Ice hockey player Kasperi Kapanen is suspected of aggravated drunk driving. According to ‘s information, the matter was brought before the Pohjois-Savo district court in August.
Markku Malinen,
Matti Lehtisaari
According to information obtained by , Finnish NHL and national team ice hockey player Kasperi from Kapa is suspected of aggravated drunk driving.
The case has been brought up in the district court of Pohjois-Savo on August 23, and the case is scheduled to be heard in the district court in February 2024.
The prosecutor will not comment on the course of events to until the matter becomes public in connection with the court hearing in February. has not reached Kapas or his agent Markus Lehtoa to comment on the matter.
The 27-year-old Kapanen currently represents the St. Louis Blues in the NHL, where he moved from the Pittsburgh Penguins in the spring. He has also played in the NHL in the jersey of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pittsburgh booked Kapanen in the NHL in the summer of 2014 with the number 22.
In the NHL, Kapanen has played 387 regular season games, where he has scored 78+108=186 power points.
In Finland, the attacker has represented KalPa from Kuopio. In the SM league, he played 101 matches during the 2012–2015 seasons.
Kapanen made headlines when he decided the overtime goal for Finland in the under-20 world championship in January 2016.
Kapanen played for Leijon for the first time in the spring of 2018, when Finland missed the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Denmark. Kapanen also played this year at the World Cup home games in Tampere, when Finland lost to Canada in the quarterfinals. In 16 World Cup matches, Kapanen has scored 6+2 power points.
publishes the suspect’s name already at this stage, because Kapanen is a national team player in a major sport and a role model for many young people.