Antti-Jussi Niemi

This article is about the ice hockey defenceman. For other people called Antti Niemi, see Antti Niemi (disambiguation).

Antti-Jussi Niemi
Born	(1977-09-22) 22 September 1977 Vantaa, Finland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Jokerit Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Frölunda HC HC Lada Togliatti
National team	Finland
NHL Draft	81st overall, 1996 Ottawa Senators
Playing career	1996–2014

Antti-Jussi Jormanpoika Niemi (born 22 September 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Niemi played for Jokerit of the SM-liiga, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League, HC Lada Togliatti in the Kontinental Hockey League and Västra Frölunda HC and Leksands IF of the Swedish Elitserien.

Professional career

Niemi began his professional career with Jokerit of the SM-liiga. His play attracted the attention of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, who drafted him in the fourth round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 81st overall. In June 1999, the Senators traded his NHL rights to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, along with Ted Donato for Patrick Lalime.

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 SM-liiga gold medals with Jokerit.

Niemi was member of the Finnish national team at several World Championships, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics. He was a member of the 2006 silver medal team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
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	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	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	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
Men's ice hockey
	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Finland	EJC		5	0	1	1	7
1996	Finland	WJC		6	3	1	4	43
1997	Finland	WJC		6	0	2	2	8
1998	Finland	WC		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