Birthday: 01/09/1999
Birthplace: Tampere, Finland
Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 143
NHL Draft: 2017: 2nd Round, 40th Overall by Florida Panthers
Rankings:
#47 by Riding Pine Hockey
#76 by Future Considerations
#26 by Central Scouting (NA Skaters)
Scouting Reports:
“Undersized but highly skilled winger, Heponiemi is a natural playmaker with hands that could stick handle in a phone booth and elite-level breakway speed, challenges defenders off the rush to keep up with him or be left behind. Needs to bulk up a lot, as he’s prone to getting knocked off the puck.” – Brandon Holmes, Riding Pine Hockey
“A highly-skilled forward who plays with a lot of speed and skill…uses his speed to jet down the wing and beat defenders along the outside…is a hard player to contain with his speed and although he isn’t huge he protects the puck well and is able to drive the net from the outside…has all of the offensive tools: great speed, great puck-skills and stick-skills, able to handle the puck at top speed and make plays, protects the puck well, sees the ice well, possesses a quick, accurate wrist shot and is offensively creative….there are times where he holds the puck for too long and should learn to keep it simple, but however he chooses to make plays he usually succeeds in making them…smart to avoid size barriers, but doesn’t shy away from the net front or corners…plays as if he is the energizer bunny on full charge, constantly moving his feet and in a dodgy manner…has top six potential thanks to the intelligence that makes his skill level so effective. (November 2016)” – Future Considerations
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 2013-2014 | Ilves U16 | Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Ilves U16 | Jr. C SM-sarja | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2014-2015 | Ilves U16 | Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 10 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 2 |
| Ilves U16 | Jr. C SM-sarja | 31 | 26 | 50 | 76 | 16 | |
| Ilves U18 | Jr. B SM-sarja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Finland U16 (all) | International-Jr | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015-2016 | Ilves U18 | Jr. B SM-sarja | 39 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 24 |
| Ilves U20 | Jr. A SM-liiga | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Finland U17 | WHC-17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016-2017 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 72 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 18 |
| Finland U18 | Hlinka Memorial | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Finland U18 (all) | International-Jr | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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