Teemu Hartikainen

Teemu Hartikainen (born 3 May 1990 in Kuopio ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since June 2013 at the Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.

• 3.1 International

Career

Teemu Hartikainen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of KalPa Kuopio, for his first team, he made ​​his debut, was in the 2007/ 08 season in the SM- liiga, the top Finnish league. In his only use he stuck to it point by point and with impunity. The majority of the playing time he spent at the U-20 Junior of KalPa, however, was to continue for the U18 used. In 2008 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected in the sixth round as a total 163 players from the Edmonton Oilers. First, however, the winger stayed with his hometown club KalPa Kuopio, with whom he finished in third place in the SM- liiga in the 2008 /09 season. This year it its breakthrough in the professional field and he scored 20 goals in 63 games and made six assists, so he was the best scorer of all SM- liiga rookies. In addition, he was awarded the Jarmo - Wasama Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, the SM- liiga. In the 2009/10 season was the links Sagittarius on 40 scorer points, including 21 goals, increase in 66 games. From 2008 to 2010 he was also parallel to the game Operation with KalPa in four games for the Finnish U20 national team in the second Finnish league, the Mestis, on the ice.

For the 2010/11 season Hartikainen was ordered by his Draft Team Edmonton Oilers to North America, where he became first exclusively for Edmonton's farm team in Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League. For the Barons, he scored in 66 games 42 scorer points, including 17 goals. Subsequently, the Finn was given the opportunity to prove themselves in the Oilers team and came on 17 March 2011 in the home game against the Phoenix Coyotes on his debut in the National Hockey League, where he regularly ran aground until the end of the season for Edmonton. In the following two seasons, he continued to play mostly in the AHL for the Barons, but also came up with another 40 NHL games for the Oilers.

After his initial contract had expired in the summer of 2013, Hartikainen moved to the KHL for Salavat Yulaev Ufa and signed a contract for two years duration.

Internationally

For Finland Hartikainen took the junior level at the U18 World Youth Championship 2008 U20 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 as well as some. In the senior level, he was so far only in 2010 -up from their country in the Euro Hockey Tour.

Awards and achievements

• 2009 Jarmo - Wasama Memorial Trophy
• 2009 Top goalscorer of all SM- liiga rookies

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 )