Team Facts
Plays in U20 Mestis Full name Iisalmen Peli-Karhut U20 Town Iisalmi, FIN Founded 1966

2020-2021 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S
NOT SPECIFIED
Valtteri Jäntti (-) 18 2004 - - -
GOALTENDERS
#30 Samu Pakarinen (G) 23 1999 Tampere, FIN 6'6" 198 L
#35 Tommi Piirainen (G) 21 2001 Kuhmo, FIN 5'11" 172 L
Juho Salmela (G) 22 2000 Kuopio, FIN 5'10" 168 L
#32 Mikko Tiirikainen (G) 20 2002 Iisalmi, FIN - - L
DEFENSEMEN
#9 Paavo Hämäläinen (D) 20 2002 Kuopio, FIN 5'11" 168 L
#6 Samuli Karjalainen (D) 21 2001 Kuopio, FIN 5'10" 154 L
#40 Josi Kähkönen (D) 20 2002 5'6" 137 R
#4 Daniel Laakkonen (D) 20 2002 Iisalmi, FIN - - L
#80 Janne Lappalainen (D)   “A” 21 2001 Kuopio, FIN 6'2" 181 L
Panu Passiniemi (D) 23 1999 Iisalmi, FIN 5'7" 141 L
#7 Riku Pietikäinen (D) 19 2003 Iisalmi, FIN 5'11" 176 L
#22 Antti Vehviläinen (D)   “A” 21 2001 6'2" 196 R
#38 Leevi Viljanen (D) 21 2001 Jyväskylä, FIN 5'9" 165 L
FORWARDS
#39 Niklas Aalto (F) 21 2001 5'10" 163 R
#13 Vili Halonen (RW) 20 2002 Kuopio, FIN 5'7" 137 L
#8 Matus Hroncek (LW) 20 2002 Banska Bystrica, SVK 6'0" 187 L
#47 Eemil Jaatinen (F)   “C” 21 2001 Iisalmi, FIN 5'7" 143 L
#34 Mikael Jämsen (F)   “A” 21 2001 6'1" 150 L
#41 Eemeli Kettunen (F) 20 2002 Iisalmi, FIN - - L
#3 Niko Korhonen (F) 21 2001 5'9" 150 L
#8 Joonas Kärkkäinen (F) 21 2001 Lapinlahti, FIN 5'9" 154 L
#16 Kaapo Laakkonen (F) 20 2002 Kajaani, FIN 5'11" 159 L
#44 Aapo Laine (F) 21 2001 5'9" 146 L
#55 Niko Lång (C) 21 2001 5'10" 150 L
Aatu Mård (F) 18 2005 - - L
#23 Tuukka Mäkelä (F) 20 2002 5'8" 141 R
#27 Jonatan Pajala (F) 21 2001 Ylivieska, FIN 6'1" 203 L
#15 Matias Pirhonen (LW) 18 2004 - - -
#72 Juuso Pulkkinen (RW) 19 2003 Iisalmi, FIN 5'7" 132 R
#12 Juho Rissanen (F) 21 2001 5'6" 128 R
#67 Sami Salo (F) 20 2002 Viiala, FIN 5'6" 159 L
#84 Waltteri Salo (LW) 21 2001 Jyväskylä, FIN 5'8" 170 L
#89 Jeffrey Sidoit (F) 22 2000 Pierre-Bénite, FRA 6'1" 179 L
#28 Kalle Sippala (LW/RW) 23 1999 Raahe, FIN 5'6" 154 R
#18 Teemu Tiihonen (F) 20 2002 Kuopio, FIN 5'9" 179 L
#10 Niko Tikkanen (C) 19 2003 Iisalmi, FIN 5'8" 126 L
Samuel Timonen (F) 23 1999 Haddonfield, NJ, USA 5'11" 185 L
Position: G: 3, D: 8, F: 20 | Av Age: 18.48 years | Av Ht: 5'10" | Av Wt: 160 lbs | Compare with other teams
Team Staff
Team staff history
Demographics
Nationality
Team Facts
Nationalities 36 players
1 player
1 player Experience IPK U20: 1 621 GP Affiliated Team(s) IPK (Mestis)
IPK U16 (U16 Mestis)
IPK U17 (U17 Ylempi)
IPK U18 (U18 Mestis)
Team Captains
“C” Eemil Jaatinen “A” Antti Vehviläinen
Mikael Jämsen
Janne Lappalainen
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Iisalmen jäähalli Location Iisalmi, FIN Capacity 1 300 Construction Year
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
01/05/2023
01/05/2023 Confirmed Leaving Janne Lappalainen (D) Leaving for JHT
11/02/2022
11/02/2022 Confirmed Leaving Oliver Endicott (F) Leaving for Leeds Knights
10/29/2022
