Jani Väänänen

Born on: March 20, 1980
Birth place: Kuopio, Finland
Forward, shoots left
5 ' 11" (181 cm) | 198 lb (90 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1998	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Malung and Mora, Sweden
	19	1999	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated HIFK Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	21	2001	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	Jukurit Mikkeli defeated TuTo Hockey 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series.
	22	2002	KalPa Kuopio	Mestis	KalPa Kuopio defeated Sport Vaasa 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
	24	2004	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	KalPa Kuopio defeated Jukurit Mikkeli 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series.
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals
Mestis Medals

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1998‑99	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	18	21	2	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0
1999‑00	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	19	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1999‑00	Haukat Järvenpää	I-divisioona	19	5	0	0	0	2	-2
1999‑00	TPS Turku	European Hockey League	19	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999‑00	TuTo Hockey	I-divisioona	19	19	10	6	16	6	7
2000‑01	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	20	44	20	30	50	22	30				11.6
2001‑02	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	21	10	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	KalPa Kuopio	Mestis	21	28	9	7	16	12	3				8.6
2002‑03	KalPa Kuopio	Mestis	22	42	8	15	23	8	4
2003‑04	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	23	40	12	10	22	18	9				8.9
2004‑05	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	24	43	2	11	13	14	9
2005‑06	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	25	45	11	9	20	44	-17	4	0		11.2
2006‑07	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	26	45	7	14	21	32	1	0	0	1	4.4
2007‑08	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	27	32	2	8	10	18	5	0	0	0	2.7
2008‑09	SaPKo Savonlinna	Mestis	28	44	10	13	23	28	-14	4	0	0	6.8
	Mestis Totals			387	91	123	214	204	35	8	0	1
	Liiga Totals			35	2	2	4	2	-2	0	0	0
	European Hockey League Totals			2	0	0	0	0	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1999‑00	TuTo Hockey	I-divisioona	19	6	1	1	2	0	2
2000‑01	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	20	12	1	5	6	0	5				3.0
2001‑02	KalPa Kuopio	Mestis	21	9	2	4	6	8	3				4.9
2002‑03	KalPa Kuopio	Mestis	22	4	0	0	0	0	-3
2003‑04	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	23	13	2	1	3	4	1				4.9
2004‑05	Jukurit Mikkeli	Mestis	24	9	0	2	2	4	-2
2005‑06	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	25	4	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0		0.0
2006‑07	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	26	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	27	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Mestis Totals			63	6	15	21	26	4	0	0	0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1998	17	6	2	4	6	6	1
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1999	18	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2000	19	7	3	2	5	2	-2	3	0	0	33.3
U20 World Championship Totals		12	4	2	6	2	-2	3	0	0
U18 European Championship Totals		6	2	4	6	6	1