| Birth Date: | 28 November 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Nokia, Finland |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Hockey Club de Reims CE Wien Tappara JyP HT Lukko New York Islanders Ilves |
| Ntl Team: | Finland |
| Draft: | 83rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1984 |
| Draft Team: | New York Islanders |
| Career Start: | 1983 |
| Career End: | 1999 2001–2002 |
Ari Eerik Haanpää (born November 28, 1965, in Nokia, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1999, and briefly in 2001–2002, was mainly spent in the Finnish SM-liiga. Internationally Haanpää played for the Finnish national junior team at two European Junior Championships and two World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in 1984.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1981–82 | Tappara U20 | FIN Jr | 23 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Tappara U20 | FIN Jr | 21 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Ilves | FIN | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | Ilves | FIN | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | New York Islanders | NHL | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | New York Islanders | NHL | 41 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1987–88 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 61 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Lukko | FIN | 42 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Lukko | FIN | 24 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | JyP HT | FIN | 32 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | JyP HT | FIN | 41 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1992–93 | JyP HT | FIN | 44 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | Tappara | FIN | 42 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | Tappara | FIN | 48 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Tappara | FIN | 45 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | CE Wien | AUT | 29 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | GEC Nordhorn | GER-2 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Hockey Club de Reims | FRA | 33 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Kiekko-Ahma | FIN-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| FIN totals | 358 | 160 | 118 | 278 | 563 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 36 | ||||
| NHL totals | 60 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Finland | EJC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 1983 | Finland | EJC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1984 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1985 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Junior totals | 24 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 40 | ||||