Niko Kapanen is a retired forward from Finland.

What was the last team Niko Kapanen played for?

The last team Niko played for was HPK in the Liiga.

How tall is Niko Kapanen?

Niko Kapanen is 177 cm (5'10") tall.

How much does Niko Kapanen weigh?

Niko Kapanen weighs 80 kg (176 lbs).

When was Niko Kapanen born?

Niko Kapanen was born on 1978-04-29 in Hämeenlinna, FIN.

Niko Kapanen

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Date of Birth: Apr 29, 1978
Age: 48
Place of Birth: Hämeenlinna, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: HPK
Position: C
Height: 177 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 80 kg / 176 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Player Type: Playmaker
Two-Way Forward
Drafted: 1998 round 6 #173 overall by Dallas Stars
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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
92-93	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	14	14	6	20	2	-
93-94	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	2	0	1	1	0	-
	HPK U18	U18 I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	9	4	6	10	12	-
94-95	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	31	16	39	55	40	-
	HPK U20	U20 I-divisioona	6	3	5	8	0	-
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	8	2	1	3	20	-
95-96	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	10	6	6	12	8	-
	HPK U20	U20 I-divisioona	13	8	15	23	18	-	Qualification	13	7	7	14	16	4
	HPK	SM-liiga	7	1	0	1	0	0
	Finland U18	EJC-18	5	0	0	0	6	4
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	18	4	8	12	32	-
96-97	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	1	7	8	2	-	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
	HPK	SM-liiga	41	6	9	15	12	8	Playoffs	12	4	5	9	2	4
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	4	4	8	0	-
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	6	6	12	2	-
97-98	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	1	1	2	0	-
	HPK	SM-liiga	48	8	18	26	44	9
	Finland U20"A"	WJC-20	7	2	5	7	2	3
	Finland U20 (all)"C"	International-Jr	18	5	7	12	14	-
	Finland (all)	International	4	1	1	2	2	-
98-99	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	0	0	0	0	0	-	Relegation	5	3	1	4	0	-
	HPK	SM-liiga	53	14	29	43	49	13	Playoffs	8	3	4	7	4	0
99-00	HPK"A"	SM-liiga	53	20	28	48	40	18	Playoffs	8	1	9	10	4	-1
	Finland	WC	9	4	3	7	4	9
00-01	TPS	SM-liiga	56	11	21	32	20	6	Playoffs	10	2	1	3	4	5
	Finland	WC	9	3	1	4	8	3
01-02	Dallas Stars	NHL	9	0	1	1	2	-1
	Utah Grizzlies	AHL	59	13	28	41	40	-3	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	0	-2
	Finland	WC	9	0	4	4	10	2
	Finland (all)	International	9	0	4	4	10	2
02-03	Dallas Stars	NHL	82	5	29	34	44	25	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	12	4
03-04	Dallas Stars	NHL	67	1	5	6	16	-15	Playoffs	1	1	0	1	0	0
	Finland	WC	7	3	2	5	14	-1
04-05	EV Zug	NLA	44	9	33	42	24	-	Playoffs	9	2	5	7	35	-
	Finland	WCup	6	1	2	3	0	-
	Finland	WC	7	1	4	5	8	1
05-06	Dallas Stars	NHL	81	14	21	35	36	-10	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	10	-2
	Finland Olympics	OG	8	2	1	3	2	1
06-07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	60	4	9	13	20	-12
	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	19	2	7	9	8	-11
	Finland	WC	9	0	7	7	6	2
07-08	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	79	10	18	28	34	-1
	Finland	WC	9	2	5	7	0	3
08-09	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	53	12	19	31	22	9	Playoffs	21	1	9	10	16	6
	Finland	WC	7	7	3	10	2	1
09-10	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	54	12	15	27	44	-7	Playoffs	22	8	9	17	6	3
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	2	2	0	0
10-11	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	53	7	31	38	24	25	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	12	5
	Finland	WC	9	2	1	3	2	3
11-12	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	54	12	27	39	24	21	Playoffs	12	2	4	6	2	-5
	Finland	WC	10	1	1	2	2	1
	Finland (all)	International	15	1	2	3	8	3
12-13	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	50	10	18	28	26	14	Playoffs	18	4	6	10	2	1
13-14	HC Lev Praha"A"	KHL	22	8	4	12	14	6	Playoffs	21	2	9	11	29	2
	HC Stadion LitoměřiceLoan	Czechia2	2	0	0	0	2	0
14-15	Jokerit"C"	KHL	60	9	24	33	55	10	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0	2
15-16	Jokerit"C"	KHL	53	11	15	26	38	-11	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	8	1
16-17	HPK"C"	Liiga	49	7	21	28	20	17	Playoffs	7	0	5	5	4	3

