What league does Kärpät U18 Akatemia play in?

Kärpät U18 Akatemia play in the U18 Mestis.

When was Kärpät U18 Akatemia founded?

Kärpät U18 Akatemia was founded in 1974 in Oulu, FIN, Finland.

Where is Kärpät U18 Akatemia based?

Kärpät U18 Akatemia is based in Oulu, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Kärpät U18 Akatemia?

The head coach of Kärpät U18 Akatemia is Tomi Hakala.

Kärpät U18 Akatemia

U18 Mestis

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2023-2024

2023-2024 Season

Kärpät U18 Akatemia were 16-4-2 in the 2023-24 U18 Mestis season with 50 points, 3rd overall.

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2023-2024 Kärpät U18 Akatemia Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
U18 Mestis
1.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	34	27	37	64	48	-	6	4	3	7	2
2.	Elmo Linna (LW)	36	27	21	48	48	-	6	4	4	8	6
3.	Vili-Veikka Ruonakoski (D)	34	14	32	46	2	-
4.	Oliver Kurtti (F)	38	13	21	34	28	-	5	0	1	1	4
5.	Vili Kangasniemi (F)	18	15	18	33	4	-
6.	Mikael Heikkinen (F)	38	9	21	30	51	-	3	0	1	1	6
7.	Lasse Rautiainen (D)	35	10	19	29	26	-	6	3	5	8	8
8.	Tatu Mettovaara (F)	15	6	22	28	2	-
9.	Elias Hauru (F)	34	14	13	27	60	-	4	2	2	4	2
10.	Roope Pitkänen (RW)	19	11	15	26	38	-	6	2	4	6	4
11.	Kalle Antila (F)	37	8	18	26	14	-	3	0	0	0	2
12.	Vili Lemiläinen (F)	34	11	12	23	68	-	6	0	1	1	16
13.	Kalle Raunio (RW)	20	9	14	23	24	-	6	2	1	3	4
14.	Leevi Ponto (F)	19	6	16	22	32	-	6	2	3	5	4
15.	Verneri Saarenpää (F)	21	7	13	20	10	-	2	0	1	1	0
16.	Henri Törmikoski (F)	25	10	7	17	6	-	4	1	1	2	0
17.	Juuso Keskitalo (F)	36	10	6	16	8	-	5	1	1	2	2
18.	Emil Gussander (LW)	4	7	7	14	2	-
19.	Arttu Karjalainen (RW)	12	5	9	14	12	-	4	0	4	4	16
20.	Elmo Okkonen (D)	40	4	10	14	4	-	6	0	0	0	0
21.	Veikka Roivainen (F)	12	5	7	12	4	-
22.	Elias Rounaja (D)	28	2	8	10	2	-	6	2	0	2	2
23.	Eeli Niemelä (D)	29	2	8	10	46	-	6	0	1	1	29
24.	Valtteri Jurvelin (D)	28	3	5	8	12	-	6	0	0	0	0
25.	Juuso Pellikka (F)	19	2	4	6	8	-	6	3	3	6	0
26.	Juuso-Verneri Jäväjä (D)	25	2	4	6	0	-
27.	Elias Tiensuu (D)	16	1	4	5	6	-	4	0	1	1	0
28.	Elias Lilja (F)	14	2	1	3	8	-	6	0	4	4	2
29.	Niilo Lylander (D)	16	0	3	3	6	-	2	0	0	0	2
30.	Juho Huttunen ()	10	0	1	1	2	-
31.	Leevi Lauri (D)	9	0	0	0	2	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
U18 Mestis
1.	Lauri Kivimäki (G)	4	1.00	.953	4	0	-	2	240:00	81
2.	Elias Eskola (G)	10	2.25	.915	8	2	-	0	560:20	225	4	3.49	.896
3.	Arttu Ylitalo (G)	4	2.45	.911	3	0	-	0	245:00	102
4.	Teemu Lämsä (G)	22	2.47	.908	15	5	-	3	1263:09	514	2	3.61	.875
5.	Akseli Mikkonen (G)	2	2.70	.857	1	0	-	0	88:44	24

