Janne Laakkonen

Janne Laakkonen
Janne Laakkonen
Born	April 15, 1982; Kuopio, Finland
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
EIHL team; Former teams	Coventry Blaze; KalPa; HPK; Timrå IK; HIFK; Lempäälän Kisa; Ilves; IF Sundsvall Hockey; Arystan Temirtau; Yuzhny Ural Orsk; Kulager Petropavl; Neman Grodno; Gothiques d'Amiens; GKS Katowice
Playing career	2000–present

Janne Laakkonen (born April 15, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Coventry Blaze of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Career

Laakkonen began his career with KalPa, playing for their junior teams before making his debut for the main roster during the 2000-01 Suomi-sarja playoffs. He then moved to SM-liiga team HPK and stayed for four seasons. He had a brief spell in Sweden's Elitserien for Timrå IK in 2005-06, playing six games and only registering one assist before moving back to Finland with HIFK.

In 2008, Laakkonen returned to HPK for a second spell. In 2010 he returned to KalPa for a second spell for one season before moving back to HPK in 2011 for a third spell with the team. For the 2012-13 season, he had spells in Mestis with Lempäälän Kisa and in the SM-liiga with Ilves before returning to Sweden with IF Sundsvall Hockey of the Hockeyettan, the country's third-tier league.

Since then, Laakkonen has played in various leagues across Europe. He played in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship for Arystan Temirtau and Kulager Petropavl, the Supreme Hockey League in Russia for Yuzhny Ural Orsk, the Belarusian Extraleague for HK Neman Grodno, the Ligue Magnus in France for Gothiques d'Amiens and most recently for GKS Katowice of the Polska Hokej Liga in Poland.

On 14 August 2019, Laakkonen moved to UK Elite Ice Hockey League side Coventry Blaze on a one-year deal.[1]

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	KalPa	Suomi-sarja	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	2	0
2001–02	KalPa	Mestis	5	1	0	1	27	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	HPK	Liiga	43	3	20	23	18	8	0	2	2	4
2002–03	HPK	Liiga	55	19	20	39	22	9	3	2	5	4
2003–04	HPK	Liiga	37	8	21	29	18	4	2	0	2	2
2004–05	HPK	Liiga	49	9	23	32	32	9	0	1	1	6
2005–06	Timrå IK	SHL	6	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	HIFK	Liiga	32	14	17	31	8	12	0	4	4	10
2006–07	HIFK	Liiga	56	13	23	36	36	5	0	3	3	0
2007–08	HIFK	Liiga	30	4	16	20	22	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	HPK	Liiga	34	15	21	36	41	3	1	1	2	6
2009–10	HPK	Liiga	41	4	30	34	44	17	5	11	16	8
2010–11	KalPa	Liiga	54	7	19	26	50	7	1	2	3	2
2011–12	HPK	Liiga	53	10	19	29	30	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	LeKi	Mestis	7	2	3	5	2	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Ilves	Liiga	9	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	IF Sundsvall Hockey	Division 1	7	2	15	17	4	3	1	2	3	0
2013–14	IF Sundsvall Hockey	Division 1	10	3	9	12	16	2	2	2	4	2
2014–15	Arystan Temirtau	Kazakhstan	10	8	10	18	4	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Yuzhny Ural Orsk	VHL	22	5	7	12	11	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Kulager Petropavl	Kazakhstan	35	14	23	37	32	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Neman Grodno	Belarus	9	1	5	6	6	12	2	7	9	4
2016–17	Neman Grodno	Belarus	41	13	34	47	18	11	3	5	8	4

2017–18	Gothiques d'Amiens	Ligue Magnus	40	10	25	35	24	12	0	7	7	16
2018–19	GKS Katowice	Polska Hokej Liga	38	15	33	48	4	16	4	5	9	14

2019–20	Coventry Blaze	EIHL	43	9	40	49	16	—	—	—	—	—

Liiga totals			493	106	229	335	325	74	12	26	38	42

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References

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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