Janne Laakkonen
| Janne Laakkonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
April 15, 1982 Kuopio, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| EIHL team Former teams |
Coventry Blaze KalPa HPK Timrå IK HIFK Lempäälän Kisa Ilves IF Sundsvall Hockey Arystan Temirtau Yuzhny Ural Orsk Kulager Petropavl Neman Grodno Gothiques d'Amiens GKS Katowice EHC Lustenau Narvik IK | ||
| Playing career | 2000–present | ||
Janne Laakkonen (born April 15, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Coventry Blaze in the UK's EIHL. Laakkonen most recently iced with Norwegian side Narvik IK and EHC Lustenau in the Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL).
Career[]
Laakkonen began his career with KalPa, playing for their junior teams before making his debut for the main roster during the 2000-01 Suomi-sarja playoffs. He then moved to SM-liiga team HPK and stayed for four seasons. He had a brief spell in Sweden's Elitserien for Timrå IK in 2005-06, playing six games and only registering one assist before moving back to Finland with HIFK.
In 2008, Laakkonen returned to HPK for a second spell. In 2010 he returned to KalPa for a second spell for one season before moving back to HPK in 2011 for a third spell with the team. For the 2012-13 season, he had spells in Mestis with Lempäälän Kisa and in the SM-liiga with Ilves before returning to Sweden with IF Sundsvall Hockey of the Hockeyettan, the country's third-tier league.
Since then, Laakkonen has played in various leagues across Europe. He played in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship for Arystan Temirtau and Kulager Petropavl, the Supreme Hockey League in Russia for Yuzhny Ural Orsk, the Belarusian Extraleague for HK Neman Grodno, the Ligue Magnus in France for Gothiques d'Amiens and most recently for GKS Katowice of the Polska Hokej Liga in Poland.
On 14 August 2019, Laakkonen moved to UK Elite Ice Hockey League side Coventry Blaze on a one-year deal.[1]
Laakkonen had originally expressed an interest in staying in Coventry for a second season, however following the suspension of the 2020-21 Elite League season, the winger moved to Austria in October 2020 to sign for AlpsHL side EHC Lustenau.[2][3]
After eight games with Lustenau, Laakkonen transferred to Norwegian side Narvik IK in December 2020.[4][5]
In March 2021, Laakkonen returned to Coventry Blaze ahead of the 2021 Elite Series.[6][7] In July 2021, Laakkonen was then confirmed as a returnee for the 2021-22 Elite League season.[8]
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| KalPa | Suomi-sarja | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | KalPa | Mestis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | HPK | Liiga | 43 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | HPK | Liiga | 55 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | HPK | Liiga | 37 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | HPK | Liiga | 49 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Timrå IK | SHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HIFK | Liiga | 32 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | HIFK | Liiga | 56 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | HIFK | Liiga | 30 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HPK | Liiga | 34 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | HPK | Liiga | 41 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 2010–11 | KalPa | Liiga | 54 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | HPK | Liiga | 53 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | LeKi | Mestis | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ilves | Liiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | IF Sundsvall Hockey | Division 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | IF Sundsvall Hockey | Division 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Arystan Temirtau | Kazakhstan | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | VHL | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Kulager Petropavl | Kazakhstan | 35 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Neman Grodno | Belarus | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | Neman Grodno | Belarus | 41 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Gothiques d'Amiens | Ligue Magnus | 40 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 2018–19 | GKS Katowice | Polska Hokej Liga | 38 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2019–20 | Coventry Blaze | EIHL | 43 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | EHC Lustenau | AlpsHL | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Narvik IK | Eliteserien | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Coventry Blaze | Elite Series [2] | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 493 | 106 | 229 | 335 | 325 | 74 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 42 | ||||
References[]
- ^ [1]
- ^ @covblazehockey (12 October 2020). "Janne Laakkonen had agreed a return to Blaze. Sadly for us, he'll ice for EHC Lustenau during the 2020/21 season.…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ http://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/news/laakkonen-to-ice-in-austria-20201012
- ^ https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/8229/narvik-hockey/transfers
- ^ http://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/news/player-roundup-week-ending-13-dec-20201213
- ^ https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/991-2021-elite-series-confirmed-for-april-may
- ^ http://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/news/laakkonen-completes-elite-series-roster-20210328
- ^ http://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/news/laakkonen-back-for-2122-20210728
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1982 births
- Living people
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- EHC Lustenau players
- Finnish ice hockey left wingers
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- HIFK (ice hockey) players
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- KalPa players
- Kulager Petropavl players
- Lempäälän Kisa players
- Narvik IK players
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