2023-2024 Kärpät U18 Akatemia Staff

Head CoachTomi Hakala

Team Staff History

2023-2024 Kärpät U18 Akatemia Demographics

Kärpät U18 Akatemia Facts

Plays in: U18 Mestis
Team Colors: -
Town: Oulu, FIN Map
Founded: 1974

2023-2024 Kärpät U18 Akatemia Roster Facts

Nationalities

36 players

Experience

Kärpät U18 Akatemia: 1 078 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Ahmat (II-divisioona)
Kärpät (Liiga)
Laser HT (Suomi-sarja)
Laser HT Akatemia (II-divisioona)

Kärpät U18 Akatemia Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/04/2026 08:45 AM UTC	Kärpät U18 Akatemia	Kiekko-Vantaa U18	-	U18 Mestis
10/03/2026 11:45 AM UTC	Kärpät U18 Akatemia	JYP U18	-	U18 Mestis
09/30/2026 03:30 PM UTC	RoKi U18	Kärpät U18 Akatemia	2 - 5	U18 Mestis
09/27/2026 11:45 AM UTC	Kärpät U18 Akatemia	RoKi U18	4 - 3	U18 Mestis
09/20/2026 11:45 AM UTC	Kärpät U18 Akatemia	KooKoo U18	0 - 3	U18 Mestis

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08/09/2023

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Kimo Bont (F)

Leaving forSC Bern Future U20

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07/08/2022

confirmed

Matti Härmä (F)

Leaving forKetterä U20

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08/09/2021

confirmed

Niko Vehkaperä (D)

Leaving forLaser HT

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Kärpät U18 Akatemia History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
Kärpät U18 Akatemia
2026-2027	U18 Mestis	8	5	3	-	0	0	30	21	15	1.88	4	-
2025-2026	U18 Mestis	22	9	12	-	1	0	73	73	29	1.32	6	-
	U18 Mestis	22	8	14	-	0	0	77	91	24	1.09	8	-
2024-2025	U18 Mestis	22	5	12	-	1	4	62	97	21	0.95	11	Saved in play-out
	U18 Mestis	18	13	3	-	1	1	110	42	42	2.33	1	-
2023-2024	U18 SM-sarja	6	1	4	-	0	1	15	25	4	0.67	4	Qualification loss
	U18 Mestis	22	16	4	-	0	2	112	65	50	2.27	1	Promotion Play
	U18 Mestis	18	16	2	-	0	0	130	31	48	2.67	2	-
2022-2023	U18 Mestis	21	8	13	-	0	0	91	86	24	1.14	11	-
	U18 SM-sarja	22	3	19	-	0	0	46	116	9	0.41	11	Relegated
2021-2022	U18 SM-sarja	26	10	15	-	0	1	88	98	31	1.19	10	Did not make playoffs
	U18 SM-sarja	14	7	4	-	2	1	52	38	26	1.86	3	-
2020-2021	U18 SM-sarja	3	2	1	-	0	0	16	11	6	2	4	Season Cancelled
	U18 Mestis	17	15	1	-	0	1	82	32	46	2.71	1	Promoted
Kärpät U18 II
2007-2008	U18 II-div	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
2006-2007	U18 II-div	3	2	0	1	-	-	14	11	5	1.67	1	Final loss
	U18 II-div	18	12	5	1	-	-	87	64	25	1.39	3	Final group
2005-2006	U18 I-div	24	4	17	3	-	-	66	116	11	0.46	12	-
2004-2005	U18 I-div	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Lucas Gyldén (F)	2026-2027	RoKi U18	U18 Mestis	8	5	8	13	27
2.	Roope Pitkänen (F)	2026-2027	Laser HT	Suomi-sarja	5	3	5	8	10
3.	Leevi Ponto (F)	2026-2027	IPK U20	U20 Mestis	5	0	7	7	0
4.	Nico-Patrik Pohjola (F)	2026-2027	Elmira Aviators	NAHL	7	4	2	6	0
5.	Leevi Latvakoski (D)	2026-2027	RoKi U18	U18 Mestis	6	3	3	6	2
6.	Emil Linna (F)	2026-2027	Laser HT U20	U20 Mestis	5	1	5	6	4
7.	Niko Vehkaperä (D)	2026-2027	JHT	Suomi-sarja	4	0	6	6	0
8.	Janne Rautiainen (F)	2026-2027	Laser HT	Suomi-sarja	5	2	3	5	2
9.	Tapio Rantanen (F)	2026-2027	GrIFK	II-divisioona	4	0	5	5	0
10.	Iiro Määttä (F)	2026-2027	Raahe-Kiekko	Suomi-sarja	5	0	5	5	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'9"	154 lbs	16.29
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	163 lbs	17.33
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	17.28
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	174 lbs	17.22
2022-2023	View Roster	5'11"	176 lbs	16.94

