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Niko Kapanen

Нико Капанен

Position: center
Player status:
Gender: male
Nationality: Finland
Birth date: 29.04.1978 (46 years)
Birth place: Hämeenlinna, Finland

Height: 177 cm / 5' 10"
Weight: 80 kg / 176 lbs
Shoots: left
Draft 1: Dallas Stars, year: 1998, round: 6, position: 173
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Trivia:
Best Player of Team Finland (WC 2000) [with Petteri Nummelin and Jukka Hentunen]

Season	Team	League	Pos	LPos	W	L	D
2024-25	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	Assistant Coach
2023-24	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	Assistant Coach

Season	Team	League	#	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2011-12	Finland	World Championship		10	1	1	2	2	0
2011-12	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	0	0	0	4	1
2010-11	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		6	0	1	1	2	0
2010-11	Finland	World Championship		9	2	1	3	2	3
2009-10	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	0	1	1	0	2
2009-10	Finland	Olympics		6	0	2	2	0	0
2008-09	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	3	1	4	2	-2
2008-09	Finland	World Championship		7	7	3	10	2	1
2007-08	Finland	World Championship		9	2	5	7	0	3
2006-07	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		1	0	0	0	0	0
2006-07	Finland	World Championship		9	0	7	7	6	2
2005-06	Finland	Olympics		8	2	1	3	2	1
2004-05	Finland	World Championship		7	1	4	5	8	1
2003-04	Finland	World Cup of Hockey		6	1	2	3	0	0
2003-04	Finland	World Championship		7	3	2	5	14	3
2001-02	Finland	World Championship		9	0	4	4	10	2
2000-01	Finland	World Championship		9	3	1	4	8	3
1999-00	Finland	World Championship	28	9	4	3	7	4	9
1997-98	Finland	WJC (U20)		7	2	5	7	2	3
1996-97	Finland	WJC (U20)		6	4	4	8	0
1995-96	Finland	EJC (U18)		5	0	0	0	6	4

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2016-17	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga (Play-off)	7	0	5	5	4	3
2016-17	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	49	7	21	28	20	17
2015-16	Jokerit	KHL (Play-off)	4	1	2	3	8	1
2015-16	Jokerit	KHL	53	11	15	26	38	-13
2014-15	Jokerit	KHL (Play-off)	4	0	2	2	0	2
2014-15	Jokerit	KHL	60	9	24	33	55	10
2013-14	Lev Praha	KHL (Play-off)	21	2	7	9	29	3
2013-14	Litomerice	1.liga	2	0	0	0	2	0
2013-14	Lev Praha	KHL	22	8	4	12	14	4
2012-13	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL (Play-off)	17	4	3	7	2	0
2012-13	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	50	10	19	29	26	14
2011-12	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL (Play-off)	12	2	4	6	2	-4
2011-12	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	54	12	27	39	24	22
2010-11	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL (Play-off)	9	2	2	4	12	4
2010-11	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	53	7	27	34	24	25
2009-10	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL (Play-off)	22	8	9	17	6	3
2009-10	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	54	12	15	27	44	-7
2008-09	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL (Play-off)	21	1	9	10	16	6
2008-09	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL	53	12	17	29	22	9
2007-08	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	79	10	18	28	34
2006-07	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	19	2	7	9	8	-11
2006-07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	60	4	9	13	20	-12
2005-06	Dallas Stars	NHL (Play-off)	5	0	1	1	10	-2
2005-06	Dallas Stars	NHL	81	14	21	35	36	-10
2004-05	EV Zug	NLA (Play-off)	9	2	6	8	35
2004-05	EV Zug	NLA	44	9	33	42	24
2003-04	Dallas Stars	NHL (Play-off)	1	1	0	1	0	0
2003-04	Dallas Stars	NHL	67	1	5	6	16	-15
2002-03	Dallas Stars	NHL (Play-off)	12	4	3	7	12	4
2002-03	Dallas Stars	NHL	82	5	29	34	44	25
2001-02	Macon Whoopee	IHL	59	13	28	41	40	-3
2001-02	Dallas Stars	NHL	9	0	1	1	2	-1
2000-01	TPS Turku	SM-liiga (Play-off)	10	2	1	3	4	5
2000-01	TPS Turku	SM-liiga	56	11	21	32	20	6
1999-00	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga (Play-off)	8	1	9	10	4	-1
1999-00	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga	53	20	28	48	38	16
1998-99	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)	5	3	1	4	0
1998-99	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga (Play-off)	8	3	4	7	4	0
1998-99	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga	53	14	29	43	49	13
1997-98	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	2	1	1	2	0
1997-98	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga	48	8	18	26	44	9
1997-98	HPK Hämeenlinna	EHL (Play-off)	1	0	0	0	0
1997-98	HPK Hämeenlinna	EHL	6	3	0	3	4
1996-97	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off)	2	0	1	1	2
1996-97	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)	5	1	7	8	2
1996-97	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga (Play-off)	10	4	5	9	2	4
1996-97	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga	41	6	9	15	12	8
1995-96	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18)	10	6	6	12	8
1995-96	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A I divisioona (U20, Play-off)	13	7	7	14	16	4
1995-96	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. A I divisioona (U20)	13	8	15	23	18
1995-96	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-liiga	7	1	0	1	0	0
1993-94	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jr. C SM-sarja (U16)	2	0	1	1	0

