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Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Alex Aleardi	10	1	17	18
2.	Joël Champagne	10	7	10	17
3.	Denny Kearney	10	8	8	16
4.	Kyle Hardy	10	4	11	15
5.	Yanick Riendeau	9	9	5	14

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SaiPa Liiga

Team Facts

Plays in Liiga
Full name Saimaan Pallo
Team colours Yellow + Black + White
Town Lappeenranta, FIN
Founded 1948

2019-2020 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#36	Karolus Kaarlehto (G)	22	1997	Turku, FIN	6'1"	172	L	19/20
	#53	Niclas Westerholm (G)	22	1997	Helsinki, FIN	6'4"	198	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#6	Santeri Airola (D)	19	2000	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	163	R
	#25	Erik Autio (D)	24	1995	Espoo, FIN	5'10"	183	L	19/20
	#7	Mario Grman (D)	22	1997	Topolcany, SVK	6'1"	196	R	19/20+1
	#26	Markus Kojo (D)	25	1994	Noormarkku, FIN	6'4"	220	L	20/21
	#38	Simo-Pekka Riikola (D)	27	1992	Joensuu, FIN	6'1"	198	R	20/21
	#42	Robin Salo (D)	21	1998	Espoo, FIN	6'1"	187	L	19/20
	#16	Jere Seppälä (D)	26	1993	Kemi, FIN	5'9"	165	L	19/20
	#44	Jere Sneck (D)	25	1994	Helsinki, FIN	6'3"	216	L	19/20
	#2	Kasperi Torikka (D)	20	1999	Ristiina, FIN	5'10"	170	L	20/21+1
	#45	Veeti Vainio (D)	22	1997	Espoo, FIN	6'2"	181	R	19/20
FORWARDS
	#55	Tomi Iso-Mustajärvi (C)	27	1992	Tampere, FIN	6'2"	196	L	19/20
	#72	Elmeri Kaksonen (LW/RW) “C”	32	1987	Savonlinna, FIN	6'0"	174	L	20/21
	#19	Tuomas Kiiskinen (LW)	33	1986	Kuopio, FIN	5'9"	172	L
	#8	Ville Koho (C)	37	1982	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	187	L	19/20
	#78	Mikael Kuronen (RW/C)	27	1992	Tampere, FIN	6'0"	170	R	19/20
	#11	Tomi Leivo (LW)	30	1989	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'11"	187	L	Oct 20
	#14	Anssi Löfman (C/W) “A”	32	1987	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'10"	176	L	19/20
	#10	Matias Mäntykivi (C)	18	2001	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'11"	161	L	19/20+1
	#13	Joni Nikko (LW/RW)	25	1994	Vaasa, FIN	6'2"	198	L	20/21
	#70	Valtteri Ojantakanen (LW)	19	2000	Helsinki, FIN	6'0"	176	R	Junior
	#23	Emil Oksanen (RW/LW)	21	1998	Kirkkonummi, FIN	6'1"	190	R	19/20
	#51	John Persson (LW/RW) “A”	27	1992	Östersund, SWE	6'2"	212	L	19/20
	#12	Topi Piipponen (LW)	22	1997	Siilinjärvi, FIN	6'0"	185	L	Try-out
	#46	Teemu Ramstedt (C) “A”	31	1987	Helsinki, FIN	5'11"	190	L	19/20
	#40	Micke Saari (W/C)	25	1994	Kirkkonummi, FIN	6'1"	168	L	19/20
	#80	Ville Vainikainen (LW/RW)	25	1994	Kuopio, FIN	5'11"	205	L	19/20
	#22	Santeri Virtanen (C)	20	1999	Kirkkonummi, FIN	6'2"	203	L	20/21
	#67	Tomas Zaborsky (LW)	31	1987	Trencin, SVK	6'0"	196	L	20/21
Position: G:2 D:10 F:19 \| Av Age: 25.13 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt 186 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Tero Lehterä
Asst. Coach Sami Hirvonen
Asst. Coach Tuomo Ropo
Goaltending Coach Janne Valtonen
General Manager Jussi Markkanen
Sports Manager Antti Tuomenoksa
Team Manager Jukka Tuovinen
Chairman Timo Tersa
Equipment Manager Kari Meronen
Equipment Manager Markku Puroharju
Head Equipment Manager Marko Puroharju

Team Facts

Nationalities 27 players
2 players
1 player
Experience SaiPa: 3 152 GP
NHL: 10 GP
WC: 18 GP
OG: 3 GP
SHL: 435 GP
Allsvenskan: 19 GP
Liiga: 5 768 GP
KHL: 292 GP
Czech: 44 GP
AHL: 187 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Ketterä (Mestis)
SaiPa U16 (Jr. C SM-sarja)
SaiPa U17 (Jr. B2 Mestis)
SaiPa U18 (Jr. B Mestis)
SaiPa U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)

