Janne Laakkonen

Janne Laakkonen (born April 15, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Fife Flyers in the UK's EIHL. Laakkonen most recently iced with fellow Elite League side Coventry Blaze.
==Career==
Laakkonen began his career with KalPa, playing for their junior teams before making his debut for the main roster during the 2000-01 Suomi-sarja playoffs. He then moved to SM-liiga team HPK and stayed for four seasons. He had a brief spell in Sweden's Elitserien for Timrå IK in 2005-06, playing six games and only registering one assist before moving back to Finland with HIFK.
In 2008, Laakkonen returned to HPK for a second spell. In 2010 he returned to KalPa for a second spell for one season before moving back to HPK in 2011 for a third spell with the team. For the 2012-13 season, he had spells in Mestis with Lempäälän Kisa and in the SM-liiga with Ilves before returning to Sweden with IF Sundsvall Hockey of the Hockeyettan, the country's third-tier league.
Since then, Laakkonen has played in various leagues across Europe. He played in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship for Arystan Temirtau and Kulager Petropavl, the Supreme Hockey League in Russia for Yuzhny Ural Orsk, the Belarusian Extraleague for HK Neman Grodno, the Ligue Magnus in France for Gothiques d'Amiens and most recently for GKS Katowice of the Polska Hokej Liga in Poland.
On 14 August 2019, Laakkonen moved to UK Elite Ice Hockey League side Coventry Blaze on a one-year deal. 
Laakkonen had originally expressed an interest in staying in Coventry for a second season, however following the suspension of the 2020-21 Elite League season, the winger moved to Austria in October 2020 to sign for AlpsHL side EHC Lustenau. 
After eight games with Lustenau, Laakkonen transferred to Norwegian side Narvik IK in December 2020. 
In March 2021, Laakkonen returned to Coventry Blaze ahead of the 2021 Elite Series. In July 2021, Laakkonen was then confirmed as a returnee for the 2021-22 Elite League season. 
In July 2022, Laakkonen swapped Coventry for fellow Elite League side Fife Flyers, signing a one-year deal for the 2022-23 season.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2000–01 	KalPa 	Suomi-sarja 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	2 	1 	1 	2 	0
2001–02 	KalPa 	Mestis 	 	5 	1 	0 	1 	27 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	43 	3 	20 	23 	18 	 	8 	0 	2 	2 	4
2002–03 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	55 	19 	20 	39 	22 	 	9 	3 	2 	5 	4
2003–04 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	37 	8 	21 	29 	18 	 	4 	2 	0 	2 	2
2004–05 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	49 	9 	23 	32 	32 	 	9 	0 	1 	1 	6
2005–06 	Timrå IK 	SHL 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	HIFK 	Liiga 	 	32 	14 	17 	31 	8 	 	12 	0 	4 	4 	10
2006–07 	HIFK 	Liiga 	 	56 	13 	23 	36 	36 	 	5 	0 	3 	3 	0
2007–08 	HIFK 	Liiga 	 	30 	4 	16 	20 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	34 	15 	21 	36 	41 	 	3 	1 	1 	2 	6
2009–10 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	41 	4 	30 	34 	44 	 	17 	5 	11 	16 	8
2010–11 	KalPa 	Liiga 	 	54 	7 	19 	26 	50 	 	7 	1 	2 	3 	2
2011–12 	HPK 	Liiga 	 	53 	10 	19 	29 	30 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	LeKi 	Mestis 	 	7 	2 	3 	5 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Ilves 	Liiga 	 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	IF Sundsvall Hockey	Division 1 	 	7 	2 	15 	17 	4 	 	3 	1 	2 	3 	0
2013–14 	IF Sundsvall Hockey	Division 1 	 	10 	3 	9 	12 	16 	 	2 	2 	2 	4 	2
2014–15 	Arystan Temirtau 	Kazakhstan 	 	10 	8 	10 	18 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	Yuzhny Ural Orsk 	VHL 	 	22 	5 	7 	12 	11 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Kulager Petropavl 	Kazakhstan 	 	35 	14 	23 	37 	32 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Neman Grodno 	Belarus 	 	9 	1 	5 	6 	6 	 	12 	2 	7 	9 	4
2016–17 	Neman Grodno 	Belarus 	 	41 	13 	34 	47 	18 	 	11 	3 	5 	8 	4
2017–18 	Gothiques d'Amiens 	Ligue Magnus 	 	40 	10 	25 	35 	24 	 	12 	0 	7 	7 	16
2018–19 	GKS Katowice 	Polska Hokej Liga	 	38 	15 	33 	48 	4 	 	16 	4 	5 	9 	14
2019–20 	Coventry Blaze 	EIHL 	 	43 	9 	40 	49 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	EHC Lustenau 	AlpsHL 	 	8 	2 	7 	9 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Narvik IK 	Eliteserien 	 	4 	1 	1 	2 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Coventry Blaze 	Elite Series 	 	14 	1 	7 	8 	12 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2021–22 	Coventry Blaze 	EIHL 	 	51 	13 	39 	52 	54 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Liiga totals	Liiga totals 	Liiga totals 	 	493 	106 	229 	335 	325 	 	74 	12 	26 	38 	42
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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