Esa Lehikoinen

Esa Lehikoinen
Date of birth	April 17, 1986
place of birth	Joensuu , Finland
size	180 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2003-2006	Jokipojat
2006-2009	Lukko Rauma
2009-2011	BK Mladá Boleslav
2011-2014	Jokipojat
2014-2015	KooKoo
2015-2016	Jokipojat Vaasan Sport
2016-2017	Kassel Huskies

Esa Lehikoinen (born April 17, 1986 in Joensuu ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who was under contract with the Kassel Huskies from the DEL2 until April 2017 .

Career

Esa Lehikoinen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Jokipojat , for whose first team he made his debut in the third-rate Suomi-sarja in the 2003/04 season . In his rookie year , the defender and his team immediately made it to the Mestis , the second Finnish division, as third division champions . In this he was active for another two years for Jokipojat, where he was also in four games as a loaner for the Finnish U20 national team in the Mestis in the 2005/06 season . He then joined Lukko Rauma from the SM-liiga , but was used in the 2006/07 season mainly in Lukko's A-Junior team and on loan in four games for his home club, the second division Jokipojat.

From 2007 to 2009 Lehikoinen was a regular on Lukko Rauma's professional team. He then signed a contract with BK Mladá Boleslav from the Czech Extra League for the 2009/10 season .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Master of Suomi-sarja and ascent to the Mestis with Jokipojat

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Extraliga main round	2	88	5	15th	20th	64
Extraliga relegation	1	13	0	1	1	8th
SM liiga main round	3	101	1	14th	15th	84
SM liiga playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	2
SM liiga relegation	1	4th	0	0	0	0

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Esa Lehikoinen at eliteprospects.com (English)