Arto Laatikainen

Arto Markus Laatikainen (born May 24, 1980) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish Liiga. Laatikainen was selected by the New York Rangers in the 7th round (197th overall) of the 1999 NHL entry draft.

Laatikainen played the 2013–14 season for hometown club, Espoo Blues in the Liiga. He played 614 league games for Espoo Blues, which is more than any other player ever played for the team.

Notable awards and honours 2007-08: Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenceman of the season in the SM-liiga

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U18 11 2 5 7 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 34 2 9 11 34 — — — — — 1997–98 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U18 7 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 1997–98 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 35 7 9 16 24 5 2 0 2 2 1998–99 Blues FIN U20 3 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 1998–99 Blues SM-l 48 0 6 6 14 4 0 2 2 2 1999–2000 Blues FIN U20 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Blues SM-l 51 6 5 11 12 4 1 0 1 4 2000–01 Blues SM-l 54 5 9 14 38 — — — — — 2000–01 Haukat FIN.2 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Blues SM-l 56 5 6 11 32 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Blues SM-l 51 1 8 9 24 7 0 3 3 4 2003–04 Blues SM-l 55 4 20 24 30 — — — — — 2004–05 Blues SM-l 56 7 8 15 32 — — — — — 2005–06 Blues SM-l 54 6 19 25 69 9 3 5 8 8 2006–07 Blues SM-l 52 6 21 27 50 9 2 2 4 10 2007–08 Blues SM-l 52 13 25 38 53 17 2 9 11 18 2008–09 Färjestad BK SEL 39 2 14 16 18 9 0 2 2 6 2009–10 Färjestad BK SEL 38 1 11 12 18 6 1 1 2 4 2010–11 Södertälje SK SEL 54 6 16 22 28 — — — — — 2011–12 JYP SM-l 47 5 17 22 46 14 0 4 4 4 2012–13 Blues Liiga 36 2 8 10 18 — — — — — 2012–13 HC Keski-Uusimaa FIN.2 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Blues Liiga 49 4 10 14 51 7 0 3 3 4 2014–15 TPS Liiga 5 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2014–15 Kärpät Liiga 42 6 17 23 18 19 0 17 17 20 2015–16 Kärpät Liiga 50 3 13 16 10 13 1 4 5 6 2016–17 Ilves Liiga 47 1 11 12 36 10 0 2 2 2 2017–18 Ilves Liiga 40 0 6 6 28 — — — — — 2018–19 HPK Liiga 55 2 13 15 14 15 3 4 7 27 SM-l/Liiga totals 900 76 222 298 579 131 12 55 67 109 SEL totals 131 9 41 50 64 15 1 3 4 10

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1997 Finland U17 3 1 0 1 4 1998 Finland EJC 6 3 2 5 6 1999 Finland WJC 6 0 2 2 6 2000 Finland WJC 7 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 22 4 6 10 18