Ilkka Mikkola

Ilkka Mikkola (born 18 January 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who most notably played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career In the time of his 12 seasons in league, Mikkola has won eight championships, which is more than any active player in the league. In the 2004–2005 SM-liiga season, Mikkola was the best defenceman of the league and was also chosen to the SM-liiga All Star-game. Of the eight championships he has won four with Kärpät, one with Jokerit and three with TPS.

Including the eight championships in SM-liiga, Mikkola has also won gold medal in 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He has also won silver medal in U18 European Championships. Mikkola was drafted to NHL by Montreal Canadiens in third round as 65th overall in 1997 NHL entry draft.

Awards and honours Award Year Liiga All-Star Team 2005 Pekka Rautakallio Trophy 2005 Oulun Kärpät retired Mikkola's number "6" in 2021.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Kärpät FIN U18 4 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Kärpät FIN U20 21 2 3 5 20 — — — — — 1995–96 Kärpät FIN.2 10 0 4 4 29 2 0 0 0 2 1996–97 Kärpät FIN U18 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Kärpät FIN U20 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1996–97 Kärpät FIN.2 40 7 12 19 30 9 0 0 0 4 1997–98 Kärpät FIN U20 4 3 2 5 6 — — — — — 1997–98 Kärpät FIN.2 28 2 7 9 34 14 1 3 4 16 1998–99 TPS SM-l 42 1 3 4 41 10 1 0 1 6 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 54 2 6 8 48 11 0 0 0 6 2000–01 TPS SM-l 37 3 6 9 22 10 0 1 1 4 2001–02 Jokerit SM-l 55 3 2 5 14 12 1 3 4 6 2002–03 Jokerit SM-l 38 4 10 14 8 10 0 1 1 10 2003–04 Kärpät SM-l 52 3 13 16 22 15 0 2 2 8 2004–05 Kärpät SM-l 45 4 16 20 44 12 2 4 6 8 2005–06 Kärpät SM-l 51 7 12 19 48 11 0 3 3 22 2006–07 Kärpät SM-l 55 8 16 24 94 10 0 0 0 8 2007–08 Kärpät SM-l 49 3 24 27 60 13 0 9 9 10 2008–09 Kärpät SM-l 57 8 14 22 78 15 3 5 8 10 2009–10 Kärpät SM-l 52 3 12 15 48 10 1 3 4 10 2010–11 Kärpät SM-l 56 3 20 23 38 3 0 0 0 4 2011–12 Kärpät SM-l 57 4 18 22 58 9 0 3 3 10 2012–13 Kärpät SM-l 52 1 16 17 50 3 0 0 0 2 2013–14 Lukko Liiga 60 6 27 33 85 15 1 4 5 8 2014–15 Lukko Liiga 55 2 10 12 44 14 0 6 6 12 2015–16 Lukko Liiga 43 3 11 14 38 5 1 1 2 4 2016–17 Kärpät Liiga 58 1 9 10 58 2 0 0 0 0 SM-l/Liiga totals 968 69 245 314 898 190 10 45 55 148

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Finland U17 1996 Finland EJC 4 0 0 0 4 1997 Finland WJC 6 0 0 0 2 1997 Finland EJC 6 2 5 7 4 1998 Finland WJC 7 0 0 0 0 1999 Finland WJC 6 1 6 7 33 Junior totals 29 3 11 14 43