Niko Hovinen

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Niko Hovinen
Date of birth March 16, 1988
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 199 cm
Weight 96 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 32
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 5th round, 132nd position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2005-2008 Jokerit Helsinki
2008–2012 Pelicans Lahti
2012-2013 Trenton Titans
2013 Oklahoma City Barons
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2013-2014 Admiral Vladivostok
2014 EC Red Bull Salzburg
2015 Malmo Redhawks
2015-2016 Pelicans Lahti
2016 KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2016-2017 KalPa
2017 KooKoo
2017 KalPa
2018 Iserlohn Roosters

Niko Hovinen (born March 16, 1988 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Iserlohn Roosters in the DEL since October 2018 .

Career

Niko Hovinen began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Jokerit Helsinki , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2006/07 season and with which he immediately became runner-up after he had already been a Substitute goalkeeper was ordered into the professional squad. From 2005 to 2008 he played mainly for the junior teams of Jokerit, while he came parallel to some appearances for the Finnish U20 national team in the second-rate Mestis . For the 2008/09 season , the goalkeeper moved within the SM-liiga to the Pelicans Lahti , where he has been used regularly since then and for which he completed a full season as a regular goalkeeper for the first time in the 2010/11 season . From 2008 to 2010 he also came on loan to eleven assignments for HeKi in the Mestis.

In May 2011, Hovinen signed a contract as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League . In the 2011/12 season he initially continued to play for the Pelicans as a loan player. Previously, he had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the fifth round as a total of 132nd player by the Minnesota Wild , but they never signed him afterwards. The 2012/13 season began Hovinen with the Trenton Titans from the ECHL, a cooperation partner of the Philadelphia Flyers, before the Finn on the waiver list was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in January 2013 . They then ordered him to join their AHL farm team, the Oklahoma City Barons .

In May 2013 Hovinen was committed by Metallurg Novokuznetsk from the Continental Hockey League , but left the club in November of the same year back to Admiral Vladivostok . For Admiral, due to an injury, he only made seven appearances in the KHL until the end of the season and was then without a club. After his injury had healed, he received a two-month contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg from the EBEL . In mid-December he came on five missions in Salzburg and then returned to Finland. From the end of December 2014 he was briefly under contract with Luleå HF before he was signed by Leksands IF at the end of January 2015 . With this he managed the promotion from the second rate HockeyAllsvenskan to the Svenska Hockeyligan .

In August 2015, he initially received a one-month contract with Kärpät Oulu , which was later extended. At the end of September he left the club anyway and then played again for the Pelicans Lahti.

For the 2016/17 season he moved to the Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb , which competes in the Continental Hockey League . There he was used in five KHL games, in which, however, he only brought average performance. Therefore, his contract - after Michael Garnett and Drew MacIntyre were signed - was terminated in early November 2016. A little later, the Finnish first division club KalPa announced Hovinen's commitment. During the season he played for KalPa's league competitor KooKoo before he moved to Lausanne HC in the National League A (NLA) at the beginning of February 2017 and thus played in the first Swiss league for the first time in his career. For the LHC he came as the third goalkeeper only for one use in the NLA. Then he returned to KalPa.

International

For Finland , Hovinen took part in the 2011 World Cup in Slovakia , where he and his team were world champions as a substitute goalkeeper.

Achievements and Awards

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Niko Hovinen strengthens the goalie position of the Iserlohn Roosters. Iserlohn Roosters, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ csnphilly.com, Flyers Sign Free Agent Goalie Niko Hovinen
  3. ↑ Red Bull Salzburg: Luka Gracnar is out longer - Bulls sign Niko Hovinen. In: sportreport.biz. October 23, 2014, accessed October 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Red Bulls and Niko Hovinen end their collaboration. In: ecrbs.redbulls.com. December 15, 2014, accessed October 19, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Niko Hovinen palaa Pelicansiin. (No longer available online.) In: pelicans.fi. September 25, 2015, archived from the original on October 29, 2015 ; Retrieved October 19, 2015 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pelicans.fi
  6. ↑ Finn Hovinen wants to be in goal in Zagreb's Den. In: www.medvescak.com. Retrieved October 2, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Uutiset - Eero Kilpeläinen sivussa jouluun asti, Niko Hovinen KalPa-paitaan. In: kalpa.fi. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Lausanne Hockey Club: Nouvelle arrivée. - Lausanne Hockey Club. Retrieved February 7, 2017 (fr-fr).
personal data
SURNAME Hovinen, Niko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland