Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

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2021-22: Assistant Captain ... Played 42 games ... Nine goals and 21 assists for 30 points ... First on team in assists and second in points ... One power play goal (Harvard), one shorthanded goal (Canisius) and one game-winning goal (Vermont) ... Ten penalties for 31 minutes ... Registered 65 shots on goal and 24 blocked shots ... Won 52 of 92 face offs for team-best .565 percentage ... At least one point in 22 games ... Seven multiple-point games with season-high three (1 goal, 2 assists) against Dartmouth ... Ten points (2 goals, 8 assists) in last eight games ... Five-game point streak (1 goal, 5 assists) to end season ... Season-high five shots on goal twice ... Season-high two blocked shots against Dartmouth ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Week once ... Team's Unsung Player Award ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... AHCA All-American Scholar ... 

2020-21: Did not compete due to COVID-19 restrictions ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2019-20: Played 33 games ... Four goals and 10 assists ... Had 38 shots on goal and 18 blocked shots ... One penalty for two minutes ... Seven points (2 goals, 5 assists) in league play ... Two assists against UConn ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... 

2018-19: Played all 36 games ... Four goals and 15 assists ... Second on team in assists and points (19) ... Four power play assists ... One game-winning goal (Union) ... Had 53 shots on goal and seven blocked shots ... Team-high .524 faceoff percentage ... Two penalties for four minutes ... Twelve points (3 goals, 9 assists) in league play ... One goal and one assist against Yale ... Two assists versus UMass Lowell ... Single points in 14 games ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

Before Rensselaer: Played for Espoo Blues for five seasons ... Had 53 points (22 goals, 31 assists) with +21 in 53 games in 2017-18 ... Two goals in two playoff games ... Captain ... Player of the Month once ... Had 12 goals and 15 assists with +16 in 31 games in 2016-17 ... Finnish league single season record 49 assists in 2015-16 (44 games) ... Had 74 points ... 

Personal: Business and Management major ... Psychology minor ... Dean's Honor List ... Olympia (RPI Athletics Honor Society) ... Street Soldiers volunteer ... Son of Hanna and Keijo Leppanen.

On attending Rensselaer: "High education and rich history of hockey." - August 2020

Benefits of undergraduate community: "Lots of resources around you. Alumni are interested about students, which makes it easier to find a job." - August 2020

"The support of the community is awesome. The environment drives you to be the best possible version of yourself." - July 2021