What league does Jokipojat U16 play in?

Jokipojat U16 play in the U16 Mestis.

When was Jokipojat U16 founded?

Jokipojat U16 was founded in 1953 in Joensuu, FIN, Finland.

Where is Jokipojat U16 based?

Jokipojat U16 is based in Joensuu, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Jokipojat U16?

The head coach of Jokipojat U16 is Juuso Akkanen.

Who is the captain of Jokipojat U16?

The captain of Jokipojat U16 is Joona Karjalainen.

What arena does Jokipojat U16 play in?

Jokipojat U16 play their home games at PKS Areena in Joensuu, FIN.

What are the team colors of Jokipojat U16?

The team colors of Jokipojat U16 are Red + Black + White.

Jokipojat U16

U16 Mestis

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2018-2019

2018-2019 Season

Jokipojat U16 were 20-8-2 in the 2018-19 U16 SM-sarja season with 60 points, 3rd in the Karsintalohko 2 and 4th overall.

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2018-2019 Jokipojat U16 Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
U16 SM-sarja
1.	Rasmus Kuiri (LW)	18	20	13	33	18	-	1	1	0	1	34
2.	Atte Lehikoinen (D)	18	9	22	31	8	-	2	0	2	2	0
3.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (C)	18	12	12	24	6	-	2	3	1	4	0
4.	Elmeri Laakso (D)	16	7	10	17	75	-	2	0	2	2	4
5.	Joona Karjalainen (F)	18	7	9	16	14	-	2	0	1	1	0
6.	Miro Tauslahti (LW)	16	5	10	15	10	-	2	0	0	0	4
7.	Riku Vähäniitty (LW)	18	2	13	15	8	-	2	0	0	0	0
8.	Max Tanskanen (LW)	15	6	6	12	28	-	2	0	1	1	2
9.	Tuomas Puustinen (RW)	18	4	6	10	6	-	2	0	0	0	0
10.	Saska Mustonen (F)	14	5	4	9	12	-	2	1	0	1	0
11.	Antti Haikonen (F/D)	16	2	4	6	22	-	2	0	1	1	2
12.	Jesse Lappalainen (D)	16	0	4	4	8	-	2	0	0	0	0
13.	Santeri Schroderus (F)	18	1	1	2	2	-	2	0	0	0	2
14.	Jaakko Kiviniemi (D)	10	0	1	1	12	-	2	0	0	0	0
15.	Veeti Eiserbeck (D)	16	0	1	1	18	-	2	0	1	1	0
16.	Marko Vartiainen (D)	2	0	0	0	2	-
17.	Jere Asikainen (F)	5	0	0	0	4	-
18.	Toni-Wille Immonen (F)	6	0	0	0	0	-
19.	Aapo Sariola (D)	7	0	0	0	0	-
20.	Riku Rova (D)	10	0	0	0	2	-
21.	Tatu Kempas (D)	10	0	0	0	4	-	2	0	0	0	0
U16 SM-sarja Q
1.	Rasmus Kuiri (LW)	30	32	26	58	34	-
2.	Elmeri Laakso (D)	28	13	29	42	54	-
3.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (C)	27	17	20	37	10	-
4.	Riku Vähäniitty (LW)	30	11	20	31	16	-
5.	Atte Lehikoinen (D)	26	7	24	31	26	-
6.	Joona Karjalainen (F)	27	15	14	29	30	-
7.	Max Tanskanen (LW)	30	8	15	23	16	-
8.	Saska Mustonen (F)	29	11	10	21	66	-
9.	Miro Tauslahti (LW)	27	5	9	14	18	-
10.	Tuomas Puustinen (RW)	30	3	9	12	18	-
11.	Santeri Schroderus (F)	23	6	5	11	6	-
12.	Antti Haikonen (F/D)	17	0	6	6	12	-
13.	Jesse Lappalainen (D)	22	0	5	5	2	-
14.	Aapo Sariola (D)	19	1	3	4	0	-
15.	Veeti Eiserbeck (D)	20	1	2	3	24	-
16.	Toni-Wille Immonen (F)	12	1	1	2	2	-
17.	Jere Asikainen (F)	10	1	0	1	2	-
18.	Riku Rova (D)	17	1	0	1	4	-
19.	Lasse Vatanen (F)	2	0	0	0	0	-
20.	Marko Vartiainen (D)	7	0	0	0	2	-
21.	Jaakko Nykyri (F)	7	0	0	0	2	-
22.	Matias Juurela (F)	10	0	0	0	0	-
23.	Jaakko Kiviniemi (D)	13	0	0	0	32	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
U16 SM-sarja
1.	Iiro Eronen (G)	6	4.00	.900	-	-	-	-	0:00	215	0
2.	Paavo Kohonen (G)	14	4.43	.874	-	-	-	-	-	432	2	4.50	.915
3.	Veeti Koppinen (G)	1	1.00	.800	-	-	-	-	-	4
4.	Otto Hirvonen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-
5.	Jaakko Lehikoinen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-
U16 SM-sarja Q
1.	Paavo Kohonen (G)	17	2.82	.925	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Iiro Eronen (G)	12	3.42	.906	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Veeti Koppinen (G)	1	7.00	.833	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Arttu Mikkonen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Otto Hirvonen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Jaakko Lehikoinen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Cristopher Rembetti (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2018-2019 Jokipojat U16 Staff

