{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}} {{for|the Finnish rapper|OG Ikonen}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Joni Ikonen | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|14}} | birth_place = Espoo, Finland | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 178 | position = Centre | shoots = Right | league = Liiga | team = Kiekko-Espoo | former_teams = Frölunda HC<br />KalPa<br />Ilves<br>Lahti Pelicans<br>HIFK | ntl_team = | draft = 58th overall | draft_year = 2017 | draft_team = Montreal Canadiens | career_start = 2016 | career_end = }}
'''Joni Ikonen''' (born 14 April 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Kiekko-Espoo of Liiga. He was selected in the second round, 58th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2017 NHL entry draft.
==Playing career== Ikonen originally played as a youth in his native Finland, appearing at the Junior C and Junior B levels with the Blues before opting to continue his development in Sweden with Frölunda for the 2015–16 season, alongside fellow countryman Kristian Vesalainen. Ikonen made his professional debut at the senior level with Frölunda in the Swedish Hockey League during the 2016–17 season. After the season, he left the team due to contract disputes,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borg|first1=Adam|title=Talangen på väg bort från Frölunda|url=http://www.gp.se/sport/ishockey/talangen-p%C3%A5-v%C3%A4g-bort-fr%C3%A5n-fr%C3%B6lunda-1.4456608|website=Göteborgs-Posten|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=sv-SE|date=18 July 2017}}</ref> and on 19 July 2017, signed with KalPa of the Finnish Liiga.<ref>{{cite web|title=KalPa nappasi hyökkäykseensä kaksi kansainvälisen tason lupausta|url=https://kalpa.fi/fi-fi/article/uutiset/kalpa-nappasi-hyokkaykseensa-kaksi-kansainvalisen-tason-lupausta/3509/|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=fi-FI|date=19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KalPa kiinnitti kaksi huippulupausta – Ikonen ja Texier Kuopioon|url=http://liiga.fi/uutiset/2017/07/19/kalpa-kiinnitti-kaksi-huippulupausta-ikonen-ja-texier-kuopioon|website=liiga.fi|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=fi-FI|date=19 July 2017}}</ref>
After two seasons with Ilves, Ikonen left to sign a one-year contract with fellow Liiga outfit, Lahti Pelicans, on 29 April 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pelicans.fi/fi-fi/article/uutinen/joni-ikonen-lahteen/5323/ | title = Joni Ikonen joins Lahti | publisher = Lahti Pelicans | date = 29 April 2022 | accessdate = 29 April 2022 | language = Finnish}}</ref>
Having left HIFK as a free agent, on 8 May 2024, Ikonen joined his third Liiga club in as many seasons, signing a one-year contract with newly promoted Kiekko-Espoo for the 2024–25 campaign.<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://www.instagram.com/p/C6tSubCNi-j/ | title = Espoo announce opening roster | publisher = Instagram | author = Kiekko-Espoo | language = Finnish | date = 8 May 2024 | accessdate = 8 May 2024 }}</ref>
==Personal== Ikonen's older brother, Juuso, most recently played for Porin Ässät in the Liiga.<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/45981/juuso-ikonen | title = Juuso Ikonen player profile | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 5 November 2024 | accessdate = 5 November 2024 }}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2015–16 | Frölunda HC | J18 | 21||17||10||27||4 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Frölunda HC | J20 | 40||22||19||41||42 | 5||3||0||3||2 |- | 2016–17 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 10||0||0||0||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | KalPa | Liiga | 52||4||10||14||8 | 6||0||1||1||4 |- | 2018–19 | KalPa | Liiga | 13||5||5||10||6 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2020–21 |Ilves |Liiga |23 |2 |3 |5 |8 |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |2021–22 |Ilves |Liiga |59 |9 |19 |28 |14 |11 |1 |1 |2 |0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Lahti Pelicans | Liiga | 56||19||14||33||12 | 18||2||7||9||6 |- | 2023–24 | HIFK | Liiga | 45||2||15||17||10 | 1||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |SHL totals ! 10||0||0||0||0 ! —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |Liiga totals ! 245||41||66||107||58 ! 41||3||9||12||10 |} {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{FIN}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|IIHF World U18 Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Slovakia|}} {{MedalBottom}}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2015 | Finland | U17 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017 | Finland | U18 | {{silver2}} | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |- | 2018 | Finland | WJC | 6th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 17 ! 6 ! 10 ! 16 ! 28 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|elite=221341|espn=|euro=|hr=|hockeydb=201664|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}
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