TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Henri Ikonen to an entry-level contract today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. He will report to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League for the remainder of the season on an amateur tryout contract.
Ikonen, 19, played in 54 games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League this season, posting 25 goals and 70 points to go along with 49 penalty minutes and a plus-17 rating. He ranked second on the Frontenacs for points and was tied for second for assists with 45. The Savolinna, Finland native scored three shorthanded goals which ranked tied for first on Kingston. Ikonen also skated in seven postseason games for the Frontenacs, recording a goal and six points.
The 5-foot-11, 182-pound forward played in seven games for Team Finland at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championships in Sweden, recording a goal and three points. Ikonen won the Gold Medal with Team Finland at the tournament.
He has skated in 115 career OHL games, all with Kingston, over the past two seasons, collecting 47 goals and 121 points to go along with 79 penalty minutes. Ikonen set career highs for goals, assists, points, plus/minus and penalty minutes during the 2013-14 season.
Ikonen was selected by the Lightning in the sixth round, 154th overall, at the 2013 NHL Draft.
Ikonen’s Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
| SEASON | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | TP | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 2012-13 | Kingston | OHL | 61 | 22 | 29 | 51 | – | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013-14 | Kingston | OHL | 54 | 25 | 45 | 70 | – | 49 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Finland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||