Riku Niemelä

Born on: September 19, 1977
Birth place: Tampere, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	20	1998	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
Finnish Championship Medals

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1995‑96	KooVee Tampere	Fazer-liiga	18	6	2	1	3	2	-1
1996‑97	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	10	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
1996‑97	KooVee Tampere	I-divisioona	19	9	0	3	3	27
1997‑98	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	41	3	2	5	6	-3	0	0	1
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	32	1	4	5	8	-2	0	0	0
1998‑99	Hermes Kokkola	I-divisioona	21	4	1	2	3	0	2
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	European Hockey League	21	2	0	1	1	0	2
1999‑00	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	15	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.0
1999‑00	Sport Vaasa	I-divisioona	22	31	10	18	28	18	17
	Liiga Totals			98	5	6	11	18	-8	0	0	1
	Mestis Totals			50	13	24	37	47	18
	European Hockey League Totals			2	0	1	1	0	2

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1997‑98	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	9	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	European Hockey League	21	1	0	1	1	0	1
1999‑00	Sport Vaasa	I-divisioona	22	4	1	1	2	2	0
	Liiga Totals			9	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	Mestis Totals			4	1	1	2	2	0
	European Hockey League Totals			1	0	1	1	0	1