{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{More footnotes|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image_size = 230px | caption = | alt = | image = | played_for = JYP (SM-liiga)<br>Linz EHC (EBEL) | position = Defense | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = Brighton, Michigan | draft = ''Undrafted'' | career_start = 2007 | career_end = 2009 }} '''Lars Helminen''' (born January 1, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the ECHL, SM-Liiga, and Austrian Hockey League.<ref name="elite">{{eliteprospects|12489}}, retrieved July 15, 2015</ref> His brother, Dwight, played parts of two seasons in the National Hockey League.<ref name="elite2">{{eliteprospects|9394|Dwight Helminen}}, retrieved July 15, 2015</ref>
==Playing career== Lars played for the Compuware Ambassadors in the NAHL during the 2002-03 season. He went on from there to play four years at Michigan Tech. After his senior year, he went straight to the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL for the end of the 2006–07 season.
Lars spent the 2007-08 season in Finland, playing for JYP in the SM-liiga, along with his brother Dwight. Lars then moved to the EBEL playing with Linz EHC.
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:75%" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 2002–03 | Compuware Ambassadors | NAHL | 49 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2004–05 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 37 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 38 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2006–07 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 40 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2006–07 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 18 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | JYP | SM-l | 43 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 2008–09 | Linz EHC | EBEL | 45 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | SM-l Totals ! 43 ! 9 ! 7 ! 16 ! 8 ! 6 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- | All-WCHA Second Team | 2004–05 | |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Helminen, Lars}} Category:1985 births Category:Ice hockey players from Michigan Category:Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Brighton, Michigan Category:American people of Finnish descent Category:Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen