Mika Helkearo

Mika Helkearo (born October 4, 1960) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He was born in Forssa, Finland.

Helkearo is best known from his tenure in Finnish First Division team FPS where he posted 817 points in 580 First Division games.

Helkearo's records are being considered virtually unbreakable and he holds the records for most Mestis/1. Divisioona games, most Mestis/1. Divisioona assists and most Mestis/1. Divisioona points as Håkan Hjerpe, the only one who is even close to Helkearo's numbers has the record for most Mestis/1. Divisioona goals (317 goals).

Cause of this, Helkearo is called "Divarin Gretzky", Gretzky of the First Division, as a nod to famous National Hockey League player Wayne Gretzky, who has big numbers on his all-time stats for NHL.

Helkearo also played in the top league of Finland, the SM-liiga where he played two seasons for HIFK, 1981–82 and 1982–83, one season for HPK, 1983–84 and a single game for Jokerit in 1993–94 season.

Helkearo retired in 1996. Helkearo was 36 years of age when he retired.

Helkearo's Jersey number 15 has been retired by FPS.

Career statistics Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977-78 FPS 1. Divisioona 34 14 12 26 6 -- -- -- -- -- 1978-79 FPS 1. Divisioona 36 30 22 52 10 -- -- -- -- -- 1979-80 FPS 1. Divisioona 34 19 19 38 8 -- -- -- -- -- 1980-81 FPS 1. Divisioona 33 25 28 53 13 -- -- -- -- -- 1981-82 HIFK SM-liiga 36 12 15 27 8 8 1 2 3 0 1982-83 HIFK SM-liiga 25 2 4 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1983-84 HPK SM-liiga 37 12 14 26 6 -- -- -- -- -- 1984-85 FPS 1. Divisioona 33 26 45 71 10 -- -- -- -- -- 1985-86 FPS 1. Divisioona 44 14 41 55 26 -- -- -- -- -- 1986-87 FPS 1. Divisioona 44 20 32 52 17 -- -- -- -- -- 1987-88 FPS 1. Divisioona 35 14 26 40 16 -- -- -- -- -- 1988-89 FPS 1. Divisioona 44 28 70 98 4 -- -- -- -- -- 1989-90 FPS 1. Divisioona 40 28 67 95 8 -- -- -- -- -- 1990-91 FPS 1. Divisioona 31 13 31 44 4 -- -- -- -- -- 1991-92 FPS 1. Divisioona 43 16 36 52 26 -- -- -- -- -- 1992-93 FPS 1. Divisioona 36 14 25 39 6 -- -- -- -- -- 1993-94 FPS 1. Divisioona 38 19 26 45 18 -- -- -- -- -- 1993-94 Jokerit SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- 1994-95 FPS 1. Divisioona 12 2 6 8 4 -- -- -- -- -- 1995-96 FPS 1. Divisioona 41 11 36 47 2 5 1 5 6 0 SM-liiga Totals 99 26 33 59 16 12 2 2 4 0 1. Divisioona Totals 580 295 522 817 178 5 1 5 6 0