Joel Armia

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Joel Armia
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Armia with the Montreal Canadiens in 2021
Born (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 30)
Pori, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Montreal Canadiens
Pori Ässät
Buffalo Sabres
Winnipeg Jets
National team  Finland
NHL draft 16th overall, 2011
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2010–present

Joel Armia (born 31 May 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right winger for 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 spent three years in Finland, playing with Porin Ässät. During that time, he had career totals of 55 goals, 45 assists, for 100 points, with 120 penalty minutes. In 2012–13, Armia scored 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

Armia with the Winnipeg Jets in 2016

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 being traded on February 11, 2015, the Sabres sent Armia, 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, the Jets traded Armia, alongside Steve Mason, a seventh-round draft pick in 2019, and a fourth-round pick in 2020 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]

On 6 October 2018, Armia scored his first goal for Montreal, a shorthanded goal that gave the Canadiens a 4–0 lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 5–1 victory.[8] On 1 November 2018, Armia and Habs teammate Max Domi scored the fastest two goals by one team when Montreal defeated the Washington Capitals, 6–4.[9] Domi scored at 19:38 of the third period, and Armia clinched the win with an empty net goal two seconds later.[10] Armia converted the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout victory against the New York Islanders on 5 November 2018; he was the only player from either team to beat the goaltender.[11] However, in the Canadiens' next game, against the New York Rangers on 6 November 2018, Armia suffered a knee injury. He was initially expected to miss six to eight weeks, and ultimately missed twenty-five games.[12] On 3 January 2019, Armia returned from injury against the Vancouver Canucks; he was credited with an assist on Jordie Benn's opening goal in a 2-0 Montreal win.[13] On 1 March 2019 Armia scored his first career NHL hat trick in a 4–2 victory against the New York Rangers.[14]

On 11 July 2019, Armia signed a two-year contract worth $5.2 million with the Canadiens. He had previously filed for salary arbitration as a restricted free agent.[15][16] Armia scored his first two goals of the 2019–20 season in a 5–4 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on 9 October 2019.[17]

After recording 7 goals and 7 assists during the 2020–21 regular season, Armia managed 5 goals and 3 assists during the Canadiens' deep run to the 2021 Stanley Cup Final. On 27 July 2021, Armia signed a four-year, $13.6 million contract extension with the Canadiens.[18]

International play


Armia at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland

As part of the Finland men's national junior team, Armia participated in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 World Junior Championships, scoring 11 goals and 9 assists across 19 games. The team's highest finish was fourth in 2012.

Following the 2021–22 NHL season, the Canadiens having failed the make the playoffs, Armia accepted an invitation to play for Team Finland at the senior level internationally for the first time at the 2022 IIHF World Championship, held on home soil. In his debut against Team Norway, he scored a goal and an assist in Finland's 5–0 victory.[19] In his first nine games, Armia scored four goals and three assists, including the game-winning goal in Finland's semi-final victory over Team USA to reach the championship final.[20] He scored his fifth goal of the tournament in Finland's 4–3 victory over Team Canada in the final, earning a gold medal.[21]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 Ässät FIN U18 6 5 7 12 6 6 6 3 9 8
2009–10 Ässät Jr. A 27 15 6 21 32 5 1 1 2 0
2010–11 Ässät SM-l 48 18 11 29 24 5 2 0 2 4
2011–12 Ässät SM-l 54 18 20 38 66 3 0 2 2 2
2012–13 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
2018–19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 57 13 10 23 14 — — — — —
2019–20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 58 16 14 30 28 10 3 2 5 10
2020–21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 41 7 7 14 10 21 5 3 8 10
2021–22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 60 6 8 14 14 — — — — —
Liiga totals 149 55 45 100 120 24 5 7 12 24
NHL totals 396 68 71 139 120 44 10 5 15 22

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2010 Finland U17 10th 5 5 3 8 2
2011 Finland U18 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
2022 Finland WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 5 3 8 8
Junior totals 30 20 21 41 40
Senior totals 10 5 3 8 8

References

  1. ^ "Joel Armia's player profile with his team Porin Ässät" (in Finnish). Porin Ässät. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Joel Armia". Hockey's Future. 4 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Armia agree to terms on entry-level deal". Buffalo Sabres. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Armia to make NHL debut against Red Wings". Buffalo Sabres. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Kane, Bogosian dealt to Sabres in eight-player blockbuster deal". TSN. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Canadiens acquire Joel Armia, Steve Mason from Jets". Sportsnet.ca. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Canadiens sign forward Joel Armia to one-year, $1.85-million contract". Montreal Gazette. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Gritty Canadiens shock talented Penguins 5-1". Montreal Gazette. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Montreal Canadiens set NHL record with 2 goals in 2 seconds vs. Washington Capitals". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Washington Capitals - Montreal Canadiens - November 1st, 2018". NHL.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Canadiens overcome 3-1 deficit, overtime penalty kill to beat Islanders in shootout". Montreal Gazette. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  12. ^ Labbé, Richard (8 November 2018). "Joel Armia ratera de six à huit semaines | Richard Labbé | Hockey". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  13. ^ Hickey, Pat (4 January 2019). "Carey Price looks healthy and rested while blanking the Canucks 2-0". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Armia's hat trick leads Canadiens past Rangers". tsn.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Canadiens agree to terms with Joel Armia". NHL. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  16. ^ Cowan, Stu (11 July 2019). "Canadiens sign Joel Armia to two-year deal worth $5.2 million". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. ^ Hickey, Pat (9 October 2019). "Never-say-die Canadiens salvage another road point in defeat". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Four-year contract extension for Joel Armia". NHL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Joel Armia starts the World Championship in style". NHL. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Armia, Anderson will play for gold at Worlds". NHL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  21. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (29 May 2022). "Finland does it!". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick
2011 		Succeeded by
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