Liiga

ECHL: Cade Borchardt Heads Overseas

The Kansas City Mavericks can’t win for losing this past week, suffering another loss. They first suffered a significant loss to the Toledo Walleye in the Kelly Cup Playoffs third round. Now, Cade Borchardt has signed a contract for the 2025-26 season with Kalevan Pallo (KalPa), part of the Finnish Liiga. The Liiga has 16 […]

ECHL: Mark Sinclair Heading Overseas

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, […]

2025 NHL Draft: Top 5 Underrated Finnish Prospects

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 […]

Player Profile: Joel Blomqvist

Joel Blomqvist, Pittsburgh Penguins‘ number 30, was born on January 10, 2002, in Uusikaarlepyy, Finland. He worked his way up through the Finnish leagues, earned an entry-level contract, and found himself in a goaltending tandem in the NHL all within a few short years. Click here for Joel Blomqvist’s Full Stats Blomqvist started his time […]

ECHL: Timur Ibragimov Heads Back To Russia

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 […]

2025 NHL Draft: Early Looks at Finnish Prospects

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 […]

Player Profile: Rasmus Kupari

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 […]

Player Profile: Juuse Saros

On April 19, 1995, Juuse Saros was born in Forssa, Finland. He is currently one of the elite goaltenders in the National Hockey League and has played his entire career with the Nashville Predators organization. See all of Juuse Saros’ Career Statistics Here! When Saros started playing hockey at nine years old, he played as […]

ECHL: Cam Hillis Heads Overseas

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 […]

ECHL: Kansas City Mavericks Lose Leading Scorer, Re-Sign Cotton

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 […]