Markus Kankaanperä

Born on: April 7, 1980
Birth place: Skellefteå, Sweden
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 2" (187 cm) | 209 lb (95 kg)

Drafted by: Vancouver Canucks, 8. round (#218 overall), in 1999 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1998	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Malung and Mora, Sweden
	22	2002	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in the bronze medal game.
	25	2005	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	27	2007	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	31	2011	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Blues Espoo 4‑0 in a best of seven series.
	33	2013	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Ässät Pori defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
	34	2014	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	35	2015	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	36	2016	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated HIFK Helsinki 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
	38	2018	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑2 in the bronze medal game.
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
Finnish 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%
1997‑98	Team Finland U18		17	6	0	1	1	8	2				0.000	0.167	0.167
1998‑99	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	50	0	2	2	85	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.040	0.040
1998‑99	Team Finland U19		18	8	0	2	2	4					0.000	0.250	0.250
1998‑99	Team Finland U20		18	17	1	1	2	8	-2	0	0	0	0.059	0.059	0.118
1999‑00	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	19	47	0	5	5	87	-5	0	0	0	0.000	0.106	0.106	75	0.0
1999‑00	Team Finland U20		19	7	0	2	2	8	-5	0	0	0	0.000	0.286	0.286	7	0.0
2000‑01	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	20	53	5	4	9	60	-12	1	0	1	0.094	0.075	0.170	70	7.1
2001‑02	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	21	51	4	3	7	80	13	1	0	0	0.078	0.059	0.137	83	4.8
2002‑03	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	22	52	1	4	5	94	8	0	0	1	0.019	0.077	0.096	71	1.4
2003‑04	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	23	55	6	6	12	101	12	3	0	3	0.109	0.109	0.218	105	5.7
2003‑04	Team Finland		23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
2004‑05	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	51	0	3	3	71	8	0	0	0	0.000	0.059	0.059	103	0.0
2005‑06	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	53	5	5	10	182	-3	3	0	1	0.094	0.094	0.189	137	3.6
2006‑07	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	49	9	7	16	136	15	3	0	2	0.184	0.143	0.327	124	7.3
2007‑08	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	27	45	2	4	6	114	-6	0	0	0	0.044	0.089	0.133	37	5.4
2007‑08	Team Finland		27	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2008‑09	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	57	4	16	20	110	-2	0	2	0	0.070	0.281	0.351	116	3.4
2009‑10	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	55	2	12	14	137	10	0	0	0	0.036	0.218	0.255	102	2.0
2010‑11	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	58	1	10	11	145	14	0	0	0	0.017	0.172	0.190	107	0.9
2011‑12	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	31	29	0	4	4	71	15	0	0	0	0.000	0.138	0.138	29	0.0
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	58	4	12	16	166	21	1	0	0	0.069	0.207	0.276	78	5.1
2013‑14	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	33	58	5	4	9	72	0	0	0	0	0.086	0.069	0.155	64	7.8
2014‑15	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	34	52	4	10	14	97	12	0	0	2	0.077	0.192	0.269	49	8.2
2015‑16	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	35	49	1	6	7	88	7	0	0	0	0.020	0.122	0.143	54	1.9
2016‑17	Sport Vaasa	Liiga	36	56	1	7	8	158	-4	0	0	0	0.018	0.125	0.143	61	1.6
2017‑18	Sport Vaasa	Liiga	37	17	1	2	3	33	-5	0	1	0	0.059	0.118	0.176	21	4.8
2017‑18	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	37	23	0	4	4	30	9	0	0	0	0.000	0.174	0.174	21	0.0
2018‑19	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	38	45	1	6	7	70	-12	0	0	1	0.022	0.133	0.156	38	2.6
2019‑20	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	39	6	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2020‑21	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	40	30	1	0	1	50	0	0	0	0	0.033	0.000	0.033	22	4.5
2020‑21	Kiekko-Pojat Joensuu	Mestis	40	9	1	5	6	31	2	0	0	0	0.111	0.556	0.667	5	20.0
2021‑22	Dundee Stars	EIHL	41	30	1	6	7	57	-9	0	0		0.033	0.200	0.233	21	4.8
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			1054	55	132	187	2129	100	12	3	11	0.052	0.125	0.177	1532
	SHL Totals			45	2	4	6	114	-6	0	0	0	0.044	0.089	0.133	37	5.4
	EIHL Totals			30	1	6	7	57	-9	0	0		0.033	0.200	0.233	21	4.8
	Mestis Totals			9	1	5	6	31	2	0	0	0	0.111	0.556	0.667	5	20.0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1998‑99	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2001‑02	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	21	8	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	8	0.0
2002‑03	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	22	10	1	2	3	6	4	0	0	0	0.100	0.200	0.300	14	7.1
2003‑04	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	23	8	1	1	2	8	3	1	0	1	0.125	0.125	0.250	25	4.0
2004‑05	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	7	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	7	0.0
2006‑07	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	10	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.100	0.100	19	0.0
2008‑09	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	2	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
2009‑10	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	6	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	8	0.0
2010‑11	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	15	0	4	4	28	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.267	0.267	16	0.0
2011‑12	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	31	4	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	15	0	1	1	8	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.067	0.067	23	0.0
2013‑14	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	33	18	2	1	3	20	3	0	0	0	0.111	0.056	0.167	21	9.5
2014‑15	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	34	20	1	3	4	24	0	0	0	0	0.050	0.150	0.200	31	3.2
2015‑16	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	35	18	1	1	2	6	-2	0	0	0	0.056	0.056	0.111	15	6.7
2017‑18	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	37	12	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0.083	0.000	0.083	9	11.1
2018‑19	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	38	10	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			166	7	18	25	160	7	1	0	1	0.042	0.108	0.151	205

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1998	17	6	1	1	8	2				0.167	0.167
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1999	18	6	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2000	19	7	2	2	8	-5	0	0	0	0.286	0.286	7	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		13	2	2	14	-7	0	0	0	0.154	0.154	7
U18 European Championship Totals		6	1	1	8	2				0.167	0.167

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 - U20 Hockey Summer Challenge 1998	18	5	1	1	2	0					0.200	0.200	0.400
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 1998	18	3	0	0	0	2					0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 1998	18	3	0	0	0	0					0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 1999	18	4	0	2	2	0					0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 1999	19	4	0	0	0	4					0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2004	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2007	27	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
U20 Men Totals		11	1	1	2	2					0.091	0.091	0.182
U19 Men Totals		8	0	2	2	4					0.000	0.250	0.250
Men Totals		6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0