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Niko Kapanen

C | 5'9", 180 lbs. |

Birth Date:April 29, 1978 (35 years old)
Place of Birth:Hameenlinna, FIN
Shoots:L

Experience:6 years
Drafted:Drafted by Dallas in 1998 (6/173).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Played in the NHL YoungStars Game	2002-03
	Olympic Silver Medal	2006 (Finland)
	Olympic Bronze Medal	2010 (Finland)

Movements & Injuries

2008
6/09/2008	Signed with the Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
4/06/2008	Missed the last game of the regular season (flu).
2007
2/27/2007	Claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Thrashers.
2/26/2007	Placed on waivers by the Atlanta Thrashers.
2006
7/20/2006	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers to a multi-year contract.
6/24/2006	Acquired from the Dallas Stars.
1/28/2006	Missed 1 game (flu).
1/26/2006	Flu, day-to-day.
2005
8/11/2005	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Dallas Stars to a one-year contract.
7/31/2005	Dallas Stars tendered a qualifying offer.
2004
6/28/2004	Re-signed by the Dallas Stars to a one-year contract.
6/09/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the EV Zug of the Swiss National League.
2003
8/26/2003	Re-signed by the Dallas Stars to a one-year contract.
6/26/2003	Dallas Stars tendered a qualifying offer.
2001
11/19/2001	Assigned to Utah (AHL).

Career Transactions

2007
2/27/2007	Phoenix Coyotes claimed Niko Kapanen off waivers from the Atlanta Thrashers.
2006
6/24/2006	Atlanta Thrashers traded Patrik Stefan and Jaroslav Modry to the Dallas Stars for Niko Kapanen and a 7th round selection in 2006.
1998
6/27/1998	Drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round (173rd overall) in 1998.

Player News

N.Kapenen scores twice in KHL game Saturday | 01/05/2013 11:24 AM

News

Former NHLer Niko Kapanen scored twice in Bars Kazan's 9-3 rout over Salavat Ufa in KHL action Saturday.

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Impact

The six-year NHL veteran, who last played in North America with Phoenix in 2008, now has 22 points in 38 games for Bars Kazan. Aleksy Morozov scored a goal and added a helper in the victory. Morozov leads the squad in scoring with 30 points.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Kazan	KHL	50	10	18	28	14	26	2	0	1	17:32	79	0.56
2011-12	Kazan	KHL	54	12	27	39	21	24	5	1	2	16:40	72	0.72
	Finland	WC	10	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	14:18	8	0.20
2010-11	Kazan	KHL	53	7	31	38	25	24	2	0	0	17:31	73	0.72
	Finland	WC	9	2	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	16:58	9	0.33
2009-10	Kazan	KHL	54	12	15	27	-7	44	7	0	2	-	94	0.50
	Finland	Olympic	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14:09	3	0.33
2008-09	Kazan	KHL	53	12	19	31	-	22	-	-	-	-	-	0.58
	Finland	WC	7	7	3	10	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.43
2007-08	Phoenix	NHL	79	10	18	28	-1	34	5	0	5	13:48	85	0.35
	Finland	WC	9	2	5	7	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.78
2006-07	Phoenix	NHL	19	2	7	9	-11	8	1	0	1	17:35	28	0.47
	Atlanta	NHL	60	4	9	13	-12	20	1	0	0	10:44	51	0.22
	Total Atl/Phx	NHL	79	6	16	22	-23	28	2	0	1	12:23	79	0.28
	Finland	WC	9	0	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.78
2005-06	Dallas	NHL	81	14	21	35	-10	36	5	2	4	14:13	97	0.43
	Finland	Olympic	8	2	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.38
2004-05	Zug	Swi	44	10	33	43	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.98
	Finland	WC	7	1	4	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.71
	Finland	W-Cup	6	1	2	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	67	1	5	6	-15	16	0	0	0	11:30	57	0.09
	Finland	WC	7	3	2	5	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.71
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	82	5	29	34	25	44	0	1	1	14:39	80	0.41
2001-02	Dallas	NHL	9	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	9:44	3	0.11
	Utah	AHL	59	13	28	41	-3	40	2	3	2	-	131	0.69
	Finland	WC	9	0	4	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.44
2000-01	TPS	Fin	56	11	21	32	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	0.57
	Finland	WC	9	3	1	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.44
1999-00	HPK	Fin	53	20	28	48	18	40	-	-	-	-	-	0.91
	Finland	WC	9	4	3	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.78
1998-99	HPK	Fin	50	12	28	40	-	49	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
1997-98	HPK	Fin	48	8	18	26	-	44	-	-	-	-	-	0.54
	Finland	WC	7	2	5	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
	HPK	Fin Jr.	2	1	1	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
1996-97	HPK	Fin	41	6	9	15	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.37
	HPK	Fin Jr.	5	1	7	8	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.60
	HPK	EuroHL	6	3	0	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
	Finland	WC	6	4	4	8	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1.33
1995-96	HPK	Fin	7	1	0	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.14
	HPK	Fin Jr.	26	15	22	37	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	1.42
	HPK Hameenlinna B	Fin Jr.	10	6	6	12	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	1.20
1994-95	HPK Hameenlinna B	Fin Jr.	37	19	44	63	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	1.70
1993-94	HPK	Fin Jr.	31	17	33	50	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	1.61
	HPK Hameenlinna C	Fin Jr.	2	0	1	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
1992-93	HPK Hameenlinna C	Fin Jr.	14	14	6	20	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1.43
NHL	Total	NHL	397	36	90	126	-25	160	12	3	11	-	401	0.32
AHL	Total	AHL	59	13	28	41	-3	40	2	3	2	-	131	0.69
Fin	Total	Fin	255	58	104	162	-	165	-	-	-	-	-	0.64
Swi	Total	Swi	44	10	33	43	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	0.98
EuroHL	Total	EuroHL	6	3	0	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	127	73	120	193	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	1.52
KHL	Total	KHL	264	53	110	163	-	140	-	-	-	-	-	0.62
Olympic	Total	Olympic	14	2	3	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.36
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	6	1	2	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
WC	Total	WC	98	29	40	69	-	58	-	-	-	-	-	0.70