Team Captains

“C” Elmeri Kaksonen
“A” Anssi Löfman
Teemu Ramstedt
John Persson

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Lappeenrannan jäähalli
Location Lappeenranta
Capacity 4 820
Construction Year 1972

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
10/14/2019
10/14/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Dante Salituro (F)	Leaving for	Unknown
09/27/2019
09/27/2019	Confirmed	Joining	Dante Salituro (F)	Joining from	Indy Fuel
09/24/2019
09/24/2019	Loan	Joining	Tuomas Kiiskinen (F)	Joining from	Skellefteå AIK
09/20/2019
09/20/2019	Confirmed	Joining	Tomi Leivo (F)	Joining from	KooKoo
09/11/2019
09/11/2019	Loan	Leaving	Kasperi Torikka (D)	Leaving for	Ketterä
09/11/2019	Loan	Joining	Santeri Airola (D)	Joining from	Ketterä
07/15/2019
07/15/2019	Confirmed	Joining	John Persson (F)	Joining from	Mora IK
06/20/2019
06/20/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Brenden Kichton (D)	Leaving for	Vienna Capitals

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1990-1991	Liiga	44	15	2	27	-	-	164	217	32	12	Relegated
1991-1992	I-divisioona	44	19	5	20	-	-	178	154	43	6	-
1992-1993	I-divisioona	44	-	-	-	-	-	181	190	44	7	-
1993-1994	I-divisioona	46	-	-	-	-	-	199	160	56	3	-
1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	34	0	12	-	-	241	137	68	1	Qualification loss
1995-1996	I-divisioona	44	28	4	12	-	-	188	124	60	2	Promoted
1996-1997	Liiga	50	13	8	29	-	-	118	181	34	11	Did not make playoffs
1997-1998	Liiga	48	21	7	20	-	-	135	142	49	6	Quarterfinal loss
1998-1999	Liiga	54	25	4	24	-	-	141	153	54	6	Bronze game loss
1999-2000	Liiga	54	16	13	25	-	-	154	185	45	9	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	Liiga	56	24	3	29	-	-	152	154	51	10	Did not make playoffs
2001-2002	Liiga	56	13	4	39	-	-	124	202	31	13	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	Liiga	56	19	6	31	-	-	134	172	48	11	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	Liiga	56	11	12	33	-	-	127	194	36	12	Did not make playoffs
2004-2005	Liiga	56	11	-	33	7	5	145	195	52	12	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	Liiga	56	23	-	21	6	6	149	130	87	7	Quarterfinal loss
2006-2007	Liiga	56	20	-	28	4	4	150	181	72	11	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	Liiga	56	15	-	29	5	7	115	155	62	11	Did not make playoffs
2008-2009	Liiga	58	17	-	34	4	3	136	174	62	14	Saved in play-out
2009-2010	Liiga	58	20	-	27	6	5	154	176	77	11	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	Liiga	60	16	-	31	4	9	137	186	65	12	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	Liiga	60	18	-	24	5	13	155	176	77	11	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	Liiga	60	23	-	24	7	6	162	173	89	9	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2013-2014	Liiga	60	26	-	21	9	4	160	134	100	4	Bronze game loss
2014-2015	Liiga	60	23	-	21	9	7	151	146	94	8	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	Liiga	60	27	-	20	5	8	178	146	99	5	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Liiga	60	14	-	33	5	8	116	181	60	15	Did not make playoffs
2017-2018	Liiga	60	21	-	20	11	8	153	163	93	7	Quarterfinal loss
2018-2019	Liiga	60	21	-	24	10	5	156	162	88	9	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2019-2020	Liiga	11	4	-	7	1	1	25	33	12	13	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1957-1958	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
1964-1965	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	1	0	-	1	-	-	3	4	-	-	First round loss
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2014-2015	Champions HL	6	4	-	1	1	0	18	11	14	1	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Champions HL	4	3	-	0	1	0	17	9	11	1	Eight final loss

