Miro Heiskanen

Miro Heiskanen (born 18 July 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ranked in the top ten eligible European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, Heiskanen was picked third overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Stars.[1]

Miro Heiskanen
Heiskanen with HIFK in 2016
Born (1999-07-18) 18 July 1999
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Dallas Stars
HIFK
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 3rd overall, 2017
Dallas Stars
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career
Heiskanen was selected third overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

Heiskanen played hockey until the age of 14 in the youth program of Finnish Liiga club Espoo Blues, later Heiskanen played within the youth program of HIFK. In playing at the Jr. A level during the 2015–16 season, he recorded 14 points in 30 games to be awarded with the Yrjö Hakala Award as rookie of the year.[2] On 30 May 2016, he signed a three-year contract extension with the HIFK organization.[3]

During the 2016–17 season, at age 17, Heiskanen made his professional debut with HIFK in the Liiga. In playing the full season in the Liiga, he played on HIFK's top defensive pairing, scoring 5 goals and 10 points in 37 games.[4] HIFK head coach Antti Törmänen described him as his team's best defenceman that season, praising his ability to always make the right decisions. By the end of the season, Heiskanen was considered a top prospect at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, with Göran Stubb of NHL Central Scouting describing him as "by far the best European defenceman in the draft".[5] Heiskanen was ultimately selected third overall by the Dallas Stars.[6]

On 8 July 2017, Heiskanen signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Stars.[7] Heiskanen spent the 2017–18 season on loan with HIFK.[8]

Heiskanen was named to the Stars' roster to start the 2018–19 season[9] and made his debut on 4 October in a 3–0 win over the Arizona Coyotes.[10] On 25 October, in a 5–2 Stars win over the Anaheim Ducks, Heiskanen scored his first career NHL goal, beating goaltender John Gibson off a pass from Jason Spezza. In so doing, at 19 years and 99 days, Heiskanen became the second-youngest Stars defenceman to score a goal.[11] On 2 January 2019, Heiskanen was named the Stars' lone representative at the 2019 NHL All-Star, becoming the second rookie in the Stars/North Stars franchise history to be named to the All-Star Game. At the time of his selection, he was tied for seventh in the league among rookies and second amongst rookie defencemen with 17 points.[12] As the Stars qualified for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, Heiskanen became the third defencemen under the age of 20 to score two goals in a playoff game.[13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16 HIFK Jr. A 30 3 11 14 6 — — — — —
2016–17 HIFK Liiga 37 5 5 10 4 8 0 3 3 0
2017–18 HIFK Liiga 30 11 12 23 8 14 3 6 9 18
2018–19 Dallas Stars NHL 82 12 21 33 16 13 2 2 4 2
2019–20 Dallas Stars NHL 68 8 27 35 12
Liiga totals 67 16 17 33 12 22 3 9 12 18
NHL totals 150 20 48 68 28 13 2 2 4 2
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
IIHF World U18 Championship
2016 United States
2017 Slovakia

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Finland U17 5th 5 0 4 4 2
2016 Finland WJC18 7 0 1 1 0
2017 Finland WJC18 7 2 10 12 0
2017 Finland WJC 9th 6 0 1 1 0
2018 Finland WJC 6th 5 0 2 2 0
2018 Finland OG 6th 5 1 0 1 2
2018 Finland WC 5th 8 0 2 2 0
Junior totals 30 2 18 20 2
Senior totals 13 1 2 3 2

Awards and honours
Award Year
Jr. A
Yrjö Hakala Award 2016 [2]
Liiga
Pekka Rautakallio trophy 2018 [14]
NHL
NHL All-Star 2019
All-Rookie Team 2019 [15]
International
WJC18 All-Star Team 2017
WJC18 Best Defenseman 2017 [16]
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References
  1. "2017 Draft: Nolan Patrick of Brandon ranked No. 1". National Hockey League. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Top Prospects: HIFK's Miro Heiskanen". Champions Hockey League. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. "HIKF sign three U18 World Champions" (in Finnish). HIFK. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. "Miro Heskanen prospect profile". thehockeywriters.com. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. "Miro Heiskanen believes he's 'best of the defensemen' for 2017 Draft". NHL.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. "Stars Select Defenseman Miro Heiskanen with Third Overall Pick". NHL.com. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  7. "Stars sign No. 3 overall pick Heiskanen to entry-level contract". Yahoo! Sports. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. Janicek, Karel (13 May 2018). "Finland's Miro Heiskanen looking NHL-ready at world championship". thestar.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  9. "Stars announce opening night roster" (Press release). Dallas Stars. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  10. Stepneski, Mark (5 October 2018). "'A real good team win': Stars blank Coyotes in Montgomery's debut". NHL.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  11. Miller, Jeff (25 October 2018). "Dickinson powers Stars past Ducks". NHL.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  12. "Stars rookie defenseman Miro Heiskanen selected to 2019 NHL All-Star Game". NHL.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  13. @PR_NHL (10 April 2019). "Miro Heiskanen joined Phil Housley (Game 6 in 1983 DF) and Glenn Wesley (the suspended Game 4 of 1988 SCF) as the third teenage defenseman in NHL history to score two goals in a postseason game. #NHLStats #StanleyCup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. "Stars prospect Heiskanen named Liiga's top D". TSN. 2 May 2018.
  15. "NHL announces 2018-19 All-Rookie Team". National Hockey League. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  16. "Vesalainen named MVP". IIHF. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Riley Tufte		 Dallas Stars first round draft pick
2017		 Succeeded by
Jake Oettinger
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