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
93-94	Finland U16	Nordic Cup	3	1	1	2	4	-2
97-98	HPK	Euro HL	6	3	0	3	4	-	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-
04-05	Finland	EHT	4	0	1	1	4	-
06-07	Finland	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	0
08-09	Finland	EHT	3	3	1	4	2	-2
09-10	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	0	2
10-11	Finland	EHT	6	0	2	2	2	0
11-12	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	4	1
14-15	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	2	0	1	1	12	1
15-16	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	2	0	0	0	2	-2

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	59	13	28	41	0.69	40	-3	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	0	-2
Czechia2	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
EHT	6	20	3	5	8	0.40	12	1*	0
EJC-18	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	6	4	0
Euro HL	1	6	3	0	3	0.50	4	-	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
International	3	28	2	7	9	0.32	20	5*	0
International-Jr	5	68	21	28	49	0.72	80	-	0
KHL	8	399	81	153	234	0.59	247	67	8	111	20	44	64	0.58	75	15
Liiga (SM-liiga)	7	307	67	126	193	0.63	185	71	5	45	10	24	34	0.76	18	11
NHL	6	397	36	90	126	0.32	160	-25	3	18	5	4	9	0.50	22	2
NLA (NL)	1	44	9	33	42	0.95	24	-	1	9	2	5	7	0.78	35	-
Nordic Cup	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	4	-2	0
OG	2	14	2	3	5	0.36	2	1	0
Spengler Cup	2	4	0	1	1	0.25	14	-1	0
U16 SM-sarja	2	16	14	7	21	1.31	2	-	0
U18 I-divisioona	0								1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
U18 SM-sarja	2	41	22	45	67	1.63	48	-	0
U20 I-divisioona	2	19	11	20	31	1.63	18	-	1	13	7	7	14	1.08	16	4
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	7	2	8	10	1.43	2	-	2	7	3	2	5	0.71	2	-
WC	10	85	23	31	54	0.64	56	24	0
WCup	1	6	1	2	3	0.50	0	-	0
WJC-20	2	13	6	9	15	1.15	2	3*	0

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Niko Kapanen Career Totals

League

AHL

Czechia2

EHT

EJC-18

Euro HL

International

International-Jr

KHL

399

153

Liiga

307

126

NHL

397

NLA

Nordic Cup

Spengler Cup

U16 SM-sarja

U18 I-divisioona

U18 SM-sarja

U20 I-divisioona

U20 SM-liiga

WCup

WJC-20

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Niko Kapanen Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1995-1996	U18 EJC Silver Medal
1996-1997	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
1997-1998	Liiga Most Shorthanded Goals (1) U20 WJC Gold Medal
1998-1999	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
1999-2000	SM-liiga Bronze Medal SM-liiga Playoffs Most Assists (9) World Championship Best Plus/Minus (+9) World Championship Bronze Medal
2000-2001	SM-liiga Champion World Championship Silver Medal
2002-2003	NHL Most Assists by Rookie (29) NHL YoungStars Roster
2004-2005	World Cup Runner Up
2005-2006	Olympic Silver Medal
2006-2007	World Championship Silver Medal
2007-2008	World Championship Bronze Medal
2008-2009	Finnish Player of the Year KHL Gagarin Cup Champion World Championship Most Goals (7) World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2009-2010	KHL Gagarin Cup Champion Olympic Bronze Medal
2010-2011	World Championship Gold Medal
2020-2021	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#258)

Transactions

06/10/2017

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HPK

Retired

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06/08/2016

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Jokerit

HPK

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04/20/2015

extension

Jokerit

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07/10/2014

confirmed

HC Lev Praha

Jokerit

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08/12/2013

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Ak Bars Kazan

HC Lev Praha

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Niko Kapanen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Ak Bars Kazan
Cult/Star player for EV Zug
Cult/Star player for Finland
Cult/Star player for HPK
Cult/Star player for HPK U20

Career transactions
- 2009-05-03 • Signed to a one-year contract extension by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2008-06-09 • Signed to a one-year contract by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2007-02-27 • Claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Coyotes
- 2006-07-20 • Re-signed to a two-year contract by the Atlanta Thrashers
- 2006-06-24 • Traded to the Atlanta Thrashers w/ a 2006 7th round pick (W. O'Neill) for J. Modry and P. Stefan
- 2005-08-11 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Dallas Stars
- 2004-06-28 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Dallas Stars
- 2004-06-09 • Signed to a lockout contract by Zug
- 2003-08-26 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Dallas Stars