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Teemu Lepaus (born march 12, 1993 Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player who plays for Porin Ässät in Liiga.[1]

Teemu Lepaus
Born (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 (age 31)
Tampere, Finland
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Position LW
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
Ässät
EHC Lustenau
Imatran Ketterä
Savonlinnan Pallokerho
Tampereen Ilves
Playing career 2015–present

Career

In the 2014-15 season Lepaus played in EHC Lustenau for 9 games. Lustenau won the INL championship that season. Lepaus also played in Suomi-sarja for Ketterä.

In the 2015-16 season Lepaus had moved to play for SaPKo in the finnish second-tier league, Mestis. He played 40 games and put up 22 points. 12 of those were goals.

The next season, 2016-17 Lepaus played for SaPKo for the last time. He played 48 games and made 62 points, but only 16 were goals. SaPKo won the Mestis championship and Lepaus got chosen in the all-star team. Lepaus had the most playoff-points (17) and the most assists (46). Lepaus was also chosen as the playoffs MVP.

For the next four seasons (2017-2021) Lepaus played in the finnish first-tier league, Liiga. He was in the roster of Ilves. Lepaus played 203 games in those four seasons and put up 104 points. 41 of those were goals.[1][2]

In 2021 Lepaus signed a 1 year contract with Porin Ässät.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014-15 EHC Lustenau INL 9 3 9 12 6
2014-15 Ketterä Suomi-sarja 14 3 13 16
2015-16 SaPKo Mestis 40 12 10 22 39
2016–17 SapKo Mestis 48 16 46 62 42 12 7 10 17 8
2017–18 Ilves Liiga 56 8 16 24 39
2018–19 Ilves Liiga 60 16 24 40 26 7 1 2 3 2
2019–20 Ilves Liiga 49 6 12 18 10
2020–21 Ilves Liiga 38 13 9 22 18 5 0 1 1 0
Liiga totals 203 43 61 104 93 12 1 3 4 2

Roller in-line hockey

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Roller in-line hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovakia

Teemu Lepaus played in the 2017 roller in-line hockey championships for Finland men's national inline hockey team "Rullaleijonat". Teemu lepaus scored 22 points (tournaments best).[4] Finland got 2nd place in the tournament.[5]

In 2021 Lepaus was a part of Team Haippi in the Rullakiekon SM-liiga (finnish top tier roller in-line hockey league). They won the tournament without losing one game.[6] The team had the following players: Teemu Lepaus, Alexander Barkov, Eemeli Suomi, Aleksi Heponiemi, Jonatan Tanus, Kristian Tanus, Patrik Puistola, Henrik Haapala, Anton Levtchi and Lassi Yrjölä.[7]

Personal life

Lepaus' retired brother Toni played ice hockey in Mestis.[8] Lepaus played football in Ilves when he was a kid.[9]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Teemu Lepaus at Elite Prospects".((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Teemu Lepaus at Hockey Database".((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Ässät kaappasi Lepauksen ensi kaudeksi" (in Finnish).
  4. ^ "Scoring leaders (roller hockey)" (PDF). 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  5. ^ "2017 Bratislava inline hockey tournament medallists".((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Team Haippi homepage" (in Finnish).((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Team Haippi players" (in Finnish).((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Toni Lepaus Elite Prospects".((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Teemu Lepaus kasvoi Itävallassa ihmisenä ja kehittyi SaPKossa huippupelaajaksi" (in Finnish).

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database