Head CoachJuuso Akkanen
Asst. CoachMikko Suomalainen
Goaltending CoachAapo Sorjonen
Team ManagerNiko Eiserbeck
Team ManagerMarko Tanskanen
Equipment ManagerJukka Karjalainen
Equipment ManagerJari Lehikoinen
Equipment ManagerTapio Mustonen
Equipment ManagerTimo Puustinen

Team Staff History

2018-2019 Jokipojat U16 Captains

"C"

Joona Karjalainen

"A"

Team Captaincy History

2018-2019 Jokipojat U16 Demographics

Jokipojat U16 Facts

Plays in: U16 Mestis
Team Colors: Red + Black + White
Town: Joensuu, FIN Map
Founded: 1953

2018-2019 Jokipojat U16 Roster Facts

Nationalities

31 players

Experience

Jokipojat U16: 900 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Jokipojat U17 (U17 Ylempi)
Jokipojat U18 (U18 Suomi-sarja)
Jokipojat U20 (U20 Mestis)
JoKP (Mestis)
PeTo (II-divisioona)

Arena Information

Arena Name: PKS Areena
Location: Joensuu, FIN
Capacity: 4 800
Construction Year: 1982

Jokipojat U16 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
11/05/2023 01:30 PM UTC	Kiekko-Espoo U16	Jokipojat U16	11 - 0	U16 SM-sarja
11/04/2023 02:15 PM UTC	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	Jokipojat U16	2 - 1	U16 SM-sarja
10/29/2023 02:00 PM UTC	Jokipojat U16	Jukurit U16	2 - 6	U16 SM-sarja
10/28/2023 12:00 PM UTC	Jokipojat U16	Karhu-Kissat U16	2 - 5	U16 SM-sarja
10/22/2023 10:00 AM UTC	Jokipojat U16	Ketterä U16	1 - 4	U16 SM-sarja

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Jokipojat U16 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	U16 Mestis	3	1	1	-	0	1	11	12	4	1.33	6	-
2025-2026	U16 Mestis	21	4	16	-	1	0	71	136	14	0.67	8	-
	U16 Mestis	10	8	2	-	0	0	77	34	24	2.4	1	-
2024-2025	U16 Mestis	21	1	19	-	0	1	61	138	16	0.76	7	Did not make playoffs
	U16 Mestis	13	12	1	-	0	0	108	43	36	2.77	1	-
2023-2024	U16 Mestis	21	8	8	-	2	3	92	95	31	1.48	5	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	15	0	13	-	1	1	22	106	3	0.2	16	Relegated
2022-2023	U16 SM-sarja	16	0	16	-	0	0	21	124	0	0	12	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	24	13	11	-	0	0	96	85	39	1.63	6	-
2021-2022	U16 SM-sarja	16	11	4	-	0	1	67	56	34	2.13	3	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	2	1	1	-	0	0	9	6	3	1.5	1	Saved in relegation
	U16 SM-sarja	24	3	16	-	3	2	64	134	17	0.71	13	Relegation Play
2020-2021	U16 SM-sarja	7	1	3	-	1	2	26	43	7	1	7	No playoffs held
	U16 SM-sarja	20	4	16	-	0	0	43	122	12	0.6	10	-
2019-2020	U16 SM-sarja	16	8	5	-	3	0	75	64	30	1.88	3	Season Cancelled
	U16 SM-sarja	27	3	18	-	3	3	83	129	18	0.67	9	Final group
2018-2019	U16 SM-sarja	18	6	9	-	2	1	80	89	23	1.28	6	Quarterfinal loss
	U16 SM-sarja	30	18	8	-	2	2	133	98	60	2	3	Final group
2017-2018	U16 SM-sarja	10	3	4	-	0	3	39	52	12	1.2	7	First round loss
	U16 SM-sarja	24	15	6	-	2	1	109	73	50	2.08	5	-
2016-2017	U16 Suomi-srja	12	4	7	1	-	-	38	47	9	0.75	5	Did not make playoffs
	U16 Mestis	18	4	12	-	1	1	56	78	15	0.83	5	Relegated
2015-2016	U16 SM-sarja	10	2	6	-	1	1	30	64	9	0.9	5	-
2014-2015	U16 Mestis	14	9	1	-	2	2	80	46	33	2.36	1	Champion
	U16 Mestis	14	8	3	-	0	3	66	53	27	1.93	3	Final group
	U16 SM-sarja	10	1	8	-	1	0	23	70	5	0.5	6	Relegated
	U16 SM-sarja	4	3	1	-	0	0	19	14	9	2.25	2	-
2013-2014	U16 SM-sarja	20	2	16	-	1	1	57	130	9	0.45	8	-
	U16 SM-sarja	10	0	9	-	1	0	19	95	2	0.2	6	Relegated
2012-2013	U16 SM-sarja	20	16	3	-	0	0	77	31	49	2.45	2	Did not make playoffs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Valtteri Kekarainen (F)	2026-2027	Pyry Team	II-divisioona	2	2	5	7	0
2.	Tuukka Turunen (F)	2026-2027	Jokipojat U20	U20 Mestis	5	1	6	7	0
3.	Eelis Kortelainen (F)	2026-2027	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	4	4	2	6	2
4.	Simppa Svensk (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	5	2	4	6	0
5.	Luukas Haapala (F)	2026-2027	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	2	3	5	0
6.	Samuel Sallinen (F)	2026-2027	Nordic Hockey Academy U20	Austria U20i	3	2	3	5	0
7.	Elmeri Laakso (D)	2026-2027	RoKi	Mestis	3	1	4	5	2
8.	Olli Sorsa (F)	2026-2027	HC Ludwig	III-divisioona	2	2	2	4	0
9.	Miika Pyykkö (D)	2026-2027	Jokipojat U20	U20 Mestis	5	2	2	4	2
10.	Petrus Palmu (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Liiga	5	2	2	4	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	-	-	15.05
2025-2026	View Roster	6'2"	165 lbs	15.93
2024-2025	View Roster	5'9"	154 lbs	15.67
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	170 lbs	15.45
2022-2023	View Roster	5'11"	170 lbs	15.73

