JYP from Jyväskylä is champion of SM-liiga 2012 (23 Apr 2012)
Pelicans-JYP 1-4 (series 1-2) (20 Apr 2012)
Riku Helenius
- Position: goalkeeper
- Player status: retired
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland

- Birth date: 01.03.1988 (37 years)
- Birth place: Pälkäne, Finland
- Height: 190 cm / 6' 2"
- Weight: 83 kg / 183 lbs
- Catch: left
- Draft 1: Tampa Bay Lightning, year: 2006, round: 1, position: 15
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- Trivia:
Named Best Goaltender WJC18 2005-06
Drafted 2007, 1 #46 overall by Seattle Thunderbirds in the CHL Import Draft
Named to SM-Liiga All-Star team 2011-12
Named Best Goaltender SM-Liiga 2011-12
Best Saves% SM-Liiga playoffs 2011-12
| Season | Team | League | Pos | LPos | W | L | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | HIFK | Liiga | Goalie coach | |||||
| 2024-25 | Jukurit Mikkeli | Liiga | Goalie coach | |||||
| 2023-24 | Jukurit Mikkeli | Liiga | Goalie coach | |||||
| Hired: 20.11.2023 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | Goalie coach | |||||
| 2022-23 | Jokerit | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | Goalie coach | |||||
| 2022-23 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | Goalie coach | |||||
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | GD | MIN | AVG | PER | SO | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | Finland | WJC (U20) | 4 | 6 | 214 | 3.36 | 0.864 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005-06 | Finland | U18 National team games (U18) | 8 | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | Finland | WJC18 (U18) | 6 | 6 | 361 | 1.83 | 0.942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004-05 | Finland | U17 National team games (U17) | 3 | 1.50 | 0.940 |
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | GD | MIN | AVG | PER | SO | G | A | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Dresdner Eislöwen | DEL2 | 34 | 37 | 1929 | 2.92 | 0.906 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019-20 | Dresdner Eislöwen | DEL2 (Play-off) | 30 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 3.50 | 0.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Dresdner Eislöwen | DEL2 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 636 | 3.77 | 0.894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga | 2 | 12 | 37 | 7.91 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | JYP Jyväskylä | Liiga | 31 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 5.00 | 0.773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Ilves Tampere | Liiga (Play-off) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2018-19 | Ilves Tampere | Liiga | 31 | 32 | 57 | 1844 | 2.69 | 0.882 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | Ilves Tampere | Liiga | 27 | 41 | 1513 | 2.81 | 0.890 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017-18 | Kalpa | CHL | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1.00 | 0.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | Kalpa | Liiga | 4 | 17 | 235 | 2.80 | 0.899 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2016-17 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016-17 | Jokerit | KHL | 20 | 59 | 1218 | 2.66 | 0.902 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2015-16 | Jokerit | Spengler Cup | 2 | 4.42 | 0.845 | |||||||
| 2015-16 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 1 | 6 | 60 | 3.00 | 0.812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 | Jokerit | KHL | 21 | 53 | 1045 | 2.41 | 0.891 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014-15 | Jokerit | Spengler Cup | 2 | 4.17 | 0.814 | |||||||
| 2014-15 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 1 | 10 | 60 | 1.00 | 0.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | Jokerit | KHL | 23 | 58 | 1273 | 2.36 | 0.918 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 4 | 148 | 6.08 | 0.797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 5 | 297 | 3.43 | 0.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 32 | 1772 | 2.57 | 0.900 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2011-12 | JYP Jyväskylä | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 13 | 14 | 833 | 1.73 | 0.947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | JYP-Akatemia | Mestis | 2 | 2 | 120 | 1.50 | 0.962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | JYP Jyväskylä | SM-liiga | 33 | 58 | 1908 | 1.64 | 0.936 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Södertälje | Elitserien (Play-out) | 5 | 10 | 197 | 2.13 | 0.914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Södertälje | Elitserien | 18 | 54 | 911 | 3.03 | 0.884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Södertälje | Elitserien (Play-out) | 9 | 10 | 547 | 2.74 | 0.911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Norfolk Admirals AHL | AHL | 12 | 719 | 2.75 | 0.896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | Södertälje | Elitserien | 9 | 12 | 545 | 2.42 | 0.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL (Play-off) | 2 | 87 | 6.91 | 0.787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008-09 | Norfolk Admirals AHL | AHL | 25 | 1388 | 2.72 | 0.918 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2008-09 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL) | ECHL | 3 | 184 | 2.28 | 0.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | Augusta Lynx | ECHL | 8 | 463 | 4.41 | 0.874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007-08 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 1 | 1 | 4.10 | 0.867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL (U20, Play-off) | 9 | 534 | 2.70 | 0.911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL (U20) | 41 | 2358 | 2.42 | 0.915 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2006-07 | Ilves Tampere | SM-liiga | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006-07 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 2 | 2 | 120 | 2.00 | 0.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 2 | 3.09 | 0.913 | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 5 | 2.60 | 0.916 | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Ilves Tampere | SM-liiga | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005-06 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 26 | 35 | 1565 | 2.68 | 0.920 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2005-06 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005-06 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004-05 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 5 | 3.05 | 0.913 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 16 | 1.99 | 0.929 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004-05 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 2 | 4 | 86 | 2.77 | 0.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 7 | 1.71 | 0.920 | |||||||
| 2002-03 | Ilves Tampere | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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