Ilari Filppula
{{short description|Finnish professional ice hockey forward|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| alt =
| team = TPS
| image = NLA, HC Lugano vs. Genève-Servette HC, 18th October 2014 39.jpg
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| league = Liiga
| former_teams = Jokerit
JYP Jyväskylä
Grand Rapids Griffins
CSKA Moscow
HC Lugano
Modo Hockey
Malmö Redhawks
| ntl_team = FIN
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|11|05}}
| birth_place = Vantaa, Finland
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2001
| career_end = 2020
}}
Ilari Antti Sakari Filppula (born 5 November 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the TPS in the Finnish Liiga. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula.
Playing career
File:2015 C1C - Ilari Filppula.jpg
Filppula started his pro career in Kiekko-Vantaa, in the Finnish lower leagues, and after two years with JYP, he spent a season with Jokerit, and then returned to JYP with a two-year contract. In 2008, he signed a 2-year contract with TPS. Filppula won the Jari Kurri trophy in 2010.
On 15 June 2010, Filppula signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Detroit Red Wings.{{cite web |last1=Roose |first1=Bill |title=Wings sign Filppula's older brother |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/wings-sign-filppulas-older-brother/c-531784 |website=NHL.com |date=16 June 2010}} The Red Wings assigned Filppula to their AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, during training camp.{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/09/red_wings_release_enforcer_aar.html |title=Red Wings release enforcer Aaron Downey, send eight others to Grand Rapids |accessdate=2011-04-13 |author=Ansar Khan |date=September 2010}} In his first season in North America, Filppula participated in the AHL All-Star game and finished the season first on the Grand Rapids Griffins in assists and points.{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/griffins/index.ssf/2011/01/griffins_ilari_filppula_scores.html |title=Griffins' Ilari Filppula scores goal, records assist in AHL all-star game |accessdate=2011-04-13 |author=Steve Vedder |date=January 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/griffins/index.ssf/2011/04/consistency_of_jamie_tardif_hi.html |title=Consistency of Jamie Tardif highlight of Griffins' season; Gustav Nyquist's future looks bright |accessdate=2011-04-13 |author=Michael Zuidema |date=April 2011}}
Despite leading the Griffins with 64 points, Filppula was not given an opportunity in the NHL with the Red Wings and on 19 May 2011, he returned to Finland with Jokerit, signing a four-year deal.{{cite web | url = http://jokerit.com/index.php?id=1&nid=1365 | title = Filppula and Hahl the latest confirmations | publisher = Jokerit | date = 2011-05-19 | accessdate = 2011-06-01 | language = Finnish | archive-date = 29 November 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129145301/http://www.jokerit.com/index.php?id=1&nid=1365 | url-status = dead }} In 2013 he signed a one-year contract with HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League.
At the completion of the 2013–14 season, Filppula left the KHL to sign a two-year contract with Swiss club, HC Lugano of the National League A on 8 April. 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.hclugano.ch/ | title = Lugano agree to terms with Filppula | publisher = HC Lugano | date = 2014-04-08 | accessdate = 2014-04-08 | language = German}} In the final year of his contract in Lugano, Filppula moved in a mid-season transfer to the SHL, signing for the remainder of the 2015–16 campaign with Modo Hockey.
Unable to help Modo retain their SHL status, Filppula left the club in the off-season, signing a one-year deal to remain in the top-flight league with the Malmö Redhawks on 9 April 2016.{{cite web| url = http://malmoredhawks.com/artikel/80487/ | date = 2016-04-09 | accessdate = 2016-04-09 | language = Swedish | title = Redhawks strengthens attack with Filppula | website = Malmö Redhawks }} He returned to TPS in Finnish Liiga for season 2017-18.{{cite web| url = http://liiga.fi/uutiset/2017/05/03/tps-julkisti-kauden-201718-joukkueensa-ilari-filppula-palaa-turkuun | date = 2016-05-03 | accessdate = 2017-11-15 | language = Finnish | title = Ilari Filppula returns to TPS Turku | publisher = Liiga }}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||||||
| 1996–97 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN U16 | 32 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1996–97 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN.2 U20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN.2 U18 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 12 |
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| 1998–99 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN.2 U20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN.2 U20 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 29 |
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| 1999–2000 | Kiekko–Vantaa | FIN.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Jokerit | FIN U20 | 38 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001–02 | Kiekko–Vantaa | Mestis | 44 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002–03 | Jokerit | SM-l | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002–03 | Kiekko–Vantaa | Mestis | 41 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | JYP | SM-l | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004–05 | JYP | SM-l | 55 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Jokerit | SM-l | 56 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2006–07 | JYP | SM-l | 54 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | JYP | SM-l | 56 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008–09 | TPS | SM-l | 48 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009–10 | TPS | SM-l | 58 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8 |
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| 2010–11 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 76 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Jokerit | SM-l | 44 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2012–13 | Jokerit | SM-l | 53 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 51 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2014–15 | HC Lugano | NLA | 37 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | HC Lugano | NLA | 27 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2015–16 | Modo Hockey | SHL | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 48 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
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| 2017–18 | TPS | Liiga | 35 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | TPS | Liiga | 44 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2019–20 | TPS | Liiga | 58 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! 609!!114!!271!!385!!297 ! 64!!10!!33!!43!!22 |
References
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External links
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