Kevin Lankinen

Kevin Lankinen
Born (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995
Helsinki, Finland
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Chicago Blackhawks
Rockford IceHogs (AHL)
Jokerit
KooKoo
HIFK
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present

Kevin Lankinen (born 28 April 1995) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Playing career

Lankinen has played primarily for HIFK of the SM-liiga, from 2014 to 2018. He also played one match for Jokerit and two for KooKoo, and ten for Kiekko-Vantaa of Mestis.[2]

In 2014, Lankinen started signed a three-year contract with HIFK.[3] In the 2015 playoffs, he participated in the longest game in SM-liiga's history, lasting 134 minutes and 14 seconds. His team won 2–1 and advanced to quarterfinals.[4]

During the 2015–16 season, Lankinen played alongside Ville Husso, playing 22 games in the regular season, as well as three in the playoffs as his team won silver medals.[5] During the 2016–17 season, Lankinen was a secondary goaltender alongside the more experienced Niklas Bäckström, but due to Bäckström's injuries, he became the primary goaltender and played in 42 games, seven of which were shutouts, the most in the league that season.[6]

During the 2017–18 season, Lankinen was injured and unable to play for a large portion of the season.[7] However, he made a successful comeback by playing 15 games in the regular season with four shutouts and a save percentage of 94.58 percent. His goals against average (GAA) was 1.33, the highest in the league that season. During the playoffs, he played as the primary goaltender for 13 games with a save percentage of 93.56 percent,[8] helping his team win bronze medals. He was in the running for the Urpo Ylönen trophy, which is awarded to the best goaltender of the season, alongside Veini Vehviläinen from Oulun Kärpät and Dominik Hrachovina from Tappara,[9] but the award went to Vehviläinen.

On 21 May 2018, Lankinen signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Tilastot - #30 Lankinen, Kevin - Liiga". liiga.fi.
  2. ↑ "The Internet Hockey Database". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Michael Keränen into HIFK (in Finnish)". 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "HIFK's Partanen ended the longest game in SM-Liiga's history (in Finnish)". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Liiga's goalie statistics 2015–2016". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Liiga's goalie statistics 2016–2017". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Atte Engren to tend HIFK's goal – Kevin Lankinen unable to play for a long time (in Finnish)". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Liiga's goalie statistics 2017–2018". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Best goalie 2018 – the winner is one of these three (in Finnish)". 30 April 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "RELEASE: Blackhawks agree to terms with four players". NHL.com. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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