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Finland Miro Karjalainen
#38 Ässät / Liiga - 24/25
1-time Liiga Champion 1
Date of Birth
May 23, 1996
Position
D
Age
28
Height
6'7" / 200 cm
Place of Birth
Vihti, FIN
Weight
234 lbs / 106 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
NuPS
Contract
24/25+1
Drafted
2014 round 5 #135 overall by Dallas Stars
Agency
PREMIUM

Brother: Niclas Karjalainen

© Photo: Timo Savela

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Miro Karjalainen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2011-12 Blues U16 II U16 SM-sarja Q 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Blues U16 II U16 I-divisioona 21* 0* 7* 7* 57* -* |
2012-13 EKS U17 U17 SM-sarja 1* 0* 0* 0* 25* -* |
Kiekko-Vantaa U18 U18 SM-sarja 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
EKS U18 U18 Suomi-sarja 17* 11* 9* 20* 26* -* |
EKS III-divisioona 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2013-14 Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja 38* 1* 7* 8* 57* -* | Playoffs 11 2 3 5 6 -
Kiekko-Vantaa U18 U18 Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2014-15 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 10* 0* 1* 1* 8* -7* | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 0 -1
2015-16 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 17* 1* 6* 7* 105* 2* |
HIFK Liiga 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 7* 0* 0* 0* 25* -1* | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 4 -1
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 1* 0* 1* 6* 0* |
2016-17 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 6* 1* 2* 3* 43* 0* |
HIFK Liiga 4* 1* 0* 1* 0* 2* |
Idaho Steelheads ECHL 24* 1* 2* 3* 21* -1* |
2017-18 HPK Liiga 36* 2* 3* 5* 135* -5* |
2018-19 HPK Liiga 47* 4* 3* 7* 68* -5* | Playoffs 17 0 1 1 26 -3
2019-20 HPK Liiga 50* 3* 3* 6* 104* 2* |
2020-21 HIFK Liiga 33* 4* 1* 5* 77* -4* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 HIFK Liiga 38* 2* 1* 3* 32* -1* | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 29 3
2022-23 HPK Liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
2023-24 HPK Liiga 11* 2* 1* 3* 22* -4* |
FPS Mestis 8* 1* 1* 2* 18* -8* |
2024-25 Sport “A” Liiga 18* 2* 5* 7* 27* 0* |
Ässät Liiga 16* 0* 2* 2* 49* 3* |
Projected Liiga 36* 2* 7* 9* 80* 3* |

Miro Karjalainen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2016-17 HIFK Champions HL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2017-18 LeKi Suomen Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
HPK Spengler Cup 3* 0* 1* 1* 4* 0* |
2019-20 HPK Champions HL 4* 0* 0* 0* 29* 3* |
2021-22 HIFK Champions HL 5* 0* 0* 0* 6* -1* |

Miro Karjalainen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 3 10* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 35* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
ECHL 1 24* 1* 2* 3* 0.13* 21* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
III-divisioona 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 1 3* 1* 0* 1* 0.33* 6* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 10 256* 20* 19* 39* 0.15* 516* -14* | 3 27 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.07 * 55 * 0 *
Mestis 2 15* 1* 1* 2* 0.13* 43* -9* | 1 7 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.29 * 4 * -1 *
Spengler Cup 1 3* 0* 1* 1* 0.33* 4* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
Suomen Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 I-divisioona 1 21* 0* 7* 7* 0.33* 57* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U17 SM-sarja 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 25* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 Mestis 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 40* 1* 7* 8* 0.20* 57* -* | 1 11 2 * 3 * 5 * 0.45 * 6 * - *
U18 Suomi-sarja 1 17* 11* 9* 20* 1.18* 26* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 33* 2* 9* 11* 0.33* 156* -5* | 1 3 2 * 0 * 2 * 0.67 * 0 * -1 *

Miro Karjalainen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
01/13/2025
01/13/2025 Confirmed Sport Ässät
04/12/2024
04/12/2024 Confirmed HPK Sport
12/28/2023
12/28/2023 Loan HPK FPS
04/22/2022
04/22/2022 Confirmed HIFK HPK
04/06/2020
04/06/2020 Confirmed HPK HIFK
12/09/2017
12/09/2017 Extension HPK HPK
04/28/2017
04/28/2017 Confirmed Idaho Steelheads HPK
10/10/2016
10/10/2016 Confirmed HIFK Texas Stars
02/19/2016
02/19/2016 Loan HIFK Kiekko-Vantaa
06/30/2014
06/30/2014 Confirmed Jokerit U18 HIFK
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2014-06-30 • Signed to a three-year contract with HIFK

Career assignments
- 2015-2016 • Assigned to HIFK U20
Other memorable dates
- 2015-12-04 • Made Liiga debut against HPK +/-: 0 S: 0 TOI: 5:03
- 2015-08-28 • Made junior national team debut in Finland U20