Former YSU basketabll player Mikko Niemi has signed a professional contract with a team in his native Finland.

Since 2005 Niemi appeared in 104 games for the Penguins starting in fifteen.  Last season, Niemi played in 19 games.  As a junior, he played in every game and appeared in the starting line up ten times.

In his YSU career he scored 82 points and dished out more than one hundred assists.