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Joel Armia
Armia with the Winnipeg Jets, 2016
Born (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31)
Pori, Finland
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

Armia at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships.

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

  1. ^ "Joel Armia's player profile with his team Porin Ässät" (in Finnish). Porin Ässät. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Armia to make NHL debut against Red Wings". Buffalo Sabres. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  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. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  7. ^ "Canadiens sign forward Joel Armia to one-year, $1.85-million contract". Montreal Gazette. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

External links

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