Jani Hakanpää

Jani Hakanpää (born 31 March 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing under contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hakanpää was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 4th round (104th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Jani Hakanpää
Hakanpää in 2017
Born (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992
Kirkkonummi, Finland
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Anaheim Ducks
Espoo Blues
Oulun Kärpät
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 104th overall, 2010
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2011–present

Playing career

Hakanpää played in his native Finland for the Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 SM-liiga seasons.

On 22 May 2012, Hakanpää was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with draft club, the St. Louis Blues.[2]

After attending the Blues training camp, Hakanpää was returned to the Espoo Blues on loan to begin the 2012–13 season.[3] He contributed with 5 points through 34 games on the blueline in Finland before returning to North America to play out the 2012–13 season with AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. He registered one goal and three assists in fourteen games.[4]

At the completion of his entry-level deal with the Blues, Hakanpää opted to return to Finland signing a two-year contract with Liiga club, Oulun Kärpät on 2 July 2015.[5]

In the 2017–18 season, Hakanpää helped Oulun claim the Kanada-malja as Finnish champions, enjoying a career season he posted 6 goals and 24 points in 58 games. He continued to show a developing two-way game with 7 points in 16 playoff appearances.

Hakanpää led Liiga defensemen in Plus/minus in back-to-back seasons, and ranked tied for second among league defensemen with a career best 11 goals while compiling 23 points in 52 games for league leading Kärpät in the 2018–19 season. He featured in 17 playoff contests, registering 4 points as Oulun failed to defend the Championship in the finals against HPK.

On 3 July 2019, Hakanpää returned to North America, signing as a free agent to a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Anaheim Ducks.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Espoo Blues Jr. A 36 3 20 23 61 12 3 2 5 10
2011–12 Espoo Blues Jr. A 5 0 4 4 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Espoo Blues SM-l 41 5 7 12 30 — — — — —
2012–13 Espoo Blues SM-l 34 2 3 5 34 — — — — —
2012–13 Peoria Rivermen AHL 14 1 3 4 6 — — — — —
2013–14 Chicago Wolves AHL 54 4 4 8 33 3 0 1 1 0
2014–15 Chicago Wolves AHL 64 1 7 8 47 4 0 1 1 6
2014–15 Quad City Mallards ECHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2015–16 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 60 1 11 12 40 14 1 5 6 8
2016–17 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 53 0 5 5 61 2 0 1 1 2
2017–18 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 58 6 18 24 44 16 3 4 7 18
2018–19 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 52 11 12 23 94 17 1 3 4 6
2019–20 San Diego Gulls AHL 47 1 12 13 24 — — — — —
2019–20 Anaheim Ducks NHL 5 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
Liiga totals 298 25 56 81 303 49 5 13 18 34
NHL totals 5 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
World Championships
2019 Slovakia

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2010 Finland U18 6 1 1 2 6
2012 Finland WJC 4th 7 1 2 3 6
2019 Finland WC 10 1 1 2 4
Junior totals 13 2 3 5 12
Senior totals 10 1 1 2 4

Awards & honors
Award Year
Liiga
Best Plus-minus 2018, 2019
Kanada-malja (Oulun Kärpät) 2018

References
  1. Näkökulma: Suomen NHL-taivaalla musta aukko | Yle Urheilu | yle.fi
  2. "Blues sign 2010 draft pick Jani Hakanpaa". St. Louis Blues. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. "Blues assign 25 players to Peoria". St. Louis Blues. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  4. "Blues Recall Hakanpaa from Peoria". National Hockey League. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. "Aittokallio and Hakanpaa comple to compostion of Karpat" (in Finnish). Oulun Kärpät. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. "Ducks sign Stolarz, Hakanpaa to contracts". Anaheim Ducks. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.