Mika Nieminen

Template:Short description Template:Infobox ice hockey player Mika Sakari Nieminen (born 1 January 1966 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, Jokerit and HIFK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

During the 1994-1995 season, when playing for Luleå HF, he became the top scorer during both the regular Elitserien season and the Swedish national championship play-offs. He never won championships at club level, but he did win the 1995 World Championship with Finland.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1983–84	Ilves	FIN U20		27	22	15	37	16		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Ilves	FIN U20		27	23	17	40	28		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Kiekkoreipas	FIN.2		43	25	37	62	67		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Kiekkoreipas	FIN.2		44	31	32	63	34		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Ilves	SM-l		41	21	20	41	2		4	2	3	5	0
1988–89	Ilves	SM-l		23	10	21	31	14		5	3	6	9	4
1989–90	Ilves	SM-l		25	12	34	46	12		9	2	6	8	4
1990–91	Ilves	SM-l		44	20	42	62	20		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lukko	SM-l		44	17	38	55	16		2	0	0	0	2
1992–93	Luleå HF	SEL		40	17	23	40	28		11	2	2	4	6
1993–94	Luleå HF	SEL		40	14	38	52	24		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Luleå HF	SEL		38	18	31	49	26		9	5	8	13	16
1995–96	Grasshopper Club Zürich	SUI.2		36	28	46	74	16		10	4	9	13	4
1996–97	Grasshopper Club Zürich	SUI.2		38	41	33	74	60		10	7	10	17	31
1997–98	Jokerit	SM-l		48	16	25	41	37		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	HIFK	SM-l		53	20	28	48	12		11	4	7	11	0
1999–2000	HIFK	SM-l		36	15	19	34	42		9	2	6	8	18
2000–01	HIFK	SM-l		50	9	28	37	22		4	1	0	1	0
2001–02	HIFK	SM-l		55	9	12	21	20		3	0	1	1	0
SM-l totals				419	149	267	416	197		47	14	29	43	28
SEL totals				118	49	92	141	78		20	7	10	17	22

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984	Finland	EJC		5	1	0	1	0
1991	Finland	WC		10	5	6	11	2
1992	Finland	OG		8	4	6	10	6
1992	Finland	WC		8	3	5	8	2
1993	Finland	WC		6	0	0	0	2
1994	Finland	OG		8	3	5	8	0
1994	Finland	WC		8	2	3	5	2
1995	Finland	WC		8	4	3	7	6
1996	Finland	WCH		4	2	0	2	2
1996	Finland	WC		6	4	2	6	2
1997	Finland	WC		8	4	3	7	2
1998	Finland	OG		5	1	2	3	2
Senior totals				79	32	35	67	28

External links

• Mika Nieminen at Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame page Template:In lang