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rasmus Kuiri (F)	63	61	47	108
2.	Miro Tauslahti (F)	83	58	50	108
3.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (F)	63	45	55	100
4.	Onni Penttinen (F)	66	57	39	96
5.	Atte Lehikoinen (D)	84	29	64	93

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rasmus Kuiri (F)	63	61	47	108
2.	Kalle Anttonen (F)	52	59	31	90
3.	Miro Tauslahti (F)	83	58	50	108
4.	Onni Penttinen (F)	66	57	39	96
5.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (F)	63	45	55	100

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Atte Lehikoinen (D)	84	29	64	93
2.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (F)	63	45	55	100
3.	Miro Tauslahti (F)	83	58	50	108
4.	Leevi Litmanen (F)	38	33	49	82
5.	Rasmus Kuiri (F)	63	61	47	108

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Kalle Raunio (F)	73	43	84	149
2.	Toivo Pennanen (D)	54	15	43	142
3.	Elmeri Laakso (D)	47	20	60	131
4.	Antti Haikonen (F)	69	21	65	119
5.	Toni Jalovaara (F)	57	11	32	113

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Atte Lehikoinen (D)	84	29	64	93
2.	Miro Tauslahti (F)	83	58	50	108
3.	Jesse Lappalainen (D)	79	3	15	18
4.	Samuel Sallinen (F)	75	40	35	75
5.	Kalle Raunio (F)	73	43	41	84

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Aleksi Elorinne (D)	4	5	10	2.50
2.	Miro Aaltonen (F)	30	37	74	2.47
3.	Simo Mertanen (F)	18	22	42	2.33
4.	Leevi Litmanen (F)	38	33	82	2.16
5.	Harri Sinkko (F)	4	8	8	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Leevi Litmanen (F)	2024-2025	32	32	79
2.	Onni Penttinen (F)	2024-2025	34	46	76
3.	Kalle Anttonen (F)	2014-2015	26	41	61
4.	Rasmus Kuiri (F)	2018-2019	30	32	58
5.	Samuel Sallinen (F)	2022-2023	40	27	55

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Onni Penttinen (F)	2024-2025	34	46	76
2.	Kalle Anttonen (F)	2014-2015	26	41	61
3.	Leevi Litmanen (F)	2024-2025	32	32	79
4.	Rasmus Kuiri (F)	2018-2019	30	32	58
5.	Petrus Palmu (F)	2011-2012	23	29	52

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Leevi Litmanen (F)	2024-2025	32	47	79
2.	Onni Penttinen (F)	2024-2025	34	30	76
3.	Elmeri Laakso (D)	2018-2019	28	29	42
4.	Samuel Sallinen (F)	2022-2023	40	28	55
5.	Miro Nylund (F)	2022-2023	29	28	40

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Kalle Raunio (F)	2022-2023	34	52	105
2.	Arto Putto (D)	2009-2010	23	2	99
3.	Toivo Pennanen (D)	2012-2013	28	27	95
4.	Samuli Hoskonen (D)	2008-2009	24	2	92
5.	Jani Tikka (F)	2006-2007	13	12	77