Teemu Laakso

Teemu Laakso
Date of birth	August 27, 1987
place of birth	Tuusula , Finland
size	185 cm
Weight	99 kg
position	defender
number	# 2
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 3rd round, 78th position Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 2002	Ahmat Hyvinkää
2002-2003	Haukat Järvenpää
2003-2008	HIFK Helsinki
2008–2012	Milwaukee Admirals
2012-2014	Severstal Cherepovets
2014-2017	Vaxjo Lakers
2017	HIFK Helsinki

Teemu Laakso (born August 27, 1987 in Tuusula ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who was last under contract with the HIFK Helsinki in the Liiga .

Career

Teemu Laakso began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of Ahmat Hyvinkää , for which he was active until 2002. After another junior station at Haukat Järvenpää , the defender made his debut in the SM-liiga for HIFK Helsinki in the 2004/05 season . For the capital club he was on the ice for a total of five years until 2008. At the same time, he was used from 2005 to 2007 for the Finnish U20 national team in the second-rate Mestis .

In the summer of 2008 he finally moved to North America. The defender, who was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2005 in the third round as a total of 78th player by the Nashville Predators , ran throughout the 2008/09 season for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Milwaukee Admirals . For the 2009/10 season , the Finn was appointed for the first time in the NHL squad of the Predators, for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the game against the Dallas Stars on October 3, 2009 .

After Laakso could not prevail in four seasons in the NHL, he left the Predators franchise and signed a two-year contract on June 3, 2012 with Severstal Tscherepowez .

Between 2014 and 2017 he was under contract with the Växjö Lakers before signing a trial contract with HIFK Helsinki in June 2017.

International

For Finland , Laakso took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2004 and 2005 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2015 Swedish champion with the Växjö Lakers

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	HIFK	SM-liiga		15th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HIFK	SM-liiga		47	2	1	3	20th		8th	1	0	1	0
2006/07	HIFK	SM-liiga		50	3	6th	9	70		5	0	1	1	0
2007/08	HIFK	SM-liiga		53	3	7th	10	40		7th	0	0	0	2
2008/09	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		42	2	7th	9	50		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		46	4th	9	13	42		7th	1	2	3	4th
2009/10	Nashville Predators	NHL		7th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		74	8th	22nd	30th	46		8th	1	1	2	0
2010/11	Nashville Predators	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Nashville Predators	NHL		9	0	0	0	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		55	3	17th	20th	74		3	0	2	2	2
2012/13	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL
NHL overall				17th	0	0	0	10		-	-	-	-	-
SM-liiga total				165	8th	16	24	132		20th	1	1	2	2

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004	Finland	U18 World Cup		6th	2	4th	6th	18th
2005	Finland	U18 World Cup		6th	0	0	0	8th
2005	Finland	U20 World Cup		5	0	1	1	10
2006	Finland	U20 World Cup		7th	3	1	4th	12
2007	Finland	U20 World Cup		6th	3	2	5	52
Juniors overall				30th	8th	8th	16	100

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Teemu Laakso at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ KHL: Nashville's Laakso Signs for Severstal. RIA Novosti , June 3, 2012, accessed December 10, 2012 .