Joel Armia
Joel Armia | |||
---|---|---|---|
Armia with the Winnipeg Jets, 2016 | |||
Born |
Pori, Finland | 31 May 1993||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Montreal Canadiens Pori Ässät Buffalo Sabres Winnipeg Jets | ||
NHL Draft |
16th overall, 2011 Buffalo Sabres | ||
Playing career | 2010–present |
Joel Armia (born 31 May 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He originally played professionally in his native Finland with Porin Ässät of the SM-liiga.[1] He was selected 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
Playing career
Finland
Armia would spend three years in Finland, playing with Porin Ässät. During that time, he would have career totals of 55 goals, 45 assists, for 100 points, with 120 penalty minutes. In 2012–13, Armia would score 19 goals and 14 assists in 47 games. He was instrumental in helping Ässät capture the SM-Liiga’s Kanada-malja championship after finishing fourth in the regular season. In the playoffs, Armia scored three goals with five assists in 16 playoff games.[2]
NHL
On 16 June 2012, Armia was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Buffalo Sabres.[3] During his second North American professional season in 2014–15, Armia was recalled from Buffalo's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made his NHL debut with the Sabres against the Detroit Red Wings on 23 December 2014.[4] He was then returned to the Americans before on 11 February 2015, Armia was included by the Sabres, alongside Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Brendan Lemieux and a conditional first-round draft pick in 2015 (Jack Roslovic), to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and the rights to goaltender Jason Kasdorf.[5]
On 30 June 2018, Armia was traded by the Jets, alongside Steve Mason, a seventh-round draft pick in 2019 and a fourth-round pick in 2020, were traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Simon Bourque.[6] On 13 July 2018, Armia signed a one-year contract worth $1.85-million with the Canadiens.[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2009–10 | Porin Ässät | Jr. A SM-l | 27 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Porin Ässät | SM-l | 48 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
2011–12 | Porin Ässät | SM-l | 54 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Porin Ässät | SM-l | 47 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ||
2013–14 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 54 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
2014–15 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 33 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 43 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 57 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 79 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Liiga totals | 149 | 55 | 45 | 100 | 120 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
NHL totals | 180 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Finland | U17 | 10th | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
2011 | Finland | WJC18 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | |
2011 | Finland | WJC | 6th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2012 | Finland | WJC | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | |
2013 | Finland | WJC | 7th | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |
Junior totals | 30 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 40 |
References
- ↑ "Joel Armia's player profile with his team Porin Ässät" (in Finnish). Porin Ässät. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- ↑ "Joel Armia". Hockey's Future. 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Armia agree to terms on entry-level deal". Buffalo Sabres. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ↑ "Armia to make NHL debut against Red Wings". Buffalo Sabres. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ↑ "Kane, Bogosian dealt to Sabres in eight-player blockbuster deal". TSN. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Canadiens acquire Joel Armia, Steve Mason from Jets". Sportsnet.ca. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ↑ "Canadiens sign forward Joel Armia to one-year, $1.85-million contract". Montreal Gazette. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
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
- Joel Armia's player profile on Jatkoaika.com
Awards and achievements | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Mark Pysyk |
Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick 2011 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Grigorenko |