Ilari Melart
 Ilari Melart 
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| Date of birth | February 11, 1989 |
| place of birth | Helsinki , Finland |
| size | 192 cm |
| Weight | 103 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 2008-2013 | HIFK Helsinki |
| 2013-2015 | HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
| 2013-2014 | Springfield Falcons |
| 2015-2017 | Luleå HF |
| since 2017 | Färjestad BK |
Ilari Melart (born February 11, 1989 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Färjestad BK from the Svenska Hockeyligan since May 2017 .
Career
Ilari Melart started his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HIFK Helsinki . In the 2005/06 season he played intermittently in the United States for the team at Harwood Union High School before returning to HIFK. In the 2008/09 season the defender made his debut for the professional team of HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga . In his rookie year he scored one goal and one assist in 27 games. In the following years Melart continued to play regularly in the club's SM-liiga team and won the Finnish championship title with HIFK in the 2010/11 season . From 2008 to 2011 he also played as a loan player for Kiekko-Vantaa in the second-rate Mestis , in which he also scored two goals in four games for the Finnish U20 national team in the Mestis season 2008/09 .
In early summer 2013 he received an NHL entry contract from the Columbus Blue Jackets , but was initially used with the Springfield Falcons in the AHL . In December 2013 he was loaned to HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) . After the end of the season in the KHL, Melart returned to the Falcons and played a few games in the AHL. For the 2014/15 season, however, he returned to HK Ugra.
Between May 2015 and May 2017 he was under contract with Luleå HF from Svenska Hockeyligan .
International
For Finland , Melart took part in the 2009 U20 World Youth Championship . He prepared a goal in six games.
Achievements and Awards
- 2011 Finnish champion with HIFK Helsinki
SM liiga statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Main round | 3 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 203 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)
Web links
- Ilari Melart at eurohockey.com
- Ilari Melart at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toppspelare till Luleå. In: luleahockey.se. May 25, 2015, Retrieved December 8, 2015 (Swedish).
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| SURNAME | Melart, Ilari |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |