Teemu Lepaus (born March 12, 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays for Bietigheim Steelers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[1] He also plays roller in-line hockey last time playing for Team Haippi winning the Finnish championships. He has also played for the Finnish men's team winning silver in 2017 world championships.
| Teemu Lepaus | |||
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| Born |
March 12, 1993 Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| DEL team Former teams |
Bietigheim Steelers Ilves Ässät EHC Visp | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Playing career
editIn 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, SM-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 one-year contract with Porin Ässät.[3] But he went to EHC Visp in the middle of the season.
Personal life
editLepaus' retired brother Toni played ice hockey in Mestis.[4] Lepaus played football in Ilves when he was a kid.[5]
Career statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2011–12 | Ilves | Jr. A | 34 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ilves | Jr. A | 38 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ilves | Jr. A | 40 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 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 | SM-l | 56 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Ilves | SM-l | 60 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ilves | SM-l | 49 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Ilves | SM-l | 38 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ässät | SM-l | 34 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | EHC Visp | SL | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Bietigheim Steelers | DEL | 54 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 237 | 50 | 70 | 120 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Roller in-line hockey
edit| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Finland
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| Roller in-line hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2017 Slovakia | |
| Finnish championships | ||
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2021 Tampere, Finland | |
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).[6] Finland got 2nd place in the tournament.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Teemu Lepaus at Elite Prospects".
- ^ "Teemu Lepaus at Hockey Database".
- ^ "Ässät kaappasi Lepauksen ensi kaudeksi" (in Finnish).
- ^ "Toni Lepaus Elite Prospects".
- ^ "Teemu Lepaus kasvoi Itävallassa ihmisenä ja kehittyi SaPKossa huippupelaajaksi" (in Finnish).
- ^ "Scoring leaders (roller hockey)" (PDF). 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "2017 Bratislava inline hockey tournament medallists".
- ^ "Team Haippi homepage" (in Finnish).
- ^ "Team Haippi players" (in Finnish).
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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