LD Aleksi Malinen, JYP, Liiga (2021, 189th, NYI)

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Aleksi Malinen spent this season playing against men in Finland’s top hockey league, the SM Liiga. While playing for one of the weaker teams in the league, JYP, he scored just two goals and one assist for three points in 30 games. He also played three playoff games for JYP’s team in the Under-20 league, picking up one assist in the process. Malinen made the Finnish team for the IIHF Under-18 World Championship. He scored one goal in seven games, helping the Finnish team to the semi-finals of the tournament. According to Elite Prospects, Malinen is signed through the end of the 2021-22 season.

In 2019-20 Malinen put up one goal and nine assists for 10 points in 49 games in the Under-20 league. He also played three games in the Under-18 league, picking up two assists in the process. Malinen also played for Team Finland at the Under-17 World Hockey Challenge. He didn’t score in five games of the tournament. He also played 14 other games in various exhibitions and European tournaments with the Under-17 squad, picking up two goals and one assist for three points in the process.

2021 NHL Draft #73: Aleksi Malinen Scouting Report
 

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