Riku Helenius

Photo taken from nhl.com press photo. Reprinted without permission.

BORN: Palkane, Finland, March 1, 1988.
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: 202. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.

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REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SOUT	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
2007-08	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	19	41	2358	22	12		6	0.625	95	2.42	1124	0.915	3	3	0	28.6	30			0.38	1.4	14.3	31.2	0.570	23	17
2007-08	Finland	WORLD JUNIOR	19	4	214	2	2		0	0.500	12	3.36	88	0.864	1	0	2	24.7	1			-1.16	-1.2	-3.4	-2.1	0.339	1	3
2008-09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	20	1	7	0	0		0		0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0	17.5	35	0-0 (0/0)	1.00	2.74	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.000	0	0	0.00	0%	100%	0%	0.07	12.3%
2008-09	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	20	25	1388	9	15		0	0.375	63	2.72	768	0.918	1	1	2	33.2	35	1-0 (3/3)	2.37	0.26	0.8	6.7	18.2	0.550	13	11	0.86	17%	46%	37%	0.10	2.3%
2008-09	Augusta Lynx	ECHL	20	8	463	3	4	0	1	0.438	34	4.41	269	0.874	0	0	0	34.9	31	1-0 (3/3)		-0.94	-1.7	-8.4	-4.4	0.362	3	5
2008-09	Mississippi Sea Wolves	ECHL	20	3	184	1	1	0	1	0.500	7	2.28	126	0.944	0	0	0	41.1	31	0-0 (0/0)		1.20	1.5	5.0	6.9	0.747	2	1
2009-10	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	21	0	0	0	0		0		0		0		0	0	0		35	0-0 (0/0)
2009-10	Sodertalje SK	SWEDEN	21	9	545	4	3	2		0.556	22	2.42	285	0.923	0	0	0	31.4	1			0.52	1.0	4.9	9.2	0.599	5	4
2009-10	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	21	12	719	5	7		0	0.417	33	2.75	316	0.896	0	0	0	26.4	35	1-0 (4/4)	2.91	-0.38	-0.8	-4.0	0.7	0.436	5	7	0.75	23%	57%	20%	0.13	3.3%
2010-11	Sodertalje SK	SWEDEN	22	18	976	4	12	0		0.250	44	2.70	407	0.892	0	0	0	25.0	1			-0.62	-1.5	-8.4	-2.3	0.396	6	10
2012-13	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	24	32	1772	17	14		0	0.548	76	2.57	758	0.900	4	1	7	25.7	31	2-0 (8/10)	3.09	-0.39	-1.3	-9.8	1.6	0.431	13	18	1.28	31%	36%	33%	-0.36	-2.2%
2013-14	Florida Everblades	ECHL	25	4	148	0	2		0	0.000	15	6.08	74	0.797	0	0	0	30.0	50	0-0 (0/0)		-3.31	-3.3	-8.2	-7.0	0.172	0	2
2013-14	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	25	5	297	2	3		0	0.400	17	3.43	136	0.875	0	0	0	27.5	31	0-0 (0/0)	3.20	-1.05	-1.4	-4.7	-2.7	0.342	2	3	1.10	66%	0%	34%	0.27	12.9%
2014-15	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	22	1272	14	5		2	0.714	50	2.36	607	0.918	2	0	0	28.6	31			0.07	0.2	1.5	10.6	0.514	11	10
2015-16	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	27	21	1045	7	6		4	0.529	42	2.41	375	0.888	2	0	2	21.5	31			-0.95	-2.3	-11.9	-6.3	0.339	6	11
2016-17	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	28	20	1219	10	6		4	0.600	54	2.66	550	0.902	0	1	2	27.1	31			-0.58	-1.7	-10.6	-2.3	0.393	8	12
		NHL TOTALS		1	7	0	0		0		0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0	17.5		0-0 (0/0)				0.2	0.2	1.000	0	0

