Ilkka Heikkinen
{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Defence
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| shoots = Left
| nickname = bono
| team = Växjö Lakers
| league = SHL
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| former_teams = Lukko Rauma
HIFK
New York Rangers
Sivir Novosibirsk
HC Lugano
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|13|mf=y}}
| career_start = 2003
| draft = Undrafted
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Ilkka Heikkinen (born November 13, 1984, in Rauma, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for Växjö Lakers Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Heikkinen developed within his hometown club of Lukko before making his professional SM-liiga debut in the 2003–04 season. After 4 season's in the top league with Lukko Ilkka moved to rival HIFK for two years, scoring a career high 37 points in the 2007–08 season.
On May 20, 2009, Heikkinen agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Rangers of the NHL.{{cite news|title=Rangers agree to terms with Heikkinen|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?bcid=423319|accessdate=2009-06-02|date=2009-05-20|publisher=New York Rangers|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712211249/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?bcid=423319|archive-date=2012-07-12|url-status=dead}} After making his North American debut with American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, He appeared in his first career NHL game, a 2-1 Rangers victory over the Buffalo Sabres on December 5, 2009.{{cite news|title=Lundqvist leads way to a big 2-1 win at Buffalo|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009020417|accessdate=2009-12-10|date=2009-12-05|publisher=New York Rangers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213082903/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009020417|archive-date=2009-12-13|url-status=dead}} Heikkinen played in 7 games with the Rangers before returning to the Wolf Pack for the majority of the 2009–10 season.
On May 21, 2010, Ilkka returned to Europe, signing a one-year contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the KHL.{{cite news|title=Its better to be in Siberia and the KHL then Rangers and the AHL|url=http://www.hcsibir.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=183723|accessdate=2010-05-25|date=2010-05-21|publisher=HC Sibir Novosibirsk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122809/http://www.hcsibir.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=183723|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead}}
On April 29, 2011, Ilkka signed a one-year contract with the Växjö Lakers Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien (SEL).{{cite web | url=http://www.vaxjolakers.se/website1/sv/nyhetsmall/nyhetsmall.php?item=cms_12-s1/834&group=cms_12_grp-s1/3 | title=Finsk back klar för Lakers | publisher=Växjö Lakers Hockey | date=2011-04-29 | language=Swedish | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504055841/http://www.vaxjolakers.se/website1/sv/nyhetsmall/nyhetsmall.php?item=cms_12-s1%2F834&group=cms_12_grp-s1%2F3 | archivedate=2011-05-04 }}
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 | ||||||||
| 2003–04
| Lukko | SM-l | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | Lukko | SM-l | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005–06
| Lukko | SM-l | 55 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | Lukko | SM-l | 55 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 71
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–08
| HIFK | SM-l | 51 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 96
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | HIFK | SM-l | 54 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 22
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009–10
| AHL | 72 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11
| KHL | 49 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 19
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | SEL | 55 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13
| NLA | 44 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 32
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2013–14 | HC Lugano | NLA | 41 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 34
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15
| KHL | 57 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! 283 !! 31 !! 82 !! 113 !! 255 ! 21 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 6 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 106 !! 16 !! 23 !! 39 !! 35 ! 9 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 6 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | SHL totals ! 55 !! 18 !! 15 !! 33 !! 34 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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Category:Finnish ice hockey defencemen
Category:HIFK (ice hockey) players
Category:Hartford Wolf Pack players
Category:New York Rangers players
Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
Category:HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players