Heikki Laine

Heikki Laine
Date of birth	17th October 1983
place of birth	Helsinki , Finland
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2007	HIFK Helsinki
2007-2008	HCK Salamat
2008-2009	JYP Jyväskylä
2009-2010	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
2010-2011	Espoo Blues

Heikki Laine (born October 17, 1983 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga until 2011 .

Career

Heikki Laine began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HIFK Helsinki , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga , the top Finnish league, from 2004 to 2007 . At the same time he played for HCK Salamat and Kiekko-Vantaa in the second-class Mestis . In the 2007/08 season , the winger ran exclusively for Salamat in the Mestis. For the 2008/09 season he moved to JYP Jyväskylä , with whom he was Finnish champion straight away . He contributed to this success with two goals and an assist in 17 games. At the same time he ran for his farm team D Team in the Mestis. During the 2009/10 season , the Finn stood at Étoile Noire de Strasbourg from the French Ligue Magnus on the ice. He then returned to his Finnish homeland and played at the same time for the Espoo Blues in the SM-liiga and as a loan player for Kiekko-Vantaa in the Mestis. Since then he has been without a contract.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Finnish champion with JYP Jyväskylä

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	5	106	3	3	6th	135
Playoffs	3	9	0	0	0	43

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Heikki Laine at hockeydb.com (English)
• Heikki Laine at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Heikki Laine at eurohockey.com