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Finland Lauri Taipalus
#56 TuusKi / II-divisioona - 24/25
Date of Birth
Jan 14, 1988
Position
D
Age
36
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Alavus, FIN
Weight
196 lbs / 89 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
APV
Contract
24/25

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Lauri Taipalus Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 S-Kiekko U18 U18 II-divisioona 8* 6* 10* 16* 18* -* |
2006-07 JYP U20 U20 SM-liiga 38* 7* 6* 13* 42* -11* | Relegation 6 0 3 3 8 2
2007-08 JYP U20 U20 SM-liiga 32* 8* 12* 20* 101* 9* | Playoffs 6 3 1 4 12 2
2008-09 JYP U20 U20 SM-liiga 18* 1* 9* 10* 12* 4* |
D Team Mestis 12* 2* 2* 4* 12* 5* |
2009-10 D Team Mestis 40* 2* 10* 12* 24* 2* | Playoffs 8 0 0 0 8 -4
2010-11 D Team Mestis 44* 5* 20* 25* 36* 9* | Playoffs 8 1 0 1 16 -2
JYP SM-liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
2011-12 Jukurit Mestis 43* 6* 15* 21* 48* 22* | Playoffs 9 1 2 3 6 0
2012-13 SaiPa SM-liiga 37* 1* 2* 3* 24* 1* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -1
2013-14 SaiPa Liiga 38* 6* 10* 16* 43* 7* | Playoffs 13 0 2 2 12 -8
2014-15 HIFK Liiga 52* 6* 27* 33* 58* 7* | Playoffs 8 1 3 4 8 -3
2015-16 HIFK Liiga 58* 1* 13* 14* 67* 10* | Playoffs 15 1 3 4 8 4
2016-17 SaiPa “A” Liiga 42* 0* 11* 11* 87* -14* |
2017-18 SaiPa “A” Liiga 36* 0* 10* 10* 36* -9* |
2018-19 KalPa Liiga 18* 1* 3* 4* 6* -3* |
Herning Blue Fox Denmark 27* 1* 6* 7* 32* -5* | Playoffs 5 0 2 2 2 2
2019-20 Kiekko-Espoo Suomi-sarja 11* 2* 7* 9* 4* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
2020-21 TuusKi II-divisioona 4* 0* 4* 4* 0* -* |
2021-22 APV II-divisioona 7* 3* 2* 5* 14* -* |
TuusKi II-divisioona 11* 0* 8* 8* 35* -* | Playoffs 7 2 5 7 2 -
2022-23 TuusKi II-divisioona 13* 0* 18* 18* 6* -* | Playoffs 7 1 3 4 10 -
2023-24 TuusKi II-divisioona 20* 0* 17* 17* 22* -* | Playoffs 8 1 3 4 2 -
2024-25 TuusKi II-divisioona -* -* -* -* -* -* |

Lauri Taipalus Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2014-15 HIFK Champions HL 8* 2* 1* 3* 4* -1* |
2015-16 HIFK Champions HL 6* 1* 0* 1* 10* 0* |
2016-17 SaiPa Champions HL 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
2018-19 PEPO Suomen Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |

Lauri Taipalus Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 3 19* 3* 1* 4* 0.21* 16* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
Denmark 1 27* 1* 6* 7* 0.26* 32* -5* | 1 5 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.40 * 2 * 2 *
II-divisioona 5 55* 3* 49* 52* 0.95* 77* -* | 3 22 4 * 11 * 15 * 0.68 * 14 * - *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 8 282* 15* 76* 91* 0.32* 323* -3* | 4 39 2 * 8 * 10 * 0.26 * 28 * -8 *
Mestis 4 139* 15* 47* 62* 0.45* 120* 38* | 3 25 2 * 2 * 4 * 0.16 * 30 * -6 *
Suomen Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Suomi-sarja 1 11* 2* 7* 9* 0.82* 4* -* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
U18 II-divisioona 1 8* 6* 10* 16* 2.00* 18* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 88* 16* 27* 43* 0.49* 155* 2* | 2 12 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.58 * 20 * 4 *

Lauri Taipalus Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/13/2022
09/13/2022 Extension TuusKi TuusKi
11/10/2021
11/10/2021 Confirmed APV TuusKi
08/19/2021
08/19/2021 Confirmed TuusKi APV
11/15/2020
11/15/2020 Confirmed Kiekko-Espoo TuusKi
11/30/2019
11/30/2019 Confirmed No team Kiekko-Espoo
11/11/2018
11/11/2018 Confirmed KalPa Herning Blue Fox
08/24/2018
08/24/2018 Confirmed SaiPa KalPa
05/11/2016
05/11/2016 Confirmed HIFK SaiPa
04/30/2014
04/30/2014 Confirmed SaiPa HIFK
04/15/2011
04/15/2011 Loan SaiPa Jukurit
04/15/2011 Confirmed D Team SaiPa
Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for APV

Career transactions
- 2014-04-15 • Signed to a two-year contract with HIFK
- 2011-04-15 • Signed to a three-year contract with Saipa
- 2009-03-19 • Signed to a three-year contract extension with D Team
- 2008-08-19 • Signed to a one-year contract with D Team(currently Jyp-Akatemia)

Career assingments
- 2011-04-15 • Loaned to Jukurit by Saipa up to whole season
- 2010-11-23 • Loaned to Jyp by D Team for a one game
- 2008-2009 • Assigned to JYP U20

Other memorable dates
- 2013-03-12 • Scored first Liiga goal against Lukko
- 2010-11-23 • Made Liiga debut against HPK. PIM: 2 TOI: 14:47