What league does SaiPa U16 play in?

SaiPa U16 play in the U16 SM-sarja.

When was SaiPa U16 founded?

SaiPa U16 was founded in 1948 in Lappeenranta, FIN, Finland.

Where is SaiPa U16 based?

SaiPa U16 is based in Lappeenranta, FIN.

Who is the head coach of SaiPa U16?

The head coach of SaiPa U16 is Topias Latvala.

Who is the captain of SaiPa U16?

The captain of SaiPa U16 is Aapo Nutikka.

What arena does SaiPa U16 play in?

SaiPa U16 play their home games at Lappeenrannan jäähalli in Lappeenranta, FIN.

What are the team colors of SaiPa U16?

The team colors of SaiPa U16 are Yellow + Black + White.

SaiPa U16

U16 SM-sarja

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2025-2026 SaiPa U16 Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
U16 SM-sarja
1.	Aapo Nutikka (LW)	33	12	27	39	12	-
2.	Anton Akkanen (RW)	35	13	22	35	42	-
3.	Riku Montonen (C)	34	11	24	35	16	-
4.	Oula Mihl (C)	23	17	11	28	18	-
5.	Valto Lindh (RW)	35	16	11	27	16	-
6.	Santtu Pellinen (RW)	33	8	18	26	4	-
7.	Rico Ciani (C)	15	10	8	18	2	-
8.	Ilari Suninen (F)	33	10	8	18	26	-
9.	Eelis Heltola (D)	29	6	11	17	28	-
10.	Joona Karjalainen (F)	15	7	8	15	0	-
11.	Joona Lippojoki (D)	30	4	11	15	54	-
12.	Otso Toivanen (F)	15	3	8	11	2	-
13.	Niklas Ikonen (D)	30	2	7	9	10	-
14.	Vili Mielonen (D)	26	3	4	7	8	-
15.	Samuel Helvasto (D)	21	1	5	6	12	-
16.	Roope Maijanen (D)	8	0	6	6	16	-
17.	Rasmus Salonen (F)	29	2	1	3	2	-
18.	Miro Kuukka (F)	15	1	2	3	49	-
19.	Lari Leitto (C)	8	0	3	3	4	-
20.	Jasse Ruotsi (F)	25	2	0	2	16	-
21.	Santtu Helvasto (D)	17	0	2	2	0	-
22.	Sebastian Tynkkynen (LW)	32	0	2	2	6	-
23.	Maksim Sinkkonen (F)	5	1	0	1	0	-
24.	Joonas Koli (D)	7	0	1	1	4	-
25.	Anton Turunen (D)	33	0	1	1	12	-
26.	Ilari Eskola (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-
27.	Touko Manninen (D)	2	0	0	0	4	-
28.	Gordei Zakharkin (F)	3	0	0	0	4	-
29.	Niklas Soronen (F)	5	0	0	0	2	-
30.	Remu Kakkuri (D)	5	0	0	0	8	-
31.	Niilo Laari (F)	7	0	0	0	0	-
32.	Tomas Atalan (F)	9	0	0	0	4	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS
U16 SM-sarja
1.	Viljami Pöyhiä (G)	22	4.41	.888	9	10	-	0	1251:24	730
2.	Tuukka Kurvinen (G)	4	5.45	.861	0	2	-	0	154:12	87
3.	Alpo Antikainen (G)	1	8.00	.849	0	0	-	0	60:00	45
4.	Oiva Kiviranta (G)	13	7.33	.844	1	12	-	0	695:36	461
5.	Niko Mikkonen (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Matias Ovaska (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2025-2026 SaiPa U16 Staff

Head CoachTopias Latvala
Head CoachTopias Latvala
Asst. CoachRoope Kiljunen
Asst. CoachWilho Korpela
Asst. CoachWilho Korpela
Asst. CoachElmo Scharin
Team ManagerSamuli Soronen
Team ManagerSamuli Soronen

