (F)	2020-2021	Fehérvár AV19	ICEHL	44	15	33	48	28
3.	Michal Birner (F)	2020-2021	Bili Tygri Liberec	Czech	47	13	28	41	34
4.	Justin Hodgman (F)	2020-2021	Ferencvárosi TC	Erste Liga	33	14	26	40	-
5.	Manuel Ganahl (F)	2020-2021	Klagenfurter AC	ICEHL	45	16	22	38	28
6.	Marcus Paulsson (F)	2020-2021	Mörrums GoIS	HockeyEttan	36	21	14	35	6
7.	Tomi Purmola (F)	2020-2021	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-sarja	34	18	17	35	22
8.	Oliwer Kaski (D)	2020-2021	Avangard Omsk	KHL	58	13	21	34	14
9.	Aleksi Rekonen (F)	2020-2021	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan	40	11	23	34	24
10.	Radek Smolenak (F)	2020-2021	HK Hradec Kralove	Czech	48	18	13	31	50

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Erkki Laine (F)	401	260	151	411
2.	Hannu Koskinen (F)	422	144	245	389
3.	Harri Toivanen (F)	378	204	146	350
4.	Erkki Mäkelä (F)	391	197	112	309
5.	Vili Sopanen (F)	429	123	172	295

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Erkki Laine (F)	401	260	151	411
2.	Harri Toivanen (F)	378	204	146	350
3.	Erkki Mäkelä (F)	391	197	112	309
4.	Hannu Koskinen (F)	422	144	245	389
5.	Sami Wikström (F)	401	127	155	282

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Hannu Koskinen (F)	422	144	245	389
2.	Jan Latvala (D)	725	72	215	287
3.	Marko Jantunen (F)	367	95	174	269
4.	Vili Sopanen (F)	429	123	172	295
5.	Sami Wikström (F)	401	127	155	282

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Kari Sihvonen (F)	366	34	85	759
2.	Antti Tyrväinen (F)	300	65	125	525
3.	Sami Helenius (D)	177	4	12	495
4.	Taavi Vartiainen (F)	271	20	53	448
5.	Jari Parviainen (D)	346	33	86	389

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jan Latvala (D)	725	72	215	287
2.	Toni Koivunen (F)	477	45	149	194
3.	Jussi-Antti Reimari (D)	433	43	79	122
4.	Marko Pöyhönen (D)	433	34	84	118
5.	Erik Kakko (D)	432	35	67	102

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Craig Hamelin (F)	40	34	61	1.525
2.	Pertti Arvaja (F)	55	36	83	1.509
3.	Sean Avery (F)	2	3	3	1.500
4.	Mika Nieminen (F)	87	66	125	1.437
5.	Oldrich Valek (F)	86	77	122	1.419

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Matti Hagman (F)	1989-1990	I-divisioona	44	18	47	65	1.48	4
2.	Oldrich Valek (F)	1989-1990	I-divisioona	28	47	16	63	2.25	58
3.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1986-1987	I-divisioona	44	31	32	63	1.43	34
4.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1985-1986	I-divisioona	43	35	27	62	1.44	67
5.	Ryan Lasch (F)	2011-2012	SM-liiga	59	24	38	62	1.05	26

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Oldrich Valek (F)	1989-1990	I-divisioona	28	47	16	63	2.25	58
2.	Erkki Laine (F)	1982-1983	SM-liiga	36	41	15	56	1.56	27
3.	Erkki Laine (F)	1975-1976	I-divisioona	36	40	7	47	1.31	29
4.	Mika Nieminen (F)	1985-1986	I-divisioona	43	35	27	62	1.44	67
5.	Erkki Mäkelä (F)	1988-1989	I-divisioona	44	35	11	46	1.05	34

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Matti Hagman (F)	1989-1990	I-divisioona	44	18	47	65	1.48	4
2.	Matias Loppi (F)	2007-2008	SM-liiga	55	18	40	58	1.05	20
3.	Jari Multanen (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	39	16	39	55	1.41	54
4.	Justin Hodgman (F)	2011-2012	SM-liiga	59	14	39	53	0.90	123
5.	Ryan Lasch (F)	2011-2012	SM-liiga	59	24	38	62	1.05	26

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Antti Tyrväinen (F)	2010-2011	SM-liiga	52	14	9	23	0.44	186
2.	Sami Helenius (D)	2009-2010	SM-liiga	34	0	2	2	0.06	172
3.	Ben Blood (D)	2015-2016	Liiga	32	1	7	8	0.25	160
4.	Tuukka Mäkelä (D)	2007-2008	SM-liiga	53	1	3	4	0.08	158
5.	Kari Sihvonen (F)	2007-2008	SM-liiga	41	2	8	10	0.24	152

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2020-2021	View roster	5'11"	183 lbs	23.83
2019-2020	View roster	6'0"	187 lbs	23.67
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	24.24
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	24.24
2016-2017	View roster	6'1"	194 lbs	25.68

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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

Team names:

- Viipurin Reipas (1891 - 1964)
- Lahden Reipas (1964 - 1975)
- Kiekkoreipas (1975 - 1989)
- Hockey Reipas (1989 - 1992)
- Reipas Lahti (1992 - 1996)
- Pelicans (1996 -)

Club Reipas was originally found in year 1891 Vyborg which was part of Finland that time. First club was for gymnastics but later it had also teams in football, bandy and ice hockey. Vyborg's Reipas won the first ever Finnish Ice Hockey Championship title in 1928 After second world war the city of Vyborg was ceded to Soviet Union. Team Vyborg's Reipas relocated with finnish refugees to city of Lahti 1944. Even though the team was located in Lahti it was still called Vyborg's Reipas until it was renamed Lahti's Reipas 1964. After couple "Reipas" name changes the team was renamed to Lahti Pelicans before the 1996-97 season.

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