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Kazan	KHL	18	4	6	10	1	2	2	0	1	18:05	30	0.56
2011-12	Kazan	KHL	12	2	4	6	-5	2	1	0	2	19:29	18	0.50
2010-11	Kazan	KHL	9	2	3	5	5	12	0	0	1	17:57	-	0.56
2009-10	Kazan	KHL	22	8	9	17	3	6	4	0	2	-	42	0.77
2008-09	Kazan	KHL	21	1	9	10	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	0.48
2007-08	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Dallas	NHL	5	0	1	1	-2	10	0	0	0	14:51	5	0.20
2004-05	Zug	Swi	9	2	5	7	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	0.78
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	2	1.00
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	12	4	3	7	4	12	0	1	0	-	20	0.58
2001-02	Dallas	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Utah	AHL	5	2	1	3	-2	0	0	0	1	-	12	0.60
2000-01	TPS	Fin	10	2	1	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.30
1999-00	HPK	Fin	8	1	9	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1.25
1998-99	HPK	Fin	8	3	4	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.88
1997-98	HPK	Fin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	HPK	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	HPK	Fin	10	4	5	9	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.90
	HPK	Fin Jr.	2	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
	HPK	EuroHL	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1995-96	HPK	Fin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	HPK	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	HPK Hameenlinna B	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1994-95	HPK Hameenlinna B	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	HPK	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	HPK Hameenlinna C	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1992-93	HPK Hameenlinna C	Fin Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	18	5	4	9	2	22	0	1	0	-	27	0.50
AHL	Total	AHL	5	2	1	3	-2	0	0	0	1	-	12	0.60
Fin	Total	Fin	36	10	19	29	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.81
Swi	Total	Swi	9	2	5	7	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	0.78
EuroHL	Total	EuroHL	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
Fin Jr.	Total	Fin Jr.	2	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
KHL	Total	KHL	82	17	31	48	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	0.59

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	2002-03 (Dal)
Goals	14	2005-06 (Dal)
Assists	29	2002-03 (Dal)
Points	35	2005-06 (Dal)
Penalty Minutes	44	2002-03 (Dal)
Plus/Minus	+25	2002-03 (Dal)
Power Play Goals	5	2 times-last: 2007-08 (Phx)
Shorthanded Goals	2	2005-06 (Dal)
Shots	97	2005-06 (Dal)

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