Teemu Lepaus
Born (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993
Tampere, Finland
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Bietigheim Steelers
Ilves
Ässät
EHC Visp
Playing career 2015present

Teemu Lepaus (born march 12, 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays for Bietigheim Steelers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[1] He also plays roller in-line hockey last time playing for Team Haippi winning the Finnish championships. He has also played for the Finnish men's team winning silver in 2017 world championships.

Playing career

In the 2014–15 season Lepaus played in EHC Lustenau for 9 games. Lustenau won the INL championship that season. Lepaus also played in Suomi-sarja for Ketterä.

In the 2015–16 season Lepaus had moved to play for SaPKo in the finnish second-tier league, Mestis. He played 40 games and put up 22 points. 12 of those were goals.

The next season, 2016–17 Lepaus played for SaPKo for the last time. He played 48 games and made 62 points, but only 16 were goals. SaPKo won the Mestis championship and Lepaus got chosen in the all-star team. Lepaus had the most playoff-points (17) and the most assists (46). Lepaus was also chosen as the playoffs MVP.

For the next four seasons (2017–2021) Lepaus played in the finnish first-tier league, SM-liiga. He was in the roster of Ilves. Lepaus played 203 games in those four seasons and put up 104 points. 41 of those were goals.[1][2]

In 2021 Lepaus signed a one-year contract with Porin Ässät.[3] But he went to EHC Visp in the middle of the season.

Personal life

Lepaus' retired brother Toni played ice hockey in Mestis.[4] Lepaus played football in Ilves when he was a kid.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2011–12 Ilves Jr. A 344111514
2012–13 Ilves Jr. A 3810203026
2013–14 Ilves Jr. A 4010253524 52240
2014–15 EHC Lustenau INL 939126
2014–15 Ketterä Suomi-sarja 1431316
2015–16 SaPKo Mestis 4012102239
2016–17 SapKo Mestis 4816466242 12710178
2017–18 Ilves SM-l 568162439
2018–19 Ilves SM-l 6016244026 71232
2019–20 Ilves SM-l 496121810
2020–21 Ilves SM-l 381392218 50110
2021–22 Ässät SM-l 3479166
2021–22 EHC Visp SL 82460
2022–23 Bietigheim Steelers DEL 5417133022
Liiga totals 237507012099 121342

Roller in-line hockey

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Roller in-line hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Slovakia
Finnish championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tampere, Finland

Teemu Lepaus played in the 2017 roller in-line hockey championships for Finland men's national inline hockey team "Rullaleijonat". Teemu lepaus scored 22 points (tournaments best).[6] Finland got 2nd place in the tournament.[7]

In 2021 Lepaus was a part of Team Haippi in the Rullakiekon SM-liiga (finnish top tier roller in-line hockey league). They won the tournament without losing one game.[8] The team had the following players: Teemu Lepaus, Alexander Barkov, Eemeli Suomi, Aleksi Heponiemi, Jonatan Tanus, Kristian Tanus, Patrik Puistola, Henrik Haapala, Anton Levtchi and Lassi Yrjölä.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Teemu Lepaus at Elite Prospects".
  2. "Teemu Lepaus at Hockey Database".
  3. "Ässät kaappasi Lepauksen ensi kaudeksi" (in Finnish).
  4. "Toni Lepaus Elite Prospects".
  5. "Teemu Lepaus kasvoi Itävallassa ihmisenä ja kehittyi SaPKossa huippupelaajaksi" (in Finnish).
  6. "Scoring leaders (roller hockey)" (PDF). 2017-07-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  7. "2017 Bratislava inline hockey tournament medallists".
  8. "Team Haippi homepage" (in Finnish).
  9. "Team Haippi players" (in Finnish).
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