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Selected by Tampa Bay Lightning in National Hockey League entry draft, June 24, 2006.
01/29/2009						2-3		/	Carolina	Road	Ward
01/30/2009	-	6	52	2	2	1-6		/	Philadelphia	Home	Niittymaki	Replaced Smith
12/26/2009						4-3		/	Atlanta	Home	Pavelec

AHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Reassigned to Norfolk Admirals, December 21, 2008.
01/02/2009	-	20		11	12	1-5		/	Worcester	Road	Greiss	Replaced McKenna
02/06/2009	W	59	48	41	41	3-0		/	Bridgeport	Home	Lawson
02/07/2009	L	59	12	25	28	2-3		/	Bridgeport	Home	Stephan
02/08/2009	L	49	24	31	35	0-5		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Curry	Replaced by Sims
02/13/2009	L	57	56	24	26	0-2		/	Hamilton	Home	Denis
02/15/2009	W	65		41	42	2-1	SO	3/3	Bridgeport	Road	Lawson
02/17/2009	L	64	39	42	45	2-3	OT	/	Bridgeport	Road	Stephan
02/20/2009	W	60		34	36	5-2		/	Binghamton	Home	Glass
02/21/2009	W	60		24	26	4-2		/	Binghamton	Home	Gerber
02/27/2009	L	58	49	29	32	2-3		/	Providence	Home	Rask
03/01/2009	L	58	57	23	26	2-4		/	Albany	Road	Manzato
03/03/2009	W	60		27	28	3-1		/	Bridgeport	Road	Mannino
03/04/2009	L	59	18	29	33	3-4		/	Philadelphia	Road	Munroe
03/06/2009	W	60		31	32	4-1		/	Lowell	Home	Frazee
03/07/2009	W	60		26	27	2-1		/	Lowell	Home	Frazee
03/08/2009	L	20		9	12	1-4		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Curry	Replaced by Kowalski
03/11/2009	L	59	25	32	36	3-5		/	Albany	Road	Manzato
03/13/2009	L	35	58	11	15	2-6		/	Binghamton	Road	Glass	Replaced by Kowalski
03/15/2009	L	58	46	26	29	2-3		/	Philadelphia	Road	Munroe
03/18/2009	L	59	57	34	39	3-5		/	Binghamton	Home	Glass
03/20/2009	W	59	0	29	31	4-2		/	Binghamton	Home	Glass, O'Keefe, Glass
03/27/2009	L	58	39	32	34	1-2		/	Grand Rapids	Home	Howard
04/03/2009	L	61	11	34	37	2-3	OT	/	Philadelphia	Home	Munroe
04/04/2009	L	57	42	26	29	2-4		/	Philadelphia	Home	Aubin
04/08/2009	W	63	52	34	37	4-3	OT	/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Curry
10/09/2009	L	58	25	21	23	1-2		/	Manchester	Home	Bernier
11/03/2009	W	59	37	19	20	3-1		/	Manitoba	Road	Machesney
11/07/2009	W	60		20	21	6-1		/	Syracuse	Road	LaCosta, Lalande
11/11/2009	W	59	55	30	33	5-3		/	Binghamton	Home	Brodeur, Chiodo
11/14/2009	L	61	46	25	27	1-2	OT	/	Albany	Road	Peters
11/18/2009	W	64	59	21	22	2-1	SO	4/4	Manchester	Road	Bernier
11/21/2009	L	58	56	19	22	2-4		/	Portland	Road	Lamoureux
11/25/2009	L	58	18	28	31	1-3		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Curry
11/28/2009	L	58	48	26	29	2-3		/	Albany	Home	Peters
12/05/2009	L	59	17	32	37	4-5		/	Hershey	Road	Bacashihua, Neuvirth
12/12/2009	W	60		24	28	5-4		/	Manitoba	Home	Machesney
12/19/2009	L	58	44	18	23	4-5		/	Binghamton	Home	Holt