10/29/2022 Loan Leaving Kalle Jukkola (G) Leaving for JHT
06/24/2022
06/24/2022 Confirmed Joining Oliver Endicott (F) Joining from Swindon Wildcats
06/14/2022
06/14/2022 Confirmed Leaving Reece Kelly (D) Leaving for Bristol Pitbulls
07/29/2021
07/29/2021 Extension Leaving Leevi Viljanen (D) Leaving for IPK
07/29/2021 Extension Leaving Janne Lappalainen (D) Leaving for IPK
07/29/2021 Extension Leaving Kaapo Laakkonen (F) Leaving for IPK
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
IPK U20
2003-2004 U20 I-divisioona 12 1 1 10 - 0 26 89 3 0.25 7 -
U20 Suomi-sarja 14 2 1 11 - - 53 98 5 0.36 8 Did not make playoffs
2012-2013 U20 Suomi-sarja 14 0 2 12 - - 39 92 2 0.14 8 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 U20 Suomi-sarja 8 3 0 5 - - 33 61 6 0.75 4 Relegated
U20 Aluedivisioona 12 6 1 5 - - 71 55 13 1.08 3 -
U20 Aluesarja 10 2 2 6 - - 43 57 6 0.60 5 -
2014-2015 U20 Suomi-sarja 3 0 0 3 - - 9 30 0 0.00 4 Relegated
U20 Aluesarja 4 2 1 1 - - 31 17 5 1.25 2 -
U20 Aluesarja 7 6 0 1 - - 44 27 12 1.71 2 -
U20 Alueliiga 9 3 1 5 - - 40 47 7 0.78 3 -
2015-2016 U20 Suomi-sarja 8 3 0 5 - - 43 37 6 0.75 4 -
U20 Suomi-sarja 10 4 0 6 - - 53 54 8 0.80 5 Relegated
U20 Alueliiga 10 3 2 5 - - 49 58 8 0.80 4 -
2016-2017 U20 Mestis 40 9 - 28 1 2 131 236 31 0.78 14 Did not make playoffs
2017-2018 U20 Mestis 26 4 - 20 0 2 70 135 14 0.54 16 Relegated
U20 Suomi-sarja 14 6 1 7 - - 62 61 13 0.93 6 No playoffs held
IPK/KalPa U20
2019-2020 U20 Suomi-sarja 18 13 1 4 - - 93 67 27 1.50 1 -
IPK U20
U20 Suomi-sarja 13 4 3 6 - - 37 54 11 0.85 5 Season Cancelled
2020-2021 U20 Mestis 23 3 - 16 3 1 73 118 16 0.70 16 -
U20 Mestis 29 5 - 19 3 2 91 142 23 0.79 6 Season Cancelled
2021-2022 U20 Mestis 16 5 - 8 3 0 55 71 21 1.31 10 -
U20 Mestis 40 15 - 18 6 1 144 160 58 1.45 7 -
2022-2023 U20 Mestis 18 6 - 10 0 2 66 94 20 1.11 14 -

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Oliver Turna (F) 2022-2023 HK Brezno U20 Slovakia U20 2 27 21 30 51 4
2. Eetu Patronen (F) 2022-2023 AHK III-divisioona 8 15 13 28 10
3. Jonatan Pajala (F) 2022-2023 Hermes U20 U20 Mestis 26 12 11 23 40
4. Reece Kelly (D) 2022-2023 Bristol Pitbulls NIHL 31 4 19 23 24
5. Matias Karttunen (F) 2022-2023 SuKiKa II-divisioona 12 10 12 22 0
6. Tuomas Korhonen (F) 2022-2023 FoPS U20 U20 Mestis 30 5 17 22 6
7. Valtteri Korhonen (F) 2022-2023 SuKiKa II-divisioona 15 5 14 19 8
8. Samuli Karjalainen (D) 2022-2023 KalPa U20 Akatemia U20 Mestis 29 3 16 19 26
9. Teemu Tiihonen (F) 2022-2023 KalPa U20 Akatemia U20 Mestis 29 6 12 18 2
10. Samuel Timonen (F) 2022-2023 IPK Mestis 34 10 7 17 14
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Niko Nuutinen (F) 108 69 71 140
2. Niko Lång (F) 100 63 56 119
3. Tapio Huttunen (F) 85 64 50 114
4. Aleksi Myöhänen (F) 127 33 67 100
5. Jonne Koljonen (F) 60 34 55 89
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Niko Nuutinen (F) 108 69 71 140
2. Tapio Huttunen (F) 85 64 50 114
3. Niko Lång (F) 100 63 56 119
