Aleksi Heponiemi

Age 24 Jan 9, 1999

Tampere FIN

Center shoots left

5'10" 178 cm

147 lbs 67 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2026

Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Draft Year 2017
Drafted Overall 40
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $3,525,000

Transaction History

May 7, 2023	Florida Panthers \| Grigori Denisenko \| Denisenko, Connor Bunnaman, Patrick Giles, Aleksi Heponiemi, Matt Kiersted, Santtu Kinnunen, Calle Sjalin, Mack Guzda and John Ludvig were brought up from AHL Charlotte on Sunday, per George Richards of Florida Hockey Now.
Dec 21, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned to AHL Charlotte on Wednesday, George Richards of Florida Hockey Now reports.
Dec 15, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled from AHL Charlotte on Thursday.
Dec 8, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was assigned to AHL Charlotte on Thursday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Dec 3, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi scored a goal on two shots and added two hits in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Nov 27, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was called up from AHL Charlotte on Sunday on an emergency basis.
Nov 10, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was sent to the AHL on Thursday.
Nov 6, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi logged an assist in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Nov 4, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi has been recalled from AHL Charlotte on Friday by the Florida Panthers, according to David Dwork of Local 10 Miami.
Oct 6, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi will get a look on Florida's top line during Thursday's preseason game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Jul 5, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi signed a one-year, two-way contract with Florida on Tuesday.
Apr 27, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled from AHL Charlotte on Wednesday, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Jan 28, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was demoted to AHL Charlotte on Friday.
Jan 17, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned from the AHL Charlotte to the taxi squad Monday, per CBS Sports.
Jan 14, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was assigned to AHL Charlotte from the taxi squad Friday.
Jan 8, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled from the taxi squad and is expected to play Saturday versus the Carolina Hurricanes, Steve Goldstein of Fox Sports Florida reports.
Jan 4, 2022	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was placed on the taxi squad Tuesday.
Dec 17, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned to AHL Charlotte on Friday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Dec 14, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled by the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, Jameson Olive of the Florida Panthers' official site reports.
Dec 4, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned to AHL Charlotte on Saturday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Nov 29, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled from AHL Charlotte on Monday.
Nov 28, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned to AHL Charlotte on Sunday, per CBS Sports.
Nov 27, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was called up from AHL Charlotte on Saturday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Apr 27, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi registered an assist and three shots on goal in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Nashville Predators.
Apr 27, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was promoted to the active roster Tuesday.
Apr 25, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was added to the taxi squad Sunday, David Dwork of Local 10 Miami reports.
Apr 17, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was reassigned to AHL Syracuse on Saturday.
Mar 28, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi was recalled from AHL Syracuse to the taxi squad Sunday.
Feb 5, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| The Panthers assigned Heponiemi to AHL Syracuse on Friday.
Jan 30, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| Heponiemi scored the overtime winner in Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
Jan 30, 2021	Florida Panthers \| Aleksi Heponiemi \| The Panthers added Heponiemi to their active roster Saturday, George Richards of Panthers Press Box reports.
Sep 17, 2019	Florida Panthers \| Assigned C Aleksi Heponiemi to Springfield (AHL).
May 15, 2019	Florida Panthers \| Signed C Aleksi Heponiemi to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2022-2023 Regular Season Stats

Aleksi Heponiemi	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Florida Panthers	10	1	2	3	-1	2	84	44.40	33.30	-21.90	34.20	-19.80	0.71	2.14
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2013-2014	Ilves U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	6	3	4	7	0
	2013-2014	Ilves U16	U16 SM-sarja	15	2	5	7	2
	2014-2015	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	7	1	2	3	0
	2014-2015	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	1	0	0	0	0
	2014-2015	Ilves U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	10	7	18	25	2
	2014-2015	Ilves U16	U16 SM-sarja	31	26	50	76	16
	2015-2016	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	39	25	40	65	24									Playoffs	5	2	4	6	0
	2015-2016	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	0	0	0	0
	2015-2016	Ilves U20	U20 SM-sarja	7	2	2	4	2									Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2016-2017	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	72	28	58	86	18									Playoffs	14	0	8	8	0
Draft Yr	2016-2017	Finland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	0	5	5	0
Draft Yr	2016-2017	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	3	3	0
	2017-2018	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	57	28	90	118	28									Playoffs	26	5	25	30	0
	2017-2018	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	3	1	4	2
	2017-2018	Finland U20	WJC-20	5	2	0	2	2
	2017-2018	Swift Current Broncos	M-Cup	3	1	3	4	2									Playoffs	26	5	25	30	0
	2018-2019	Kärpät	Liiga	50	16	30	46	8									Playoffs	17	3	0	3	0
	2018-2019	Kärpät	Champions HL	10	2	5	7	12									Playoffs	17	3	0	3	0
	2018-2019	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	3	6	9	4
	2018-2019	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	12	6	11	17	6
	2019-2020	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL	49	3	11	14	16
	2020-2021	MoDo Hockey	HockeyAllsvenskan	16	6	8	14	22
	2020-2021	Florida Panthers	NHL	9	1	1	2	2	99	60.00	55.30	-3.30	51.60	-7.90		0.61
	2020-2021	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	6	0	6	6	6
	2021-2022	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	56	9	30	39	28									Playoffs	7	1	3	4	0
	2021-2022	Florida Panthers	NHL	6	0	1	1	2	81		51.30	1.70	54.30	1.70
	2022-2023	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	62	12	31	43	12									Playoffs	7	1	6	7	0
	2022-2023	Florida Panthers	NHL	10	1	2	3	2	84	44.40	33.30	-21.90	34.20	-19.80	0.71	2.14
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2022
Signing Status RFA
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Standard Contract | 1 Years $750,000 0.91% of cap space

	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$750,000	RFA
AAV	$750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$750,000
Minors Salary	$100,000
Clauses
UFA Year
175K Guaranteed

Signing Team

Signing Date May 15, 2019
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,775,000 1.13% of cap space

	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	RFA
AAV	$1,775,000	$1,775,000	$1,775,000
Performance Bonuses	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000
Base Salary	$832,500	$832,500	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500	$92,500
Total Salary	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000
Minors Salary	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year