	Assigned to Syracuse Crunch, October 11, 2012.
10/13/2012	W	60		23	26	4-3		/	Hershey	Home	Holtby
10/20/2012	-	29	30	8	13	6-5	OT	/	Binghamton	Road	Lehner, Lawson	Replaced by Tokarski
10/28/2012	L	60	14	25	29	3-4	OT	/	Adirondack	Home	Heeter
11/07/2012	W	60		23	23	3-0		/	Hamilton	Road	Mayer
11/10/2012	L	60		19	24	2-5		/	Rochester	Home	Leggio
11/17/2012	W	59	56	25	27	5-2		/	Adirondack	Home	Heeter, Munroe
11/24/2012	W	60		18	19	4-1		/	Albany	Road	Kinkaid
12/01/2012	W	64	8	24	27	4-3	OT	/	Connecticut	Road	Talbot
12/07/2012	W	60		19	20	5-1		/	Hamilton	Home	Desjardins
12/09/2012	L	20	18	9	13	2-7		/	Bridgeport	Road	Nilsson	Replaced by Tokarski
12/14/2012	W	60		21	21	3-0		/	Adirondack	Road	Munroe
12/29/2012	L	64	29	28	33	4-5	OT	/	St. John's	Home	Pasquale
01/12/2013	L	58	20	27	31	1-4		/	Rochester	Home	Leggio
01/19/2013	L	59	3	19	22	2-4		/	Lake Erie	Home	Pickard
01/26/2013	W	34	24	15	15	6-3		/	St. John's	Home	Pasquale, Dekanich	Replaced Tokarski
02/02/2013	L	57	43	16	21	3-5		/	Rochester	Home	Leggio
02/10/2013	L	32	34	10	14	1-6		/	Adirondack	Road	Munroe	Replaced by Tokarski
02/13/2013	W	59	52	24	24	6-0		/	Albany	Road	Kinkaid, Frazee
02/15/2013	W	59	38	33	34	7-1		/	Binghamton	Road	Lehner
02/17/2013	W	60		23	23	3-0		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Zatkoff
02/20/2013	W	64	53	28	31	4-3	SO	3/5	Toronto	Home	Owuya
03/02/2013	L	64	48	24	26	1-2	OT	/	Rochester	Home	Leggio
03/06/2013	L	22	24	3	7	3-6		/	Toronto	Road	MacIntyre	Replaced by Nagle
03/08/2013	W	65		33	35	3-2	SO	5/5	St. John's	Road	Pasquale
03/09/2013	W	60		23	25	4-2		/	St. John's	Road	Pasquale
03/16/2013	W	60		28	30	6-2		/	Albany	Home	Wedgewood, Kinkaid
03/22/2013	L	57	25	25	26	0-1		/	Hamilton	Home	Tokarski
03/23/2013	W	60		27	28	3-1		/	Albany	Home	Frazee
03/27/2013	L	59	1	13	14	0-1		/	Rochester	Road	Leggio
03/29/2013	L	61	7	25	30	4-5	OT	/	Norfolk	Road	Andersen
03/30/2013	L	57	14	25	27	0-2		/	Norfolk	Road	Andersen
04/06/2013	W	60		19	20	2-1		/	Hershey	Road	Sabourin
10/12/2013	W	59	54	18	19	5-1		/	Rochester	Home	Hackett, Lieuwen
10/13/2013	L	59	9	21	26	3-6		/	Wilkes-Barre	Home	Deslauriers
10/19/2013	W	59	45	26	27	4-1		/	Binghamton	Road	Lawson
11/15/2013	L	58	21	22	27	3-5		/	Wilkes-Barre	Home	Deslauriers
11/27/2013	L	60		32	37	1-5		/	Binghamton	Road	Lawson, Hammond

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YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
2007-08	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL	19	9	534	4	5		0.444	24	2.70	271	0.911	0	0	0	0	30.5	30		0.03	0.1	0.3	4.4	0.506	5	4
2014-15	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	1	60	1	0		1.000	1	1.00	18	0.944	0	0	0	0	18.0	31		0.62	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.653	1	0