| Kalle Väisänen | |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Kotka, Finland |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 178 |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | New York Rangers |
| Prospect Team: | Hartford Wolf Pack |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Former Teams: | TPS |
| Draft: | 106th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2021 |
| Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
| Career Start: | 2021 |
Kalle Väisänen (born 28 January 2003) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL)
Väisänen was drafted in the fourth round, 106th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He made his professional debut for TPS during the 2021–22 season.
On 2 April 2024, the Rangers signed Väisänen to a three-year, entry-level contract.[2] He joined the Wolf Pack for the end of the 2023-24 season after the end of TPS's season.
Väisänen represented Finland under-18 team at the 2021 World U18 Championships where he recorded one assist in five games.[3] He represented Finland junior team at the 2022 World Junior Championships and won a silver medal.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2020–21 | TPS | U20 | 27 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2021–22 | TPS | U20 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | TPS | Liiga | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | TPS | Liiga | 47 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | TPS | U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | TPS | Liiga | 58 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Liiga totals | 137 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Finland | U18 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Finland | WJC | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||