Niclas Lucenius

Niclas Lucenius
Date of birth	May 3, 1989
place of birth	Turku , Finland
size	183 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2007 , 4th round, 115th position Atlanta Thrashers
KHL Junior Draft	2010 , 6th round, 122nd position Dinamo Riga
Career stations
2006-2011	Tappara Tampere
2011–2012	Dinamo Riga
2012-2013	Tappara Tampere LeKi
2013-2015	TPS Turku
2015-2016	Vaasan Sport SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers HC 05 Banská Bystrica
2016-2017	Ice pirates Crimmitschau LeKi
2017-2018	TUTO hockey
2018	LeKi
since 2018	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

Niclas Lucenius (born May 3, 1989 in Turku ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho in the Liiga since November 2018 .

Career

Niclas Lucenius began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Tappara Tampere , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2006/07 season , with no point or penalty in five games. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 in the fourth round as a total of 115th player by the Atlanta Thrashers , for whom he never played. Instead, the center stayed with Tappara and developed into a regular and leading player in the following years. His greatest success with the Tampere team was reaching third place in the 2007/08 season . During his time at Tappara, he played as a loan player for the Finnish U20 national team , LeKi and Kiekko-Vantaa in the second-class Mestis .

After he had belonged to the top scorers of Tappara Tampere in the two previous years, he was signed for the 2011/12 season by Dinamo Riga from the Continental Hockey League . The Latvians had already selected him as the 122nd player in the KHL Junior Draft 2010 in the sixth round. In August 2012, his contract was terminated and Lucenius returned to Tappara. For Tappara he then completed 45 SM-liiga games, in which he collected 20 points and won the Finnish runner-up. At the same time, he was used during the main round at LeKi from Mestis , collecting 16 points in 8 games. In September 2013, Lucenius initially moved to LeKi before signing a trial contract with TPS Turku in October , which was extended at the beginning of November.

Due to strong performances in the Mestis, Lucenius received a contract with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) in November 2018 and won the Finnish championship with the club in May 2019 .

International

For Finland , Lucenius took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2006 and 2007 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 . At the U18 World Cup 2006 he won the silver medal with his team, at the U20 World Cup 2008 he was named one of the top three players in Finland.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2008 Top 3 players in Finland at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2019 Finnish champion (ice hockey) with Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

SM liiga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	5	189	33	58	91	112
Playoffs	1	9	4th	4th	8th	2
Relegation	1	3	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

Commons : Niclas Lucenius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Niclas Lucenius at eliteprospects.com (English)