It was a washed out season for Joni Ikonen. He played only 13 games in Liiga this year, and those contests were bookended by injuries. The first ailment, a knee injury suffered during training in the spring of 2018, kept the centre out of the lineup until January. He then sustained a hamstring injury that cut the season short.
Birthplace: Espoo, Finland
Shoots: Right
Position: Centre
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 172 lbs.
Team: KalPa (Liiga)
However, what he produced from those 13 games was a highlight reel of the types of plays that led the Montreal Canadiens to select him at 58th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.