2018-19 Men's Hockey Roster
Roster
Aapeli Räsänen
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 212
- Shoots:
- Right
- Hometown:
- Tampere, Finland
- Previous Team:
- Sioux City (USHL)
RÄSÄNEN'S CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 4 (most recent at UConn, Nov. 9, 2019)
Goals: 3 (most recent at UConn, Nov. 9, 2019)
Assists: 2 (three times, most recent vs. Yale, Nov. 26, 2019)
Shots: 6 (most recent vs. Northeastern, Feb. 21, 2020)
Plus/Minus: +3 (twice, most recent at UConn, Nov. 9, 2019)
JUNIOR SEASON (2019-20):
• Played in all 34 games and finished seventh on the team in scoring
• Posted career-highs with 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points
• Honored with the program's James E. Tiernan Most Improved Player Award
• Led the team in faceoff percentage (56.3%) for the third year in a row to rank top-5 in Hockey East
• Ranked second on the team with five power play goals and posted a +14 rating
• Scored his first career hat trick and added an assist for a career-high four points at UConn (Nov. 9)
• Netted the game-winning goal on the road at Vermont (Nov. 16)
• Had another game-winner and two assists next time out against Yale (Nov. 26)
• Fired a career-best six shots on goal in a home win over Northeastern (Feb. 21)
• Closed the year with six multi-point performances
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018-19):
• Skated in 33 games with seven points on five goals and two assists
• Finished the season with an even plus/minus rating
• Led the team in faceoff percentage (56.9%) for the second straight season
• Posted an assist on the game-winning goal against UConn (Dec. 7)
• Netted his first goal of the season and tied a career-high with five shots at Arizona State (Jan. 4)
• Lit the lamp on the road against UNH (Jan. 12) and UConn (Feb. 1)
• Scored on the power play at Maine (Feb. 22)
• Found the back of the net at Northeastern (March 2)
• Missed the last four games of the postseason due to injury
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017-18):
• Played in 32 games with 16 points on four goals and 12 assists
• Finished sixth on the team with a +7 plus-minus rating
• Led the team in faceoff percentage (56.5%) and accounted for three multi-point performances
• Member of Team Finland at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo (missed Dec. 30-Jan. 6)
• Notched his first career point as an Eagle with an assist on Chris Grando’s goal at Providence (Oct. 15)
• Posted first career multi-point performance with a pair of assists in 2-1 victory at Merrimack (Nov. 4)
• Scored his first two goals as an Eagle, including the game-winner with 3:06 left, at Vermont (Nov. 10)
• Tallied his sixth point in five games with an assist on Grando’s second goal at Vermont (Nov. 11)
• Secured his third career multi-point showing with a goal and an assist against Boston University (Dec. 1)
• Netted his first career power play goal in an overtime victory over UMass Lowell (Feb. 9)
• Assisted on Connor Moore’s goal 46 seconds into regulation in the Hockey East semifinals against Boston University (March 16)
BEFORE BC:
• Played for the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL in 2016-17
• Registered 25 points – seven goals and 18 assists – in 38 games and recorded an assist in the playoffs
• Voted a Top 3 player for Team Finland at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto alongside Jesper and Julius Mattila
• Posted the top faceoff percentage (66.9%) at the 2017 World Junior Championship
• Accounted for six points – two goals and four assists – for Team Finland
• Tabbed assistant captain for Tappara U20 team in 2015-16
• Logged 38 points – 19 goals and 19 assists – in 50 games
• Member of gold-medal winning Team Finland at U18 World Hockey Challenge, posting three goals and six assists in the tournament
• In 2014-15, notched 12 points – five goals and seven assists – in 41 games for Tappara U20
• Member of Team Finland at U17 World Hockey Challenge and earned top faceoff award (84%), most goals (5), and most points (10) at European Youth Olympic Festival
• Attended Sammon Keskuslukio in Finland
PERSONAL:
• Enrolled in the Carroll School of Management
• Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round (153rd) in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft
• Recipient of the John P. Cunniff '66 Memorial Hockey Scholarship Fund
• Aapeli, his brother Iivari, and sister Onerva, are the children of Almo and Maria Kirsti Räsänen
