Liiga

ECHL: Mark Sinclair Heading Overseas
- Armand Klisivitch
- February 14, 2025
Bloomington Bison Goaltender Mark Sinclair is heading overseas to Finland to join HPK in Liiga. The 28-year-old goaltender had played in 21 games with the Bison this season, putting up a 10-6-2 record with a 2.13 GAA, 9.29 SV%, and one shutout. He has played in four games in the AHL with the Belleville Senators, […]
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2025 NHL Draft: Top 5 Underrated Finnish Prospects
- Anthony Salvato
- November 28, 2024
Finland currently holds the fifth highest percentage of players in the NHL only trailing the longtime hockey powers of Canada, USA, Sweden, and Russia. With such a successful league neighbouring them, sometimes it’s more difficult for Finnish players from Liiga, Mestis, or even the youth levels to compete with these other countries. However, that doesn’t […]
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ECHL: Timur Ibragimov Heads Back To Russia
- Armand Klisivitch
- October 6, 2024
Forward Timur Imbragimov is returning home to Russia to play in the VHL with SKA-Neva St. Petersburg after spending a year in Finland and three seasons in North America. Ibragimov played 35 games with SKA-Neva St. Petersburg during the 2019-20 season, scoring five goals and adding eight assists for 13 points. He would put up […]
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2025 NHL Draft: Early Looks at Finnish Prospects
- Anthony Salvato
- September 19, 2024
The NHL season, along with many European and CHL seasons, is just around the corner, and rookie camps are starting up. It’s time to take a look at a few more players eligible for the upcoming draft that many may be watching come this time next year. According to Statista, Finland has over 100 players […]
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Player Profile: Rasmus Kupari
- Conrad Jack
- August 23, 2024
Rasmus Kupari was born on March 15th, 2000, in Kotka, Finland. He is a centre who has spent his NHL playing career with the Los Angeles Kings and the Winnipeg Jets. He is listed at 6-foot-2 and 183 pounds and is a right-handed shot. There isn’t a lot of documentation on Kupari’s early playing days […]
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ECHL: Cam Hillis Heads Overseas
- Armand Klisivitch
- July 30, 2024
Center Cam Hillis is heading overseas to Finland after playing his first four years of pro hockey in North America. The former third-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens spent just over two seasons in the Canadiens systems, playing at all three levels, which included his NHL debut on New Year’s Day in 2022 against the […]
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ECHL: Kansas City Mavericks Lose Leading Scorer, Re-Sign Cotton
- Armand Klisivitch
- July 26, 2024
The Kansas City Mavericks have had a rough week, losing Nolan Walker, Cole Coskey, and now Patrick Curry, all of whom have left to go overseas in the past three days. Curry, in his first full season in the ECHL, put up 39 goals and 48 assists for 87 points while playing in all 72 […]
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2024 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Veeti Vaisanen
- Richard Jelinek
- June 26, 2024
The Scouting Report Defenseman Veeti Vaisanen is a 6-foot-0 and 177-pound native of Hamina, Finland. A prospect that can round out any defense pairings, he plays a simple game from end to end. Vaisanen does not provide a lot of offense and is a sound skater but focuses more on the defensive end and shutting […]
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