Kasper Kotkansalo

Born on: November 16, 1998
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 3" (190 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg)

Drafted by: Detroit Red Wings, 3. round (#71 overall), in 2017 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	2016	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2013‑14	Team Finland U16		15	3	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	3	0.0
2014‑15	Team Finland U17		16	6	2	2	4	10	0	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667
2015‑16	Team Finland U18		17	23	0	7	7	8	7	0	0	0	0.000	0.304	0.304
2016‑17	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL	18	47	1	11	12	43	12	0	0	0	0.021	0.234	0.255	75	1.3
2016‑17	Team Finland U19		18	4	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	0	0.500	0.250	0.750	21	9.5
2016‑17	Team Finland U20		18	9	0	3	3	6	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
2017‑18	Boston University	NCAA	19	40	2	4	6	22	12	0	0	0	0.050	0.100	0.150	63	3.2
2017‑18	Team Finland U20		19	15	3	2	5	8	4	0	0	0	0.200	0.133	0.333
2018‑19	Boston University	NCAA	20	38	0	11	11	16	-8	0	0	0	0.000	0.289	0.289	34	0.0
2019‑20	Boston University	NCAA	21	33	0	7	7	23	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.212	0.212	39	0.0
2020‑21	Ässät Pori	Liiga	22	58	3	9	12	56	-10	1	0	0	0.052	0.155	0.207	177	1.7
2021‑22	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	23	52	4	12	16	10	2	0	0	2	0.077	0.231	0.308	180	2.2
2021‑22	Team Finland		23	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022‑23	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	24	24	1	6	7	6	-7	0	0	0	0.042	0.250	0.292	80	1.3
2023‑24	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	25	23	2	3	5	10	3	0	0	1	0.087	0.130	0.217	47	4.3
2024‑25	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	26	56	2	16	18	36	12	0	0	0	0.036	0.286	0.321	169	1.2
2025‑26	Luleå HF	SHL	27	21	0	0	0	6	-9	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	11	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			213	12	46	58	118	0	1	0	3	0.056	0.216	0.272	653	1.8
	NCAA Totals			111	2	22	24	61	1	0	0	0	0.018	0.198	0.216	136	1.5
	USHL Totals			47	1	11	12	43	12	0	0	0	0.021	0.234	0.255	75	1.3
	SHL Totals			21	0	0	0	6	-9	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	11	0.0

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	+/-	SOG
2021‑22	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	23	7	-2	17
2023‑24	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	25	7	-2	24
2024‑25	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	26	5	-4	9
	Liiga Totals			19	-8	50

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	+/-	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2015	16	5	0	0	4	2	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2016	17	6	4	4	0	5	0.667	0.667	4	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2018	19	5	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
U18 World Championship Totals		6	4	4	0	5	0.667	0.667	4	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		5	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		5	0	0	4	2	0.000	0.000

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2014	15	3	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	3	0.0
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2014	15	3	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667
Team Finland - U17 4‑Nations 2015	16	3	1	1	2	6					0.333	0.333	0.667
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2015	16	4	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	3	0.0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2015	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	11	0.0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2016	17	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2016	17	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Team Finland - U20 National Evaluation Camp 2016	17	3	0	1	1	6		0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	3	0.0
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 2017	18	4	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	0	0.500	0.250	0.750	21	9.5
Team Finland - U20 5‑Nations 2017	18	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2017	18	2	1	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	1.000
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2017	18	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333
Team Finland - U20 World Summer Showcase 2017	18	5	1	1	2	6	-2				0.200	0.200	0.400	9	11.1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2021	22	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
U20 Men Totals		19	3	5	8	14	1	0	0	0	0.158	0.263	0.421	17
U18 Men Totals		12	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	14
U17 Men Totals		6	2	2	4	10	0	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667
U19 Men Totals		4	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	0	0.500	0.250	0.750	21	9.5
U16 Men Totals		3	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	3	0.0
Men Totals		2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2017	Top Prospects West	USHL	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
	USHL All-Star Game Totals			1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0