Liiga

ECHL: Alex Beaucage Heads Overseas
- Armand Klisivitch
- June 17, 2025
Trois-Rivières Lions forward Alex Beaucage is heading overseas to Finland to join Lukko in Liiga after spending his first four professional seasons in North America. The Trois-Rivières native split his season between the Lions and the Laval Rocket. In 22 games with Laval, he had two goals and three assists for five points. In 24 […]
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Detroit Red Wings Sign 19-Year-Old Forward to ELC
- Chris Lavallee
- June 3, 2025
Detroit Red Wings Sign 19-Year-Old Forward to ELC
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ECHL: Cade Borchardt Heads Overseas
- Stephanie DeLaFleur
- May 27, 2025
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 […]
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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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