4. Kalle Rissanen (F) 51 43 35 78
5. Timo Suomisalo (F) 78 35 30 65
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Niko Nuutinen (F) 108 69 71 140
2. Aleksi Myöhänen (F) 127 33 67 100
3. Waltteri Salo (F) 89 31 58 89
4. Niko Lång (F) 100 63 56 119
5. Jonne Koljonen (F) 60 34 55 89
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Timo Suomisalo (F) 78 35 65 248
2. Tapio Huttunen (F) 85 64 114 226
3. Evgeny Nylund (D) 15 0 2 196
4. Eemil Jaatinen (F) 89 34 71 166
5. Antti Lampinen (D) 88 5 46 152
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Aleksi Myöhänen (F) 127 33 67 100
2. Petri Patronen (F) 122 24 36 60
3. Niko Nuutinen (F) 108 69 71 140
4. Tino Karppinen (F) 104 34 49 83
5. Niko Lång (F) 100 63 56 119
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Ville Heiskanen (D) 1 3 4 4.00
2. Tommi Kärkkäinen (F) 1 1 3 3.00
3. Ville Kainulainen (F) 18 22 40 2.22
4. Samuel Timonen (F) 1 1 2 2.00
5. Olli Pulkkinen (F) 6 5 11 1.83
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Ville Kainulainen (F) 2009-2010 U20 II-divisioona 18 22 18 40 2.22 20
2. Waltteri Salo (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 37 8 32 40 1.08 44
3. Vili Halonen (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 33 19 19 38 1.15 33
4. Riku Poikonen (F) 2010-2011 U20 III-divisioona 21 19 18 37 1.76 2
5. Erik Iskanius (F) 2009-2010 U20 II-divisioona 20 17 20 37 1.85 54
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Ville Kainulainen (F) 2009-2010 U20 II-divisioona 18 22 18 40 2.22 20
2. Niko Lång (F) 2019-2020 U20 Suomi-sarja Q 18 20 9 29 1.61 24
3. Vili Halonen (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 33 19 19 38 1.15 33
4. Riku Poikonen (F) 2010-2011 U20 III-divisioona 21 19 18 37 1.76 2
5. Matias Karttunen (F) 2016-2017 U20 Mestis 38 19 16 35 0.92 47
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Waltteri Salo (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 37 8 32 40 1.08 44
2. Erik Iskanius (F) 2009-2010 U20 II-divisioona 20 17 20 37 1.85 54
3. Niko Lång (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 32 16 20 36 1.13 30
4. Vili Halonen (F) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 33 19 19 38 1.15 33
5. Jonatan Pajala (F) 2020-2021 U20 Mestis 28 10 19 29 1.04 107
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Evgeny Nylund (D) 2012-2013 U20 Suomi-sarja 8 0 2 2 0.25 146
2. Reece Kelly (D) 2021-2022 U20 Mestis 34 10 18 28 0.82 120
3. Jonatan Pajala (F) 2020-2021 U20 Mestis 28 10 19 29 1.04 107
4. Antti Virtanen (F) 2003-2004 U20 I-divisioona 11 0 5 5 0.45 92
5. Juuso Halonen (D) 2009-2010 U20 II-divisioona 22 11 15 26 1.18 76
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2022-2023 View roster 5'10" 162 lbs 18.57
2021-2022 View roster 5'10" 161 lbs 18.83
2020-2021 View roster 5'10" 160 lbs 18.48
2019-2020 View roster 5'10" 159 lbs 18.41
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