Note: All games might not be included

Date	League	Teams	Score		G		A
Apr. 01 2017	Liiga \| QF	JYP Jyväskylä HPK Hämeenlinna	3-2	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Mar. 27 2017	Liiga \| QF	HPK Hämeenlinna JYP Jyväskylä	1-3	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Mar. 24 2017 18:30	Liiga \| QF	HPK Hämeenlinna JYP Jyväskylä	2-1	\|		\|	2	\|	\|
Mar. 22 2017 18:30	Liiga \| QF	JYP Jyväskylä HPK Hämeenlinna	3-2 OT	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Mar. 13 2017 18:30	Liiga	KooKoo Kouvola HPK Hämeenlinna	6-4	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Feb. 04 2017 17:00	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna KooKoo Kouvola	3-0	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Jan. 28 2017 17:00	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna SaiPa Lappeenranta	3-2	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Jan. 27 2017 18:30	Liiga	SaiPa Lappeenranta HPK Hämeenlinna	3-1	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Jan. 12 2017 18:30	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu HPK Hämeenlinna	2-3 OT	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Jan. 05 2017 18:30	Liiga	Pelicans Lahti HPK Hämeenlinna	2-6	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Dec. 30 2016 18:30	Liiga	IFK Helsinki HPK Hämeenlinna	3-5	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Dec. 28 2016 18:30	Liiga	TPS Turku HPK Hämeenlinna	1-5	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Dec. 16 2016 18:30	Liiga	Lukko Rauma HPK Hämeenlinna	7-8 OT	\|		\|	2	\|	\|
Dec. 08 2016 18:30	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Porin Ässät	5-1	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Nov. 30 2016 18:30	Liiga	IFK Helsinki HPK Hämeenlinna	3-2	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Nov. 26 2016 17:00	Liiga	Lukko Rauma HPK Hämeenlinna	2-3 OT	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Nov. 22 2016 18:30	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Ilves Tampere	2-0	\|	1	\|	1	\|	\|
Nov. 16 2016 18:30	Liiga	Jukurit Mikkeli HPK Hämeenlinna	3-4 OT	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Nov. 11 2016 18:30	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Kärpät Oulu	1-3	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Oct. 29 2016 17:00	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Sport Vaasa	3-2 OT	\|	1	\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 25 2016 18:30	Liiga	TPS Turku HPK Hämeenlinna	4-1	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 22 2016 17:00	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna IFK Helsinki	1-2 SO	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 20 2016 18:30	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Pelicans Lahti	6-2	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 18 2016 18:30	Liiga	Tappara Tampere HPK Hämeenlinna	6-5	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 06 2016 18:30	Liiga	Ilves Tampere HPK Hämeenlinna	3-4 SO	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Oct. 05 2016 18:30	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Jukurit Mikkeli	3-2 OT	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Sep. 20 2016 18:30	Liiga	Porin Ässät HPK Hämeenlinna	2-1 OT	\|		\|		\|	\|
Sep. 17 2016 17:00	Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna Kärpät Oulu	3-2 SO	\|		\|	1	\|	\|

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10 Jun 2016

JokeritHPK Hämeenlinna
10 Jul 2014

HC LEV PrahaJokerit
02 Aug 2013

Ak Bars KazanHC LEV Praha
19 Jun 2013

Ak Bars Kazanunknown

Leagues

Czech Rep.: Tipsport extraliga | 1.liga | 2.liga

Finland: Liiga | Mestis

Germany: DEL | DEL2

Russia: KHL | VHL

Slovakia: Tipsport Extraliga | 1.liga

Sweden: SHL | HockeyAllsvenskan

Switzerland: NLA | NLB

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