Topi Niemelä

Born on: March 25, 2002
Birth place: Oulu, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 179 lb (81 kg)

Drafted by: Toronto Maple Leafs, 3. round (#64 overall), in 2020 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	2021	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
	20	2022	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
IIHF U20 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%
2017‑18	Team Finland U16		15	14	2	8	10	10	1	1	0	0	0.143	0.571	0.714
2018‑19	Team Finland U17		16	12	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167
2018‑19	Team Finland U18		16	16	2	3	5	18	3	0	0	0	0.125	0.188	0.313
2019‑20	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	17	43	1	6	7	8	4	0	0	1	0.023	0.140	0.163	100	1.0
2019‑20	Team Finland U20		17	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019‑20	Team Finland U18		17	9	0	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.444	0.444
2020‑21	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	18	15	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.267	0.267	48	0.0
2020‑21	Team Finland U20		18	8	3	7	10	6	4	1	0	1	0.375	0.875	1.250
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	19	48	10	22	32	20	8	1	0	2	0.208	0.458	0.667	138	7.2
2021‑22	Team Finland U20		19	20	4	12	16	14	16	1	0	2	0.200	0.600	0.800
2022‑23	Toronto Marlies	AHL	20	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.167	0.167	0.333	11	9.1
2022‑23	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	58	8	10	18	12	0	2	0	1	0.138	0.172	0.310	201	4.0
2022‑23	Team Finland		20	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022‑23	Team Finland U20		20	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
2023‑24	Toronto Marlies	AHL	21	68	8	31	39	43	3	1	0	2	0.118	0.456	0.574	90	8.9
2024‑25	Toronto Marlies	AHL	22	61	2	20	22	18	-11	1	0	0	0.033	0.328	0.361	75	2.7
2025‑26	IF Malmö Redhawks	SHL	23	43	4	11	15	14	-8	0	0	0	0.093	0.256	0.349	61	6.6
2025‑26	Team Finland		23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			164	19	42	61	42	15	3	0	4	0.116	0.256	0.372	487	3.9
	AHL Totals			135	11	52	63	61	-8	2	0	2	0.081	0.385	0.467	176	6.3
	SHL Totals			43	4	11	15	14	-8	0	0	0	0.093	0.256	0.349	61	6.6

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2020‑21	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	18	4	0	2	2	0	-1	0.000	0.500	0.500	10	0.0
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	19	6	0	1	1	2	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	11	0.0
2022‑23	Toronto Marlies	AHL	20	7	2	3	5	2	4	0.286	0.429	0.714	17	11.8
2022‑23	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	3	0	0	0	4	-3	0.000	0.000	0.000	10	0.0
2023‑24	Toronto Marlies	AHL	21	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2024‑25	Toronto Marlies	AHL	22	2	0	2	2	0	2	0.000	1.000	1.000	2	0.0
	Liiga Totals			13	0	3	3	6	-4	0.000	0.231	0.231	31	0.0
	AHL Totals			12	2	5	7	4	5	0.167	0.417	0.583	21	9.5

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2019	16	5	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0.200	0.000	0.200	8	12.5
Team Finland - Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2019	17	5	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0.000	0.600	0.600	15	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2021	18	7	2	6	8	6	4	1	0.286	0.857	1.143	18	11.1
Team Finland - U20 World Championship Cancelled Tournament 2022	19	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	5	20.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2022	19	7	0	6	6	2	1	0	0.000	0.857	0.857	10	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		16	3	12	15	12	11	1	0.188	0.750	0.938	33	9.1
U18 World Championship Totals		5	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0.200	0.000	0.200	8	12.5
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		5	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0.000	0.600	0.600	15	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2017	15	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2017	15	3	0	3	3	4		0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2017	15	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667	6	16.7
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2018	15	3	1	2	3	2	-2	1	0	0	0.333	0.667	1.000
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2018	16	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	8	0.0
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2018	16	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	2	0.0
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2018	16	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge 2018	16	6	0	1	1	2		0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge Exhibition Games 2018	16	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2018	16	4	1	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.500	5	20.0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2019	16	4	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - U18 Worlds Exhibition Games 2019	17	3	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2019	17	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2020	17	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250
Team Finland - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2020	18	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Team Finland - U20 World Summer Showcase 2021	19	6	2	4	6	4	10	0	0	1	0.333	0.667	1.000	7	28.6
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2021	19	1	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2021	19	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2022	20	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2022	20	2	1	1	2	0		1	0	1	0.500	0.500	1.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2022	20	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2025	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
U20 Men Totals		16	4	8	12	8	7	2	0	2	0.250	0.500	0.750	11
U18 Men Totals		15	1	4	5	20	9	0	0	0	0.067	0.267	0.333	5
U16 Men Totals		14	2	8	10	10	1	1	0	0	0.143	0.571	0.714	14
U17 Men Totals		12	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	2
Men Totals		5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0