Mikko Mäenpää
Mikko Mäenpää Ville Kalevi ( born April 19, 1983 in Tampere ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since January 2013 when HC Lev Prague in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.
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Career
Mikko Mäenpää began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Tappara Tampere, in which he was active until 2002. Then moved back to the JYP Jyväskylä, for its first team he in the 2002/03 season his debut in the SM- liiga, the top Finnish league, gave. In nine games, he remained no points and was awarded four penalty minutes. In the following years he was a regular for JYP in SM- liiga for use and also played six games as Players out on loan in the subprime Mestis for Vaasan Sport and Mikkelin Jukurit. After he started the 2004/05 season at JYP Jyvaskyla, he moved in January 2005 to its domestic rivals Pelicans Lahti, for which he prepared two goals in 32 games to end the season.
The entire 2005/06 season spent Mäenpää with his former club Mikkelin Jukurit in the Mestis, the championship he won with his team. He subsequently received a contract with HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM- liiga, in which he in the season 2006/07 a total of 61 games 45 points scorer, 17 goals scored and large proportion reaching the third place his team had in the playoffs. Due to his good performances he was first elected in this season in the All-Star team of the SM- liiga. In June 2007, the links Sagittarius signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League, but played exclusively for their farm team in Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, where he prepared two goals in seven games. In November 2007, he returned to HPK Hämeenlinna in the Finnish SM- liiga, the 2007/08 season ended, however, when Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish Elitserien.
Mäenpää played from 2008 to 2010 again for HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM- liiga and was in the 2009/10 season with his team's runner-up. In addition, he was even chosen this season in the All-Star team of the SM- liiga. The 2010/11 season spent the Finnish national team at Frölunda HC in Elitserien. For Sweden, he scored eight goals in 46 games and ten templates. In pre-season he was also responsible for Frölunda seven times in the European Trophy on. For the 2011/12 season he was engaged by Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. For Amur, he completed 55 KHL games, before transferring to HK CSKA Moscow in July 2012. For CSKA, he was also just a few months active since he joined in January 2013 as part of the KHL for HC Lev Prague. In June 2013 his contract was extended with the HC Lev two years.
Internationally
For Finland Mäenpää took part in the junior level at the U18 Junior World Championship 2001, where he won the bronze medal with his team. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Cup in 2010 and 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in the Euro Hockey Tour.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 Master of the Mestis with Mikkelin Jukurit
- 2007 SM liiga All-Star Team
- 2010 Finnish runner with HPK Hämeenlinna
- 2010 SM liiga All-Star Team
- 2012 KHL All-Star Game
Internationally
- 2001 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
Career Stats
Internationally
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )