Antti-Jussi Niemi
Antti-Jussi Niemi | ||||||
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Born |
Vantaa, Finland | 22 September 1977|||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | |||||
Position | Defence | |||||
Shot | Left | |||||
Played for | ||||||
National team |
NHL Draft |
81st overall, 1996 Ottawa Senators | ||||
Playing career | 1996–2014 |
Antti-Jussi Jormanpoika Niemi (born 22 September 1977) is a
Professional career
Niemi began his professional career with
Niemi moved to North America in 2000 to continue his professional career. Niemi played two years in the Mighty Ducks organization, mostly with their minor league Cincinnati Mighty Ducks team, but was called up to Anaheim for a total of 29 games.
Niemi returned to Finland and returned to Jokerit for the 2002–03 season. After one season, Niemi transferred to Frölunda HC of Sweden, where he played five seasons including the 2005 Elitserien championship. The 2008–09 season was split between HC Lada Togliatti of the Kontinental Hockey League and Leksands IF of the Swedish league.
In 2009 Niemi returned again to Finland and Jokerit. He played five more seasons with Jokeriti to finish his career, retiring in 2014. In total, Niemi won two
Niemi was member of the Finnish national team at several
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1993–94 | Jokerit | FIN Jr | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Jokerit | FIN Jr | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Jokerit | FIN Jr | 34 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 39 | ||
1995–96 | Jokerit | Liiga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1995–96 | Tuuski | FIN III | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | Jokerit | FIN Jr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1996–97 | Jokerit | Liiga | 44 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
1997–98 | Jokerit | FIN Jr | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1997–98 | Jokerit | Liiga | 46 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | Jokerit | Liiga | 53 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1999–2000 | Jokerit | Liiga | 53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
2000–01 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 36 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
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NHL | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 39 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2001–02 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Jokerit | Liiga | 48 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003–04 | Västra Frölunda HC
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SEL | 47 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | ||
2004–05 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 45 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 78 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
2005–06 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 49 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
2006–07 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||
2008–09 | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Leksands IF | SWE II | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Jokerit | Liiga | 51 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
2010–11 | Jokerit | Liiga | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
2011–12 | Jokerit | Liiga | 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Jokerit | Liiga | 39 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||
2013–14
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Jokerit | Liiga | 32 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Liiga totals | 453 | 28 | 71 | 99 | 612 | 51 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 67 | ||||
NHL totals | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
SEL totals | 243 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 401 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 106 |
International
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's ice hockey
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2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1995 | Finland | EJC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
1996 | Finland | WJC
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6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 43 | |
1997 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
1998 | Finland | WC
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
1999 | Finland | WC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
2000 | Finland | WC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2001 | Finland | WC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
2004 | Finland | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
2005 | Finland | WC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
2006 | Finland | OG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2008 | Finland | WC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
Junior totals | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 58 | |||
Senior totals | 70 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 62 |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database