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Jani Hakanpää

#28 Toronto Maple Leafs / NHL - 24/25

Date of Birth

Mar 31, 1992

Position

Age

Height

6'7" / 200 cm

Place of Birth

Kirkkonummi, FIN

Weight

225 lbs / 102 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

EVU

Contract

24/25

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

Toronto Maple Leafs / Signed

Drafted

2010 round 4 #104 overall by St. Louis Blues

Agency

PREMIUM

Hakanpää is a big defenseman who plays a physical game. Defensive-minded, he does not contribute much on offense. Needs to improve his skating.
- Ulf Andersson, EP (2013)

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Jani Hakanpää Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2006-07	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	11*	0*	3*	3*	12*	-*	\|	Qualification	2	0	0	0	0	-
	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 I-divisioona	13*	3*	4*	7*	16*	-*	\|
2007-08	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	5*	2*	2*	4*	4*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 SM-sarja	8*	2*	2*	4*	14*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U18	U18 I-divisioona	2*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-*	\|
2008-09	Kiekko-Vantaa U18 “C”	U18 SM-sarja Q	1*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U18 “C”	U18 I-divisioona	9*	2*	4*	6*	14*	-*	\|
2009-10	Kiekko-Vantaa U18 “C”	U18 SM-sarja Q	12*	1*	5*	6*	22*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U18 “C”	U18 SM-sarja	23*	2*	12*	14*	49*	-*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	4	-
	Finland U18	WJC-18	6*	1*	1*	2*	6*	3*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
2010-11	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	36*	3*	20*	23*	61*	18*	\|	Playoffs	12	3	2	5	10	7
	Suomi U20	Mestis	8*	1*	2*	3*	31*	-10*	\|
	Finland U19 (all) “C”	International-Jr	7*	0*	3*	3*	10*	-*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	11*	1*	4*	5*	41*	-*	\|
2011-12	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	5*	0*	4*	4*	0*	3*	\|
	Blues	SM-liiga	41*	5*	7*	12*	30*	6*	\|
	Finland U20 “A”	WJC-20	7*	1*	2*	3*	6*	3*	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “C”	International-Jr	19*	3*	5*	8*	14*	-*	\|
2012-13	Blues	SM-liiga	34*	2*	3*	5*	34*	2*	\|
	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	14*	1*	3*	4*	6*	0*	\|
2013-14	Chicago Wolves	AHL	54*	4*	4*	8*	33*	20*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	1
2014-15	Chicago Wolves	AHL	64*	1*	7*	8*	47*	0*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	6	2
	Quad City Mallards	ECHL	2*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2015-16	Kärpät	Liiga	60*	1*	11*	12*	40*	15*	\|	Playoffs	14	1	5	6	8	5
2016-17	Kärpät	Liiga	53*	0*	5*	5*	61*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	0
2017-18	Kärpät	Liiga	58*	6*	18*	24*	44*	28*	\|	Playoffs	16	3	4	7	18	7
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	1*	\|
2018-19	Kärpät	Liiga	52*	11*	12*	23*	94*	29*	\|	Playoffs	17	1	3	4	6	9
	Finland	WC	10*	1*	1*	2*	4*	4*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	16*	2*	2*	4*	10*	2*	\|
2019-20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	5*	1*	0*	1*	2*	1*	\|
	San Diego Gulls	AHL	47*	1*	12*	13*	24*	12*	\|
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	42*	0*	1*	1*	31*	0*	\|
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	15*	2*	1*	3*	4*	4*	\|	Playoffs	11	0	0	0	4	-3
2021-22	Dallas Stars	NHL	80*	4*	8*	12*	43*	1*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	4	1
2022-23	Dallas Stars	NHL	82*	6*	10*	16*	60*	18*	\|	Playoffs	15	1	1	2	16	-3
2023-24	Dallas Stars	NHL	64*	2*	10*	12*	33*	10*	\|
2024-25	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Finland	NHL 4 Nations	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Projected	NHL	50*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-25*	\|

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Jani Hakanpää Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2015-16	Kärpät	Champions HL	13*	3*	2*	5*	10*	4*	\|
2016-17	Kärpät	Champions HL	6*	1*	0*	1*	12*	4*	\|
2017-18	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	1*	\|
2018-19	Kärpät	Champions HL	10*	1*	1*	2*	16*	1*	\|
	Finland	EHT	6*	1*	1*	2*	6*	-2*	\|

Jani Hakanpää Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	5	181*	7*	26*	33*	0.18*	110*	32*	\|	2	7	0 *	2 *	2 *	0.29 *	6 *	3 *
Champions HL	3	29*	5*	3*	8*	0.28*	38*	9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ECHL	1	2*	1*	0*	1*	0.50*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	2	9*	1*	1*	2*	0.22*	6*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	2	19*	2*	2*	4*	0.21*	10*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	39*	4*	12*	16*	0.41*	67*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	6	298*	25*	56*	81*	0.27*	303*	76*	\|	4	49	5 *	13 *	18 *	0.37 *	34 *	21 *
Mestis	1	8*	1*	2*	3*	0.38*	31*	-10*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	6	290*	15*	30*	45*	0.16*	173*	33*	\|	3	33	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.12 *	24 *	-5 *
NHL 4 Nations	1	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 I-divisioona	1	13*	3*	4*	7*	0.54*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	8*	2*	2*	4*	0.50*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja Q	2	16*	2*	5*	7*	0.44*	16*	-*	\|	1	2	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
U18 I-divisioona	2	11*	2*	5*	7*	0.64*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	1	23*	2*	12*	14*	0.61*	49*	-*	\|	1	3	0 *	1 *	1 *	0.33 *	4 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja Q	3	15*	2*	5*	7*	0.47*	22*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	2	41*	3*	24*	27*	0.66*	61*	21*	\|	1	12	3 *	2 *	5 *	0.42 *	10 *	7 *
WC	1	10*	1*	1*	2*	0.20*	4*	4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	6*	1*	1*	2*	0.33*	6*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	7*	1*	2*	3*	0.43*	6*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

Jani Hakanpää Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2008-2009
- Jr. B 1 Divisioona Bronze Medal
2009-2010
- U18 WJC Bronze Medal
- U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2010-2011
- U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2015-2016
- Liiga Bronze Medal
2017-2018
- Liiga Best Plus/Minus by Defenseman (+28)
- Liiga Champion
2018-2019

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
09/11/2024
09/11/2024	Confirmed	Dallas Stars	Toronto Maple Leafs
07/29/2021
07/29/2021	Confirmed	Carolina Hurricanes	Dallas Stars
04/12/2021
04/12/2021	Confirmed	Anaheim Ducks	Carolina Hurricanes
05/06/2020
05/06/2020	Extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
07/03/2019
07/03/2019	Confirmed	Kärpät	Anaheim Ducks
12/14/2016
12/14/2016	Extension	Kärpät	Kärpät
07/02/2015
07/02/2015	Confirmed	Chicago Wolves	Kärpät
09/14/2012
09/14/2012	Loan	St. Louis Blues	Blues
05/21/2012
05/21/2012	Confirmed	Blues	St. Louis Blues

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2012, 3 #90 overall by Amur Khabarovsk in the KHL Draft

Cult/Star player for Kiekko-Espoo U20

Career transactions
- 2012-05-21 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the St. Louis Blues
- 2010-07-27 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Espoo Blues