Arto Laatikainen

Arto Laatikainen
Date of birth	May 24, 1980
place of birth	Espoo , Finland
size	181 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 7th lap, 197th position New York Rangers
Career stations
1998-2008	Espoo Blues
2008-2010	Färjestad BK
2010-2011	Södertälje SK
2011–2012	JYP Jyväskylä
2012-2014	Espoo Blues
2014	TPS
2014-2016	Kärpät Oulu
2016-2018	Ilves Tampere
since 2018	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

Arto Laatikainen (born May 24, 1980 in Espoo ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho in the Liiga since July 2018 .

Career

Arto Laatikainen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Espoo Blues , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga from 1998 to 2008 . His greatest success with the team was reaching the runner-up in the 2007/08 season . He himself was awarded the Pekka Rautakallio trophy as the best defender in the league and was elected to their all-star team. From 2008 to 2010 he played for Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien . With the FBK he won the Swedish championship title in the 2008/09 season .

For the 2010/11 season he moved within the Elitserien to Södertälje SK , with whom he had to accept relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the season . He then left the team and joined the JYP Jyväskylä from his Finnish homeland for the 2011/12 season .

In July 2018 Laatikainen received a contract with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) and won the Finnish championship with the club in May 2019.

International

For Finland , Laatikainen took part in the junior division at the U18 European Junior Championships in 1998 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 1999 and 2000 . At the U18 European Championship in 1998 he won the silver medal with his team. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour in 2007 and 2008 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1998 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 2008 Finnish runner-up with the Espoo Blues
• 2008 SM-liiga All-Star Team
• 2008 Pekka Rautakallio Trophy
• 2009 Swedish champion with the Färjestad BK
• 2012 Finnish champion with JYP Jyväskylä
• 2015 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2015 Raimo Kilpiö Trophy
• 2019 Finnish champion with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	3	131	9	41	50	64
Elitserien Playoffs	2	15th	1	3	4th	10
SM liiga main round	10	529	53	127	180	354
SM liiga playoffs	7th	53	8th	21st	29	46

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Arto Laatikainen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Arto Laatikainen at eliteprospects.com (English)