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Viljami Eskola (F)	73	41	39	80
2.	Emil Linna (F)	74	26	50	76
3.	Tapio Rantanen (F)	36	34	34	68
4.	Konsta Miettunen (F)	53	25	43	68
5.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	34	27	37	64

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Viljami Eskola (F)	73	41	39	80
2.	Tapio Rantanen (F)	36	34	34	68
3.	Elias Koivukoski (F)	78	30	24	54
4.	Matti Härmä (F)	36	28	19	47
5.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	34	27	37	64

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Emil Linna (F)	74	26	50	76
2.	Konsta Miettunen (F)	53	25	43	68
3.	Viljami Eskola (F)	73	41	39	80
4.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	34	27	37	64
5.	Kalle Antila (F)	69	26	37	63

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Vili Lemiläinen (F)	73	25	48	117
2.	Eero Partanen (D)	10	0	0	109
3.	Elias Hauru (F)	72	20	39	100
4.	Roope Pitkänen (F)	60	20	55	96
5.	Elias Rounaja (D)	62	5	26	73

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Elmo Okkonen (D)	81	7	20	27
2.	Elias Koivukoski (F)	78	30	24	54
3.	Emil Linna (F)	74	26	50	76
4.	Viljami Eskola (F)	73	41	39	80
5.	Vili Lemiläinen (F)	73	25	23	48

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Ville Miettunen (F)	1	2	4	4.00
2.	Emil Gussander (F)	4	7	14	3.50
3.	Leevi Karppinen (F)	5	5	11	2.20
4.	Tapio Rantanen (F)	36	34	68	1.89
5.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	34	27	64	1.88

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	2023-2024	34	27	64
2.	Elmo Linna (F)	2023-2024	36	27	48
3.	Konsta Miettunen (F)	2021-2022	38	18	48
4.	Matti Härmä (F)	2021-2022	36	28	47
5.	Viljami Eskola (F)	2025-2026	36	22	47

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Matti Härmä (F)	2021-2022	36	28	47
2.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	2023-2024	34	27	64
3.	Elmo Linna (F)	2023-2024	36	27	48
4.	Elias Koivukoski (F)	2025-2026	43	24	38
5.	Viljami Eskola (F)	2025-2026	36	22	47

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Samu Karjalainen (F)	2023-2024	34	37	64
2.	Vili-Veikka Ruonakoski (D)	2023-2024	34	32	46
3.	Konsta Miettunen (F)	2021-2022	38	30	48
4.	Emil Linna (F)	2024-2025	40	28	43
5.	Tapio Rantanen (F)	2007-2008	18	27	45

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Eero Partanen (D)	2006-2007	10	0	109
2.	Elias Rounaja (D)	2024-2025	34	16	71
3.	Vili Lemiläinen (F)	2023-2024	34	23	68
4.	Elias Hauru (F)	2023-2024	34	27	60
5.	Juha Leppänen (F)	2006-2007	14	8	57