Michael Keränen
| Michael Keränen | |
|---|---|
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| Born | January 4, 1990 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Minnesota Wild Iowa Wild (AHL) Ilves |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
Michael Keränen (born January 4, 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Undrafted, Keränen first played as a youth in his native Finland with Tappara before moving to Ilves as a 17 year-old. Keränen made his professional debut in the SM-liiga with Ilves at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. After his fifth season with Ilves, in which he led the team in scoring with 52 points in as many games, Keränen initially signed as a free agent on a one-year contract with rival Finnish Liiga club, HIFK on April 30, 2014.[1]
A little over a month later, Keränen exercised his NHL out clause to leave HIFK and sign his first NHL contract on a one-year, two-way deal with the Minnesota Wild on June 5, 2014.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Ilves | SM-l | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Ilves | SM-l | 42 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | LeKi | Mestis | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Ilves | SM-l | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ilves | SM-l | 56 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ilves | Liiga | 52 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 195 | 41 | 60 | 101 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Liiga Golden Helmet | 2013–14 | [3] |
| Liiga Lasse Oksanen Award | 2013–14 | [3] |
References
- ↑ "Michael Keranen of IFK will be encouraged" (in Finnish). HIFK. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "Wild inks Keranen to one-year deal". Minnesota Wild. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Golden Helmet". Elite Prospects. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
External links
- Michael Keränen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Michael Keränen at EliteProspects