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Kaapo Kähkönen

#34 Colorado Avalanche / NHL - 24/25

1-time AHL Best Goaltender (Baz Bastien Memorial Award)

Date of Birth

Aug 16, 1996

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 187 cm

Place of Birth

Helsinki, FIN

Weight

216 lbs / 98 kg

Nation

Finland

Catches

Youth Team

EJK

Contract

24/25

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

Colorado Avalanche / Signed

Drafted

2014 round 4 #109 overall by Minnesota Wild

Agency

PREMIUM

Sister: Peppi Kähkönen

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Kaapo Kähkönen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2010-11	GrIFK U16	U16 I-divisioona	1*	-*	1.00*	.958*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2011-12	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	5*	8*	1.74*	.940*	9*	141*	1*	4-1-0 *	310*	\|
	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja	16*	-*	2.79*	.901*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	9	-	2.17	.936	-	-	-	-	-
	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	1*	-*	2.00*	.950*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	10*	-*	2.47*	.926*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	2*	-*	3.00*	.864*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	28*	-*	2.43*	.917*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	12	-	2.68	.901	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U17	WHC-17	4*	-*	4.48*	.858*	18*	109*	0*	1-3-0 *	241*	\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	-*	5.51*	.855*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	0*	1*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	1*	-*	1.00*	.957*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2013-14	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	38*	-*	2.49*	.912*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	10	-	2.20	.915	-	-	-	-	-
	Blues	Liiga	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	5*	5*	3.37*	.886*	15*	116*	0*	2-3-0 *	267*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	15*	-*	3.29*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2014-15	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	47*	-*	2.11*	.925*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	13	-	1.95	.934	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	2*	-*	3.37*	.844*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	4*	-*	3.02*	.900*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Blues	Liiga	27*	-*	2.69*	.908*	71*	698*	1*	6-15-5 *	1 581*	\|
	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	1*	-*	0.00*	1.000*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	6	-	3.03	.885	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U20	WJC-20	4*	7*	2.52*	.909*	9*	90*	0*	4-0-0 *	214*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	7*	-*	-*	.910*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2016-17	Lukko	Liiga	34*	-*	2.58*	.921*	87*	1 009*	2*	12-12-10 *	2 020*	\|
2017-18	Lukko	Liiga	56*	-*	2.20*	.922*	120*	1 418*	6*	20-23-12 *	3 275*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	2.38	.921	5	58	0	0-2-0	126
2018-19	Minnesota Wild	NHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Iowa Wild	AHL	39*	-*	2.78*	.908*	110*	1 080*	6*	17-14-12 *	2 373*	\|
2019-20	Minnesota Wild	NHL	5*	-*	2.96*	.913*	15*	157*	0*	3-1-1 *	304*	\|
	Iowa Wild	AHL	34*	-*	2.07*	.927*	71*	901*	7*	25-6-5 *	2 058*	\|
2020-21	Minnesota Wild	NHL	24*	-*	2.88*	.902*	68*	624*	2*	16-8-0 *	1 414*	\|
2021-22	Minnesota Wild	NHL	25*	-*	2.87*	.910*	66*	668*	0*	12-8-3 *	1 380*	\|
	San Jose Sharks	NHL	11*	-*	2.86*	.916*	27*	295*	0*	2-6-1 *	566*	\|
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	NHL	37*	-*	3.85*	.883*	135*	1 014*	1*	9-20-7 *	2 107*	\|
2023-24	San Jose Sharks	NHL	31*	-*	3.81*	.895*	105*	891*	0*	6-20-3 *	1 652*	\|
	New Jersey Devils	NHL	6*	-*	2.51*	.923*	11*	132*	1*	1-4-0 *	263*	\|
2024-25	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	1*	-*	4.12*	.800*	4*	16*	0*	0-0-0 *	59*	\|
	Colorado Eagles	AHL	2*	-*	2.57*	.919*	5*	57*	0*	0-2-0 *	117*	\|

