Lauri Pajuniemi | |
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Born | Tampere, Finland | 12 September 1999,
Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) |
Position | Right wing |
Shoots | Right |
SHL team F. teams |
Malmö Redhawks HC TPS |
NHL Draft | 132nd overall, 2018 New York Rangers |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Lauri Pajuniemi (born 12 September 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Pajuniemi was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.[1]
Playing career[]
In the 2019–20 season, Pajuniemi's 26 goals scored with HC TPS tied for third in Liiga with Eemeli Suomi, behind just Julius Nättinen and Justin Danforth.[2][3] Pajuniemi credited his emergence from a third or fourth line role player into a significant goal scorer to his coaches telling him to have confidence that he could score more than one goal a game.[4]
On 29 April 2021, Pajuniemi was signed by the New York Rangers to a two-year, entry-level contract.[5][6]
On 23 May 2023, Pajuniemi signed a one-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[7]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2015–16 | TPS | Jr. A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | TPS | Jr. A | 37 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | TPS | Jr. A | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | TPS | Liiga | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | TPS | Liiga | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
2018–19 | TUTO | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | TPS | Liiga | 49 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | TPS | Jr. A | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | TPS | Liiga | 48 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
2021–22 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 51 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 68 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
2023-24 | Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 43 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Liiga totals | 173 | 55 | 43 | 98 | 72 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
International[]
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2016 | Finland | IH18 | 6th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- ↑ New York Rangers select Lauri Pajuniemi 132nd overall. blueshirtbanter.com (23 June 2018). Retrieved on 23 June 2018.
- ↑ 2019-2020 Regular Season Player Stats. Elite Prospects. Retrieved on 24 June 2020.
- ↑ Tilastot - Lauri Pajuniemi - Kausi 2020-2021 (fi-FI).
- ↑ Walker, Mollie (16 September 2021). Lauri Pajuniemi gets up-close look at his Rangers 'dream'. New York Post. Retrieved on 4 October 2021.
- ↑ New York Rangers Sign Lauri Pajuniemi to ELC (29 April 2021).
- ↑ New York Rangers Transactions. TSN. Retrieved on 4 October 2021.
- ↑ Lauri Pajuniemi klar för Malmö Redhawks (sv-SE) (23 May 2023).
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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