Ari Haanpää

Ari Eerik Haanpää (born November 28, 1965, in Nokia, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1999, and briefly in 2001–2002, was mainly spent in the Finnish SM-liiga. Internationally Haanpää played for the Finnish national junior team at two European Junior Championships and two World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in 1984.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1981–82 Tappara U20 FIN Jr 23 8 7 15 19 — — — — — 1982–83 Tappara U20 FIN Jr 21 9 9 18 54 — — — — — 1983–84 Ilves FIN 27 0 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 2 1984–85 Ilves FIN 13 5 0 5 2 9 3 1 4 0 1985–86 New York Islanders NHL 18 0 7 7 20 — — — — — 1985–86 Springfield Indians AHL 30 3 1 4 13 — — — — — 1986–87 New York Islanders NHL 41 6 4 10 17 6 0 0 0 10 1987–88 New York Islanders NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Springfield Indians AHL 61 14 19 33 34 — — — — — 1988–89 Lukko FIN 42 28 19 47 36 — — — — — 1989–90 Lukko FIN 24 17 9 26 59 — — — — — 1990–91 JyP HT FIN 32 28 17 45 100 5 3 1 4 8 1991–92 JyP HT FIN 41 21 20 41 70 10 6 2 8 8 1992–93 JyP HT FIN 44 15 11 26 89 9 1 2 3 4 1993–94 Tappara FIN 42 21 13 34 72 10 3 6 9 6 1994–95 Tappara FIN 48 12 12 24 67 — — — — — 1995–96 Tappara FIN 45 13 16 29 60 4 3 0 3 8 1996–97 CE Wien AUT 29 15 13 28 39 — — — — — 1997–98 GEC Nordhorn GER-2 33 32 37 69 64 — — — — — 1998–99 Hockey Club de Reims FRA 33 19 14 33 76 — — — — — 2001–02 Kiekko-Ahma FIN-3 3 2 0 2 2 — — — — — FIN totals 358 160 118 278 563 49 19 12 31 36 NHL totals 60 6 11 17 37 6 0 0 0 10

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1982 Finland EJC 5 0 0 0 16 1983 Finland EJC 5 3 0 3 12 1984 Finland WJC 7 5 5 10 8 1985 Finland WJC 7 6 1 7 4 Junior totals 24 14 6 20 40