| Birth Date: | 26 May 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Tuusula, Finland |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 176 |
| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | Liiga |
| Team: | JYP |
| Draft: | 189th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2021 |
| Draft Team: | New York Islanders |
| Career Start: | 2020 |
Aleksi Malinen (born 26 May 2003) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for JYP Jyväskylä in Liiga.[1] [2] He was selected 189th overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.
Malinen played 30 games in Liiga with JYP during the 2020–21 season. He would subsequently be selected 189th overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2019–20 | JYP | Jr. A | 49 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | JYP | Liiga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | JYP | Jr. A | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | JYP | Jr. A | 33 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | JYP | Liiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | KeuPa HT | Mestis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | JYP | Jr. A | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | JYP | Liiga | 42 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | KeuPa HT | Mestis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 78 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Finland | U17 | 7th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Finland | U18 | 4th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Finland | WJC | 5th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||