Who is Kristian Vesalainen?

Kristian Vesalainen is a forward from Finland who plays for HC Sparta Praha in the Czechia.

What team does Kristian Vesalainen play for?

Kristian plays for HC Sparta Praha in the Czechia.

How tall is Kristian Vesalainen?

Kristian Vesalainen is 192 cm (6'4") tall.

How much does Kristian Vesalainen weigh?

Kristian Vesalainen weighs 94 kg (207 lbs).

When was Kristian Vesalainen born?

Kristian Vesalainen was born on 1999-06-01 in Helsinki, FIN.

How old is Kristian Vesalainen?

Kristian Vesalainen is 27 years old.

What is Kristian Vesalainen's nationality?

Kristian Vesalainen is from Finland.

Does Kristian Vesalainen shoot left or right?

Kristian Vesalainen shoots left.

Kristian Vesalainen

#93 HC Sparta Praha / Czechia - 26/27

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Date of Birth: Jun 01, 1999
Age: 27
Place of Birth: Helsinki, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: HIFK
Position: W/C
Height: 192 cm / 6'4"
Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: 26/27

Drafted: 2017 round 1 #24 overall by Winnipeg Jets
Agency: Premium
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Brother: Henrik Vesalainen

Plays a versatile, high-tempo offensive game…battles for pucks and space…a beast along the wall and difficult to move in front of the net
—Futureconsiderations.ca 2017

Kristian is a big, forward with good offensive tools including a powerful shot. His release is heavy and he can get it off fairly quickly
—Hockeyprospect.com 2017

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Kristian Vesalainen — Career Statistics
S	Team	League	Regular Season						Postseason
S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
12-13	HIFK U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	4	2	3	5	0	-
12-13	HIFK U16	U16 SM-sarja	5	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-
13-14	HIFK U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9	8	12	20	0	-
13-14	HIFK U16	U16 SM-sarja	28	18	21	39	8	-	Playoffs	3	2	2	4	2	-
13-14	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	9	1	1	2	0	-
13-14	HJK U16Loan	U16 Mestis	1	1	0	1	0	-
13-14	HJK U18Loan	U18 Mestis	3	2	3	5	2	-
14-15	HIFK U16	U16 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	1	2	1	3	0	-
14-15	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	18	10	5	15	29	-	Playoffs	12	5	3	8	4	-
14-15	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	17	1	1	2	0	-3	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-1
14-15	Finland U17	WHC-17	6	3	2	5	4	-
14-15	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	24	8	5	13	8	1
15-16	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	1
15-16	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	37	15	19	34	0	14	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	0	1
15-16	Frölunda HC	SHL	19	1	1	2	0	3	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	1
15-16	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	4	4	8	4	-
15-16	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	2	4	6	6	8
16-17	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	10	4	0	4	14	-7	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	0	-2
16-17	Frölunda HC	SHL	26	1	5	6	2	-1	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
16-17	HPKLoan	Liiga	9	1	0	1	0	-1
16-17	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	6	7	13	8	5
16-17	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	9	6	7	13	10	-
16-17	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	1	1	2	0	-4
16-17	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	12	4	3	7	4	-4
17-18	HPK	Liiga	44	19	20	39	6	0
17-18	KärpätLoan	Liiga	5	3	1	4	0	1	Playoffs	18	4	4	8	14	-2
17-18	Finland U20	WJC-20	5	2	4	6	2	6
17-18	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	3	6	9	6	-
18-19	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	5	0	1	1	0	0
18-19	Manitoba Moose	AHL	22	4	9	13	10	-1
18-19	JokeritLoan	KHL	31	6	11	17	0	3	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	4	0
19-20	Manitoba Moose	AHL	60	12	18	30	10	-16
20-21	HPKLoan	Liiga	10	4	4	8	4	0
20-21	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	12	0	1	1	0	0	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	0
20-21	Manitoba Moose	AHL	6	1	4	5	0	-2
21-22	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	53	2	1	3	6	-8
21-22	Manitoba Moose	AHL	17	3	3	6	6	-3	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
22-23	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	15	1	2	3	0	-6
22-23	HIFK	Liiga	40	16	21	37	8	7	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	6	5
23-24	HIFK	Liiga	58	14	23	37	10	1	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0	-1
23-24	Finland (all)	International	3	0	1	1	0	-2
24-25	HIFK"A"	Liiga	40	17	19	36	12	11	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0	-3
24-25	Finland (all)	International	5	0	0	0	2	2
25-26	HPK"A"	Liiga	30	2	14	16	6	-2
25-26	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	16	3	1	4	4	-3	Playoffs	12	1	0	1	0	0
26-27	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	10	0	2	2	2	-3
26-27	Projected	Czechia	52	0	10	10	10	-16

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S	Team	League	Regular Season						Postseason
S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
14-15	Finland U17	EYOF	3	2	1	3	2	4
15-16	Frölunda HC	Champions HL	3	0	0	0	0	0
15-16	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5	0	0	0	0	1
16-17	Frölunda HC	Champions HL	6	2	1	3	0	3
22-23	HIFK	Spengler Cup	3	1	2	3	0	0
23-24	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	0	-2
24-25	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	2
25-26	HC Sparta Praha	Spengler Cup	4	1	1	2	2	1

