Pelicans-JYP 1-4 (series 1-2) (20 Apr 2012)
Finland’s first line magnificent (12 Nov 2011)
Niko Hovinen

- Position: goalkeeper
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland

- Birth date: 16.03.1988 (37 years)
- Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
- Height: 200 cm / 6' 7"
- Weight: 102 kg / 225 lbs
- Catch: left
- Draft 1: Minnesota Wild, year: 2006, round: 5, position: 132
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- Trivia:
Best G.A.A. rating Liiga 2017-18
Best Save% Liiga 2017-18, 2023-24
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | GD | MIN | AVG | PER | SO | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 2 | 3 | 122 | 2.46 | 0.898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 3 | 6 | 146 | 0.41 | 0.979 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005-06 | Finland | U18 National team games (U18) | 5 | 3.00 | 0.903 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Finland | U17 National team games (U17) | 5 | 1.62 | 0.950 | |||||||
| 2003-04 | Finland | U16 National team games (U16) | 5 | 2.95 | 0.908 |
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | GD | MIN | AVG | PER | SO | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | HIFK | Liiga | ||||||||||
| 2024-25 | HIFK | Liiga (Play-off) | 4 | 3.03 | 0.871 | |||||||
| 2024-25 | HIFK | Liiga | 92 | 32 | 47 | 2.34 | 0.905 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | HIFK | Liiga (Play-off) | 92 | 5 | 7 | 358 | 1.51 | 0.941 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | HIFK | Liiga | 92 | 22 | 60 | 1262 | 1.81 | 0.920 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Tappara | Liiga (Play-off) | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2022-23 | Tappara | CHL | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022-23 | Tappara | Liiga | 32 | 4 | 10 | 235 | 1.53 | 0.916 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 20 | 44 | 2.64 | 0.893 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 32 | 18 | 25 | 1070 | 2.19 | 0.909 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga (Play-off) | 32 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 3.50 | 0.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 32 | 36 | 52 | 2092 | 2.12 | 0.920 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 32 | 39 | 47 | 2189 | 2.82 | 0.892 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 32 | 23 | 1382 | 3.26 | 0.905 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 | Kalpa | Liiga | 32 | 5 | 13 | 304 | 2.80 | 0.881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Kalpa | Liiga (Play-off) | 6 | 6 | 334 | 2.51 | 0.902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | Kalpa | CHL | 2 | 2 | 80 | 4.50 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | Kalpa | Liiga | 22 | 38 | 1318 | 1.68 | 0.937 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 1 | 1 | 40 | 3.00 | 0.936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 5 | 5 | 278 | 2.37 | 0.917 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 | Kalpa | Liiga | 8 | 14 | 480 | 2.62 | 0.912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016-17 | Zagreb | KHL | 6 | 20 | 245 | 5.39 | 0.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga (Play-off) | 4 | 10 | 240 | 1.99 | 0.932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga | 22 | 52 | 1064 | 3.16 | 0.881 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 | Kärpät | CHL | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 | Kärpät | Liiga | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11.30 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL (Play-down) | 7 | 7 | 432 | 2.50 | 0.916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | Malmö Redhawks | Allsvenskan (Play-off) | 5 | 5 | 301 | 2.19 | 0.912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Malmö Redhawks | Allsvenskan | 9 | 9 | 543 | 2.32 | 0.916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Luleå Hockey | SHL | 1 | 4 | 40 | 6.00 | 0.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | Salzburg | CHL | 2 | 2 | 100 | 4.80 | 0.873 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014-15 | Salzburg | EBEL | 5 | 248 | 1.21 | 0.955 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | HC Admiral Vladivostok | KHL | 7 | 9 | 400 | 2.40 | 0.921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | KHL | 17 | 20 | 792 | 3.18 | 0.909 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2012-13 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL (Play-off) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2012-13 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 10 | 612 | 2.94 | 0.892 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 16 | 841 | 3.14 | 0.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 8 | 8 | 443 | 2.30 | 0.925 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga | 41 | 47 | 2358 | 2.26 | 0.921 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010-11 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga (Play-out) | 4 | 0 | 248 | 1.45 | 0.950 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga | 48 | 2768 | 2.74 | 0.920 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2009-10 | HeKi Heinola | Mestis | 10 | 11 | 566 | 2.65 | 0.913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga | 18 | 944 | 2.99 | 0.914 | 1 | |||||
| 2008-09 | Pelicans Lahti | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 3 | 3 | 180 | 4.33 | 0.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 1 | 8 | 11 | 15.72 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | HeKi Heinola | Mestis | 1 | 1 | 41 | 5.81 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-liiga | 21 | 52 | 1110 | 2.92 | 0.896 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | Pelicans Lahti | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 13 | 13 | 786 | 1.99 | 0.931 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 3 | 5 | 4.00 | 0.897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | Jokerit | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 4 | 40 | 125 | 5.78 | 0.833 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2007-08 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 3 | 3 | 182 | 4.62 | 0.890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007-08 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 22 | 24 | 1272 | 2.74 | 0.905 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 5 | 5 | 303 | 2.38 | 0.917 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 6 | 9 | 3.28 | 0.896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006-07 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 1 | 29 | 60 | 4.00 | 0.871 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 27 | 27 | 1641 | 2.71 | 0.917 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 4 | 3.60 | 0.912 | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 8 | 3.57 | 0.889 | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005-06 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 0.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 26 | 34 | 1480 | 3.12 | 0.919 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Preliminary) | 3 | 2.27 | 0.929 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Jokerit | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 4 | 2.20 | 0.933 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 4 | 5 | 243 | 3.21 | 0.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004-05 | Jokerit | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 20 | 1.95 | 0.936 | |||||||
| 2003-04 | Jokerit | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off) | 2 | 3.97 | 0.861 | |||||||
| 2003-04 | Jokerit | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 13 | 1.48 | 0.947 |
| Date | League | Teams | Score | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 18 2023 16:20 | Champions Hockey League| Final | Luleå Hockey Tappara Tampere | 2-3 | | | | | | | | |
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