Joel Armia

Joel Armia
Armia with the Winnipeg Jets, 2016
Born	(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 Pori, Finland
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Winnipeg Jets Pori Ässät Buffalo Sabres
NHL Draft	16th overall, 2011 Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	2010–present

Joel Armia (born 31 May 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He 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

Amateur

Armia at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships

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]

Professional

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]

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	—	—	—	—	—
Liiga totals			149	55	45	100	120	24	5	7	12	24
NHL totals			44	4	6	10	12	—	—	—	—	—

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

↑ "Joel Armia's player profile with his team Porin Ässät" (in Finnish). Porin Ässät.
↑ "Joel Armia". Hockey's Future. 4 July 2015.
↑ "Armia agree to terms on entry-level deal". Buffalo Sabres. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
↑ "Armia to make NHL debut against Red Wings". Buffalo Sabres. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
↑ "Kane, Bogosian dealt to Sabres in eight-player blockbuster deal". TSN. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mark Pysyk	Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick 2011	Succeeded by Mikhail Grigorenko

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