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Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Ilmari Pitkänen (F)	2019-2020	Kiekko-Espoo	Suomi-sarja	7	8	8	16	0
2.	Markku Flinck (F)	2019-2020	Pyry	Suomi-sarja	9	6	8	14	2
3.	Tyler Morley (F)	2019-2020	Tappara	Liiga	12	6	8	14	8
4.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2019-2020	HC Banska Bystrica	Slovakia	12	8	5	13	2
5.	Jere Pulli (D)	2019-2020	Ferencvárosi TC	Erste Liga	13	4	8	12	-
6.	Cody Kunyk (F)	2019-2020	HPK	Liiga	12	2	10	12	4
7.	Brock Trotter (F)	2019-2020	HKM Zvolen	Slovakia	11	1	11	12	28
8.	Tero Koskiranta (F)	2019-2020	Ravensburg Towerstars	DEL2	10	4	7	11	4
9.	Alex Nikiforuk (F)	2019-2020	Heilbronner Falken	DEL2	11	3	8	11	10
10.	Patrick Bjorkstrand (F)	2019-2020	Villacher SV	EBEL	8	4	6	10	6

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Heikki Mälkiä (F)	475	201	242	443
2.	Martti Sinkkonen (F)	328	191	159	350
3.	Ari Santanen (F)	447	147	189	336
4.	Matti Nevalainen (F)	379	112	184	296
5.	Pekka Nieminen (F)	280	152	112	264

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Heikki Mälkiä (F)	475	201	242	443
2.	Martti Sinkkonen (F)	328	191	159	350
3.	Esko Heikkeri (F)	296	155	77	232
4.	Pekka Nieminen (F)	280	152	112	264
5.	Ari Santanen (F)	447	147	189	336

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Heikki Mälkiä (F)	475	201	242	443
2.	Ari Santanen (F)	447	147	189	336
3.	Matti Nevalainen (F)	379	112	184	296
4.	Martti Sinkkonen (F)	328	191	159	350
5.	Ville Koho (F)	821	102	154	256

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Pauli Levokari (D)	256	17	50	606
2.	Vesa Ruotsalainen (D)	429	53	133	567
3.	Riku Kallioniemi (D)	422	23	101	535
4.	Ari Suutari (D)	349	34	137	480
5.	Petri Peronmaa (D)	391	69	160	468

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ville Koho (F)	821	102	154	256
2.	Heikki Mälkiä (F)	475	201	242	443
3.	Mika Skyttä (F)	464	63	69	132
4.	Ari Santanen (F)	447	147	189	336
5.	Simon Backman (D)	444	24	63	87

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Jussi Piuhola (F)	59	63	90	1.525
2.	Roman Bozek (F)	31	28	44	1.419
3.	Otakar Janecky (F)	44	21	60	1.364
4.	Ralph Cox (F)	99	70	126	1.273
5.	Harri Asikainen	102	65	125	1.225

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ari Santanen (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	29	44	73	1.59	55
2.	Reijo Mansikka (F)	1987-1988	I-divisioona	44	31	35	66	1.50	46
3.	Tero Hämäläinen (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	37	26	63	1.37	28
4.	Tommi Takanen (F)	1986-1987	I-divisioona	44	29	33	62	1.41	18
5.	Jyrki Silius (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	45	23	37	60	1.33	18

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tero Hämäläinen (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	37	26	63	1.37	28
2.	Esko Heikkeri (F)	1979-1980	I-divisioona	36	37	14	51	1.42	32
3.	Tero Hämäläinen (F)	1993-1994	I-divisioona	46	34	17	51	1.11	36
4.	Reijo Mansikka (F)	1987-1988	I-divisioona	44	31	35	66	1.50	46
5.	Jussi Piuhola (F)	1971-1972	Suomen sarja	13	31	8	39	3.00	0

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ari Santanen (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	46	29	44	73	1.59	55
2.	David McIntyre (F)	2015-2016	Liiga	58	16	40	56	0.97	67
3.	Otakar Janecky (F)	1990-1991	Liiga	44	21	39	60	1.36	32
4.	Jyrki Silius (F)	1994-1995	I-divisioona	45	23	37	60	1.33	18
5.	Reijo Mansikka (F)	1987-1988	I-divisioona	44	31	35	66	1.50	46

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kristian Kudroc (D)	2005-2006	Liiga	48	10	12	22	0.46	227
2.	Pasi Nielikäinen (F)	2003-2004	Liiga	48	3	6	9	0.19	151
3.	Marko Ek (F)	1995-1996	I-divisioona	36	13	11	24	0.67	146
4.	Jeff Bes (F)	1996-1997	Liiga	40	10	12	22	0.55	146
5.	Kai Tervonen (D)	1995-1996	I-divisioona	39	19	25	44	1.13	141

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2019-2020	View roster	6'0"	187 lbs	25.23
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	25.42
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	194 lbs	26.61
2016-2017	View roster	6'0"	193 lbs	25.89
2015-2016	View roster	6'0"	192 lbs	28.17

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