This article is about the ice hockey defenceman. For the ice hockey goaltender, see Antti Niemi.
Antti-Jussi Niemi | |
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Position | Defence |
Shoots | Left |
Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) |
SM-Liiga Team | Jokerit |
Born | Vantaa, FIN | September 22, 1977,
NHL Draft | 81st overall, 1996 Ottawa Senators |
Pro Career | 1995 – present |
Olympic medal record | ||
Men's ice hockey | ||
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Silver | 2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
Antti-Jussi Jormanpoika Niemi (born September 22, 1977 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman playing for Jokerit of the SM-Liiga.
Draft[]
He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 81st overall.
Career[]
Niemi, a defensive-minded rearguard who plays with a mean streak, has won two SM-liiga gold medals with Jokerit, the Elitserien championship with Frölunda HC in 2005, and has represented Finland at several World Championships, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the NHL, he registered 29 games with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Career statistics[]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1995–96 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1996–97 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 44 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
1997–98 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 46 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 53 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1999–00 | Jokerit | SM-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 | SM-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 | HC Lada Togliatti | KHL | 27 | 0 | 2 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008–09 | Leksands IF | HockeyAllsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
FIN totals | 250 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 343 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||
AHL totals | 75 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
NHL totals | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
SEL totals | 243 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 401 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 106 |
External links[]
- Antti-Jussi Niemi's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Antti-Jussi Niemi on nhlfinns.com
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