Janne Grönvall

Janne Grönvall
Janne Grönvall
Born	July 17, 1973 (age 50); Rauma, Finland
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	left
SM-liiga team	Tappara
National team	Finland
NHL draft	101 overall, 1992; Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1989–2010

Janne Grönvall (born July 17, 1973) is a retired professional Finnish ice hockey player.

He last played for

1992 NHL Entry Draft. After two season in North America and zero games in the NHL Grönvall moved back home to Finland and Tappara. This time he stayed with Tappara until 2003 when he signed with Swedish Elite League team Färjestad BK. After two seasons and two runners-up medals in Sweden with Färjestad Grönvall decided once again to move back home and once again signed with Tappara. He eventually ended his career playing for Krefeld Pinguine

in the German DEL league.

Grönvall represented Finland at the 2001

World Hockey Championship

.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Lukko	FIN.2 U20	13	3	3	6	6	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Lukko	FIN.2 U20	12	4	5	9	12	12	1	4	5	18
1989–90	Lukko	SM-l	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Lukko	FIN U20	13	4	14	18	30	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Lukko	SM-l	40	2	8	10	30	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lukko	FIN U20	2	0	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lukko	SM-l	42	2	6	8	40	2	0	0	0	2
1992–93	Tappara	SM-l	46	1	7	8	54	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Tappara	SM-l	47	2	9	11	54	10	0	4	4	31
1993–94	Tappara	FIN.2 U20	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0
1993–94	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	—	—	—	—	—	9	0	0	0	2
1994–95	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	76	8	29	37	75	5	0	0	0	0
1995–96	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	76	4	31	35	82	2	1	0	1	2
1996–97	Tappara	SM-l	46	6	10	16	44	3	0	1	1	4
1997–98	Tappara	SM-l	47	6	14	20	42	4	0	0	0	0
1998–99	Tappara	SM-l	53	6	10	16	91	—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Tappara	SM-l	53	4	11	15	46	4	2	1	3	12
2000–01	Tappara	SM-l	53	4	11	15	97	10	1	2	3	4
2001–02	Tappara	SM-l	56	8	7	15	82	10	1	3	4	6
2002–03	Tappara	SM-l	55	5	13	18	89	15	0	3	3	10
2003–04	Färjestad BK	SEL	50	1	10	11	98	17	0	1	1	16
2004–05	Färjestad BK	SEL	48	0	3	3	42	15	2	4	6	10
2005–06	Tappara	SM-l	51	11	9	20	83	4	0	0	0	2
2006–07	Tappara	SM-l	35	1	3	4	20	5	0	0	0	2
2007–08	Tappara	SM-l	55	2	15	17	46	11	2	2	4	8
2008–09	Tappara	SM-l	57	1	5	6	50	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	45	0	7	7	22	—	—	—	—	—
SM-l totals			741	61	138	199	868	82	6	16	22	83
AHL totals			152	12	60	72	157	16	1	0	1	4
SEL totals			98	1	13	14	140	32	2	5	7	26

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	Finland	WJC	6	0	0	0	4
1991	Finland	EJC	6	1	3	4	4
1992	Finland	WJC	7	2	1	3	12
1993	Finland	WJC	7	1	2	3	6
2001	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	8
Junior totals			26	4	6	10	26

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

This biographical article relating to a Finnish ice hockey defenceman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.