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Kaapo Kähkönen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2011-12	Finland U16	YOG	4*	-*	1.90*	.923*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	Finland U17	EYOF	2*	-*	3.00*	.921*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2013-14	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3*	-*	3.45*	.881*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Blues	Champions HL	4*	10*	2.76*	.918*	11*	123*	1*	1-3-0 *	239*	\|
2016-17	Lukko	Champions HL	3*	6*	3.03*	.890*	8*	65*	0*	0-3-0 *	159*	\|

Kaapo Kähkönen Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
AHL	3	75*	-*	2.45*	.916*	186*	2 038*	13*	42-22-17*	4 548	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Champions HL	2	7*	16*	2.86*	.908*	19*	188*	1*	1-6-0*	398	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EYOF	1	2*	-*	3.00*	.921*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	3*	-*	3.45*	.881*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	42*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga	4	117*	-*	2.43*	.918*	278*	3 125*	9*	38-50-27*	6 876	\|	1	2	-	2.38*	.921*	5*	58*	0*	0-2-0*	126*
Mestis	2	48*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	2	19	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
NHL	7	140*	-*	3.34*	.898*	431*	3 797*	4*	49-67-15*	7 743	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 I-divisioona	1	1*	-*	1.00*	.958*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	16*	-*	2.79*	.901*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	9	-	2.17*	.936*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	5*	8*	1.74*	.940*	9*	141*	1*	4-1-0*	310	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	2	3*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	0	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	2	66*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	2	22	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
WHC-17	1	4*	-*	4.48*	.858*	18*	109*	0*	1-3-0*	241	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	2	5*	6*	3.37*	.886*	15*	116*	0*	2-3-0*	267	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	4*	7*	2.52*	.909*	9*	90*	0*	4-0-0*	214	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
YOG	1	4*	-*	1.90*	.923*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Kaapo Kähkönen Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2011-2012
2012-2013
- EYOF Gold Medal
- U18 WJC Bronze Medal
- U20 SM-liiga Rookie of the Month (September)
- U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
- U20 WJC Gold Medal
2018-2019
- AHL All-Star Game
- AHL Most Shutouts (6)
2019-2020

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
10/11/2024
10/11/2024	Confirmed	Winnipeg Jets	Colorado Avalanche
07/01/2024
07/01/2024	Confirmed	New Jersey Devils	Winnipeg Jets
03/08/2024
03/08/2024	Confirmed	San Jose Sharks	New Jersey Devils
07/18/2022
07/18/2022	Extension	San Jose Sharks	San Jose Sharks
03/21/2022
03/21/2022	Confirmed	Minnesota Wild	San Jose Sharks
10/12/2020
10/12/2020	Extension	Minnesota Wild	Minnesota Wild
05/16/2018
05/16/2018	Confirmed	Lukko	Minnesota Wild
04/13/2016
04/13/2016	Confirmed	Blues	Lukko
03/11/2016
03/11/2016	Loan	Blues	TUTO Hockey
07/22/2014
07/22/2014	Loan	Blues	TUTO Hockey
04/08/2013
04/08/2013	Extension	Blues U20	Blues

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 2 #53 overall by Barys Astana in the KHL Draft

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #91 by FCHockey

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #51 by McKeen's Hockey

Cult/Star player for TUTO Hockey

Career transactions
- 2013-04-08 • Signed to a three-year contract with Blues

Career assingments
- 2014-07-22 • Loaned to TuTo by Blues for whole season

Other memorable dates
- 2016-01-05 • Won World Junior Championship gold medal
- 2015-12-23 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2015-09-19 • Made Liiga debut (vs. Tappara)DEC: W(S/O) SA:13 GA:1 SV%:92.86
- 2014-12-22 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2014-04-16 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2013-04-18 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster

Other
- During 2014 - 15 season Kähkönen scored two goals. First one was when he played for TuTo in Mestis-playoff game against KooKoo (he had also shutout in that game). The second goal came when he played for Finland's U20 National teams friendly game. Both goals were empty net goals.|