Mikko Koskinen

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Mikko Koskinen
Date of birth July 18, 1988
place of birth Vantaa , Finland
size 200 cm
Weight 87 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 19
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 2nd round, 31st position
New York Islanders
Career stations
2007-2009 Espoo Blues
2009-2011 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2011-2013 KalPa Kuopio
2013-2014 HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2014-2018 SKA Saint Petersburg
since 2018 Edmonton Oilers

Mikko Koskinen (born July 18, 1988 in Vantaa ) is a Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League since May 2018 . In 2011 he was already active for the New York Islanders , who had selected him in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in 31st position, but he did not succeed in asserting himself in the NHL. In the meantime, he mainly spent at SKA Saint Petersburg in the Continental Hockey League , with which he won the Gagarin Cup in 2015 and 2017 . With theFor the Finnish national team , he took part in the 2018 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2014 and 2016 World Championships .

Career

Mikko Koskinen began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Espoo Blues , for whose U18 juniors from 2004 to 2006 he was active in the third and second highest division of the corresponding age group. Then the goalkeeper moved to Kiekko-Vantaa from his hometown, where he stood between the posts for the U20 juniors of the club in the second-rate junior league Jr. AI divisioona and had the best catch rate of all goalkeepers in this. He then returned to the blues in Espoo. There he was also able to convince the U20 juniors, who competed in the top junior division in Finland, and also made his debut in the SM-liiga for the professional team of Espoo, which became runner-up at the end of the season.

Mikko Koskinen in the jersey of KalPa (December 2011)

In the 2008/09 season , the then 20-year-old goalkeeper was able to prevail in the Espoo Blues professional team and played 33 games as a regular goalkeeper in the main round, with an average of 1.91 goals conceded per game a guarantee for reaching second place the main round was. In the subsequent playoffs, the Finn led his team to fourth place with an average of 2.59 goals against and a catch rate of 91.2%. In addition, he was on the European level in a game for the Blues in the Champions Hockey League on the ice and played another nine junior games. With an average of 1.00 and 1.65 conceded, he was also able to convince in these two competitions, so that the talent scouts in North America noticed him. Finally, the New York Islanders selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the second round as a total of 31 players.

In the summer of 2009, the New York Islanders ordered the Finn to North America, where he would then be used for their farm teams . Due to injury, however, he fell out most of his first season overseas and was only able to play five appearances for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League and ten appearances for the Utah Grizzlies in the 2009/10 season , but with both teams knew how to convince. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season Koskinen played regularly for Bridgeport in the AHL before he made his debut for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League on February 8, 2011 in the home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs . Two days later he succeeded with his team away against the Canadiens de Montréal his first victory as a goalkeeper in the NHL.

In November 2011 Koskinen returned to the SM-liiga after starting the 2011/12 season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL. He signed a one-season contract with KalPa Kuopio , which was later extended to the end of the 2012/13 season. He then returned to his hometown club, but was poached in October of the same year by HK Sibir Novosibirsk from the Continental Hockey League .

At HK Sibir he played until December 2014 and showed very good performances before he was exchanged for Alexander Salák from SKA Saint Petersburg . In April 2015 he won the Gagarin Cup with the SKA and was able to repeat this success two years later.

In May 2018, Koskinen moved back to the NHL by signing a one-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers . In his second engagement in the highest league in North America, he succeeded in asserting himself in the internal competition against Cam Talbot , so that he was given a new three-year contract in January 2019. This should bring him an average annual salary of 4.5 million US dollars at the start of the 2019/20 season.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2007 Best catch quota of Jr. AI divisioona
  • 2008 Finnish runner-up with the Espoo Blues
  • 2014 KHL goalkeeper of the month November

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2006/07 Kiekko-Vantaa A-Jun.-SM-liiga 27 16 8th 3 1567 62 3 2.37 92.7 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Espoo Blues A-Jun.-SM-liiga 20th 12 4th 4th 1176 45 2 2.30 90.7 2 0 2 81 7th 0 5.18 73.1
2007/08 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 100.0 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Espoo Blues A-Jun.-SM-liiga 9 9 0 0 545 15th 2 1.65 93.0 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 33 17th 9 7th 1921 61 1 1.91 93.2 14th 6th 8th 856 37 0 2.59 91.2
2009/10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 2 1 1 0 123 5 0 2.45 90.2 3 1 1 147 7th 0 2.85 90.0
2009/10 Utah grizzlies ECHL 6th 6th 0 0 360 15th 0 2.50 92.4 4th 2 1 0 172 10 3.49 89.9
2010/11 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 36 12 21st 1 2063 120 0 3.49 89.2 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 New York Islanders NHL 4th 2 1 0 208 15th 0 4.33 87.3 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 3 0 2 0 149 7th 0 2.82 90.9 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 25th 13 5 4th 1382 53 5 2.30 91.7 6th 3 2 323 12 2 2.23 89.0
2012/13 KalPa Kuopio SM-liiga 49 21st 15th 13 2953 101 7th 2.05 919 5 1 4th 295 10 1 2.03 936
2013/14 Espoo Blues Liiga 2 1 0 1 121 5 0 2.47 91.5 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 HK Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 41 20th 11 8th 2361 67 3 1.70 93.9 10 4th 5 607 20th 1 1.98 92.8
2014/15 HK Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 29 16 11 1 1564 58 3 2.22 92.1 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 21st 9 8th 2 1270 40 1 1.89 92.7 22nd 16 6th 1377 37 3 1.61 93.6
2015/16 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 41 20th 18th 0 2379 96 3 2.42 91.5 15th 8th 7th 981 24 5 1.47 94.9
2016/17 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 23 14th 6th 3 1387 48 3 2.08 91.6 15th 12 1 913 25th 1 1.64 93.8
2017/18 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 29 22nd 4th 1 1718 45 5 1.57 93.7 15th 10 5 924 25th 4th 1.62 93.5
2018/19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 55 25th 21st 6th 2992 146 4th 2.93 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Edmonton Oilers NHL 38 18th 13 3 2117 97 1 2.75 91.7 4th 1 2 209 11 0 3.16 88.9
A-Juniors-SM-liiga total 56 37 12 7th 3288 122 7th 2.23 92.0 2 0 2 81 7th 0 5.18 73.1
(SM-) Liiga overall 108 52 29 25th 6316 215 14th 2.04 92.8 25th 10 14th 1474 59 3 2.40 91.4
KHL total 184 101 58 15th 10680 354 18th 1.99 92.6 77 50 24 4801 131 14th 1.64 93.8
AHL total 41 13 24 1 2335 132 0 3.39 89.3 3 1 1 147 7th 0 2.85 90.0
NHL overall 97 45 35 9 5317 258 5 2.91 90.9 4th 1 2 209 11 0 3.16 88.9

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2014 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 1 0 1 58 4th 0 4.12 84.6
2016 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 8th 7th 1 479 9 1 1.13 94.7
2016 Finland World cup 8th place Without any effort
2018 Finland Olympia 6th place 6th 3 2 297 8th 0 1.62 93.2
Men overall 15th 10 4th 834 21st 1 1.51 93.5

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Mikko Koskinen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Обмен со СКА: «Сибирь» и СКА совершили обмен, в результате которого в Новосибирск перешел чешский голкипер Александр Салак , а в Санкт-Петербург уехал Микко Коскинен. , December 5, 2014
  2. ^ Oilers sign Koskinen to contract extension. nhl.com, January 22, 2019, accessed on January 24, 2019 .
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personal data
SURNAME Koskinen, Mikko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Vantaa , Finland