Michael Keränen
| Michael Keränen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
4 January 1990 Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Jokerit Ilves Minnesota Wild Binghamton Senators | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Michael Keränen (born 4 January 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Keränen is currently a member of Jokerit in Helsinki, Finland. Keränen most recently played in North America with the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Keränen first played as a youth in his native Finland with Tappara before moving to Ilves as a 17-year-old. Keränen made his professional debut in the SM-liiga with Ilves at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season. After his fifth season with Ilves, in which he led the team in scoring with 52 points in as many games, Keränen initially signed as a free agent on a one-year contract with rival Finnish Liiga club, HIFK on 30 April 2014.[1]
A little over a month later, Keränen exercised his NHL out clause to leave HIFK and sign his first NHL contract on a one-year, two-way deal with the Minnesota Wild on 5 June 2014.[2]
In the following 2015–16 season, Keränen returned to the Iowa Wild for a second season. He was leading Iowa in goals when on 17 November 2015, he received his first recall to the Wild. Making his NHL debut later that night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.[3] He was prompty returned to the AHL and on 29 February 2016, he was dealt by the Minnesota Wild, executing a minor league trade deadline deal, to the Ottawa Senators in return for defenseman Conor Allen.[4]
On 28 April 2016 the Finnish club Jokerit Helsinki announced Keränen's move to the club.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Ilves | SM-l | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Ilves | SM-l | 42 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | LeKi | Mestis | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Ilves | SM-l | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ilves | SM-l | 56 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ilves | Liiga | 52 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 70 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 195 | 41 | 60 | 101 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Liiga Golden Helmet | 2013–14 | [5] |
| Liiga Lasse Oksanen Award | 2013–14 | [5] |
References
- ↑ "Michael Keranen of IFK will be encouraged" (in Finnish). HIFK. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ↑ "Wild inks Keranen to one-year deal". Minnesota Wild. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Wild re-assigns Keranen and Olafsson". Minnesota Wild. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ↑ "Wild, Senators Exchange Michael Keranen, Conor Allen". The Hockey Writers. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Golden Helmet". Elite Prospects. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
External links
- Michael Keränen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Michael Keränen at EliteProspects