Team Staff History

2025-2026 SaiPa U16 Captains

"C"

Aapo Nutikka

"A"

Team Captaincy History

2025-2026 SaiPa U16 Demographics

SaiPa U16 Facts

Plays in: U16 SM-sarja
Team Colors: Yellow + Black + White
Town: Lappeenranta, FIN Map
Founded: 1948

2025-2026 SaiPa U16 Roster Facts

Nationalities

37 players
1 player

Experience

SaiPa U16: 931 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Ketterä U16 (U16 Mestis)
Ketterä U18 (U18 Suomi-sarja)
SaiPa U18 (U18 SM-sarja)
SaiPa U18 Akatemia (U18 Suomi-sarja)

Arena Information

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

SaiPa U16 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/20/2026 09:30 AM UTC	HPK U16	SaiPa U16	-	U16 SM-sarja
09/19/2026 10:30 AM UTC	SaiPa U16	JYP U16	-	U16 SM-sarja
09/13/2026 09:45 AM UTC	SaiPa U16	HIFK U16	-	U16 SM-sarja
09/12/2026 10:20 AM UTC	Jokerit U16	SaiPa U16	-	U16 SM-sarja
09/04/2026 03:30 PM UTC	KooKoo U16	SaiPa U16	1 - 9	U16 SM-sarja

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SaiPa U16 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
SaiPa U16
2026-2027	U16 SM-sarja	1	1	0	-	0	0	9	1	3	3	3	-
2025-2026	U16 SM-sarja	25	4	19	-	0	2	77	156	14	0.56	11	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	11	5	4	-	1	1	52	50	18	1.64	6	-
2024-2025	U16 Suomi-srja	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	U16 SM-sarja	13	1	12	-	0	0	26	80	3	0.23	14	Relegated
2023-2024	U16 SM-sarja	25	4	18	-	1	2	75	138	16	0.64	11	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	15	6	7	-	1	1	52	78	21	1.4	10	-
SaiPa/Ketterä U16
2022-2023	U16 SM-sarja	16	3	12	-	0	1	46	80	10	0.63	12	-
	U16 SM-sarja	24	5	16	-	1	2	68	107	19	0.79	11	-
2021-2022	U16 SM-sarja	16	2	13	-	0	1	26	89	7	0.44	11	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	24	14	7	-	0	3	84	73	45	1.88	6	-
2020-2021	U16 SM-sarja	3	3	0	-	0	0	14	6	9	3	1	No playoffs held
	U16 SM-sarja	20	5	13	-	2	0	60	104	19	0.95	7	-
2019-2020	U16 SM-sarja	17	3	10	-	4	0	60	86	17	1	8	Season Cancelled
	U16 SM-sarja	27	10	12	-	3	2	118	117	38	1.41	6	Final group
2018-2019	U16 SM-sarja	18	8	6	-	3	1	77	65	31	1.72	4	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	30	10	17	-	1	2	117	148	34	1.13	8	Final group
SaiPa U16
2017-2018	U16 SM-sarja	10	5	2	-	0	3	46	32	18	1.8	2	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	24	9	12	-	1	2	89	113	31	1.29	7	-
2016-2017	U16 SM-sarja	22	11	9	-	1	1	123	77	36	1.64	6	-
	U16 SM-sarja	18	9	7	-	2	0	77	72	31	1.72	5	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	U16 SM-sarja	18	14	4	-	0	0	94	47	42	2.33	2	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	2	0	1	-	0	1	7	13	1	0.5	3	-
	U16 SM-sarja	10	3	5	-	0	2	38	44	11	1.1	4	-
	U16 SM-sarja	10	8	1	-	0	1	80	30	25	2.5	2	-
2014-2015	U16 SM-sarja	20	7	10	-	2	1	70	71	26	1.3	5	Did not make playoffs
	U16 SM-sarja	14	3	9	-	2	0	51	81	13	0.93	6	-
	U16 SM-sarja	10	6	4	-	0	0	53	40	18	1.8	2	-
2013-2014	U16 SM-sarja	20	12	6	-	1	1	87	73	39	1.95	2	-
	U16 SM-sarja	14	1	12	-	1	0	24	77	5	0.36	7	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Oula Mihl (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1	3	4	4
2.	Janne Naukkarinen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	2	2	1	3	4
3.	Tino Rinkinen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	2	1	3	2
4.	Santeri Airola (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Liiga	1	1	2	3	0
5.	Erik Lipsanen (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	1	2	3	4
6.	Jonatan Länsivuori (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	0	3	3	0
7.	Veeti Moilanen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	0	3	3	0
8.	Botond Besenyei (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	2	0	2	4
9.	Santtu Pellinen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1	1	2	0
10.	Noel Kokkonen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	1	1	2	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	-	-	14.84
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	159 lbs	15.97
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	170 lbs	15.53
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	168 lbs	15.69
2022-2023	View Roster	5'11"	174 lbs	15.59