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2026-2027

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Date	Team	Opp	Score	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	SOG	PPG	SHG	TOI
Czechia
Sun 11/10		vs
Thu 08/10		vs
Sun 04/10		@
Thu 01/10		vs
Tue 29/09		@

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Kristian Vesalainen — Career Totals
League	Regular Season								Postseason
League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	4	105	20	34	54	0.51	26	-22	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Champions HL	2	9	2	1	3	0.33	0	3	0
Czechia	2	26	3	3	6	0.23	6	-6	1	12	1	0	1	0.08	0	0
EHT	2	5	0	1	1	0.20	0	0	0
EYOF	1	3	2	1	3	1.00	2	4	0
International	2	8	0	1	1	0.13	2	0	0
International-Jr	3	55	21	21	42	0.76	28	-3*	0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0
J18 Allsvenskan (U18 Nationell)	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	0	1
J20 SuperElit (U20 Nationell)	2	47	19	19	38	0.81	14	7	2	6	2	2	4	0.67	0	-1
KHL	1	31	6	11	17	0.55	0	3	1	6	1	0	1	0.17	4	0
Liiga	7	236	76	102	178	0.75	46	17	4	41	7	8	15	0.37	20	-1
NHL	3	70	2	3	5	0.07	6	-8	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
SHL	3	60	3	8	11	0.18	2	-4	2	6	0	0	0	0.00	2	1
Spengler Cup	2	7	2	3	5	0.71	2	1	0
U16 Mestis	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	-	0
U16 SM-sarja	3	33	18	21	39	1.18	8	-	3	5	4	3	7	1.40	2	-
U16 SM-sarja Q	2	13	10	15	25	1.92	0	-	0
U18 Mestis	1	3	2	3	5	1.67	2	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	2	27	11	6	17	0.63	29	-	1	12	5	3	8	0.67	4	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	17	1	1	2	0.12	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-1
WHC-17	2	11	7	6	13	1.18	8	-	0
WJC-18	2	14	8	11	19	1.36	14	13	0
WJC-20	2	11	3	5	8	0.73	2	2	0

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Kristian Vesalainen — Career Totals

League

AHL

105

Champions HL

Czechia

EHT

EYOF

International

International-Jr

Ivan Hlinka Memorial

J18 Allsvenskan

J20 SuperElit

KHL

Liiga

236

102

178

NHL

SHL

Spengler Cup

U16 Mestis

U16 SM-sarja

U16 SM-sarja Q

U18 Mestis

U18 SM-sarja

U20 SM-liiga

WHC-17

WJC-18

WJC-20

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Kristian Vesalainen — Awards by Season
Season	Awards by Season
2012-2013	U16 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2013-2014	U16 Huippu-Pohjola Camp Roster (HIFK) U16 Pohjola Camp All-Star Team (Huippu-Pohjola Camp)
2014-2015	EYOF Bronze Medal U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2015-2016	J18 SM Gold Medal SHL Champion U18 WJC Gold Medal
2016-2017	Champions Hockey League Champion U18 WJC All-Star Team U18 WJC Best Forward U18 WJC Most Goals (6) U18 WJC Most Points (13) U18 WJC Most Valuable Player U18 WJC Silver Medal U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2017-2018	Liiga Champion Liiga Most Points by Junior (43) Liiga Most Power Play Goals (14)
2018-2019	KHL Rookie of the Month (December)

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Kristian Vesalainen — Transactions
Date	Status	From	To	Source
12/21/2025	Confirmed	HPK	HC Sparta Praha	Details
07/07/2025	Confirmed	HIFK	HPK	Details
06/13/2024	Extension	HIFK	HIFK	Details
02/02/2023	Extension	HIFK	HIFK	Details
11/09/2022	Confirmed	Malmö Redhawks	HIFK	Details
05/23/2022	Confirmed	Winnipeg Jets	Malmö Redhawks	Details
10/21/2020	Loan	Winnipeg Jets	HPK	Details
11/23/2018	Loan	Winnipeg Jets	Jokerit	Details
08/26/2018	Confirmed	HPK	Winnipeg Jets	Details
02/21/2018	Loan	HPK	Kärpät	Details
04/28/2017	Confirmed	Frölunda HC	HPK	Details
11/15/2016	Loan	Frölunda HC	HPK	Details
05/13/2016	Extension	Frölunda HC J20	Frölunda HC	Details
08/27/2015	Confirmed	HIFK U20	Frölunda HC J20	Details

Kristian Vesalainen Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2016, 1 #19 by SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL Draft
Drafted 2016, 2 #68 by Flint Firebirds in the CHL Import Draft
Drafted 2015, 4 #54 by Waterloo Black Hawks in the USHL Futures Draft
2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #17 by FCHockey
2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #9 by McKeen's Hockey
2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #15 by TSN/McKenzie
2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #7 by NHL Central Scouting