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Juho Hallikas (D)	89	41	53	94
2.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	54	52	41	93
3.	Otto Hokkanen (F)	57	31	51	82
4.	Otso Hyrkkänen (F)	75	48	33	81
5.	Aapo Nutikka (F)	59	23	44	67

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	54	52	41	93
2.	Otso Hyrkkänen (F)	75	48	33	81
3.	Juho Hallikas (D)	89	41	53	94
4.	Jesse Mankinen (F)	41	40	23	63
5.	Leo Tuuva (F)	51	36	30	66

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Juho Hallikas (D)	89	41	53	94
2.	Otto Hokkanen (F)	57	31	51	82
3.	Aapo Nutikka (F)	59	23	44	67
4.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	54	52	41	93
5.	Santeri Ovaska (F)	38	21	41	62

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Jesse Holopainen (D)	38	5	22	188
2.	Robert Ossipov (D)	58	21	61	174
3.	Joose Hänninen (D)	44	6	43	121
4.	Joona Lippojoki (D)	64	6	31	120
5.	Jami Käkränen (D)	46	9	37	107

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Juho Hallikas (D)	89	41	53	94
2.	Niklas Ikonen (D)	82	8	24	32
3.	Otso Hyrkkänen (F)	75	48	33	81
4.	Janne Naukkarinen (F)	75	19	40	59
5.	Niklas Liukka (F)	73	30	23	53

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Bertalan Vass (F)	1	2	2	2.00
2.	Jermu Utriainen (F)	1	2	2	2.00
3.	Eeka Erjansalo (D)	1	0	2	2.00
4.	Anton Partanen (F)	1	0	2	2.00
5.	Teemu Somppi (F)	26	28	50	1.92

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Otso Hyrkkänen (F)	2023-2024	38	34	56
2.	Santeri Ovaska (F)	2011-2012	30	18	51
3.	Mikko Petman (F)	2015-2016	25	17	47
4.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2011-2012	30	25	46
5.	Ville Hämäläinen (F)	1996-1997	28	13	43

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Otso Hyrkkänen (F)	2023-2024	38	34	56
2.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2011-2012	30	25	46
3.	Leo Tuuva (F)	2021-2022	28	24	42
4.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	2017-2018	19	22	41
5.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	2017-2018	14	21	35

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Santeri Ovaska (F)	2011-2012	30	33	51
2.	Mikko Petman (F)	2015-2016	25	30	47
3.	Ville Hämäläinen (F)	1996-1997	28	30	43
4.	Aapo Nutikka (F)	2025-2026	33	27	39
5.	Otto Hokkanen (F)	2018-2019	30	26	35

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Jesse Holopainen (D)	2014-2015	22	15	117
2.	Joose Hänninen (D)	2021-2022	31	30	111
3.	Jami Käkränen (D)	2021-2022	28	23	95
4.	Joonas Laitinen (D)	2015-2016	24	9	87
5.	Robert Ossipov (D)	2018-2019	18	20	78