Lauri Pajuniemi
| Lauri Pajuniemi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
12 September 1999 Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) 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 Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pajuniemi was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the New York 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 3rd or 4th 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]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Liiga totals | 173 | 55 | 43 | 98 | 72 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 23 June 2018.
- ^ "2019-2020 Regular Season Player Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Tilastot - #48 Pajuniemi, Lauri". Liiga.fi.
- ^ Walker, Mollie (16 September 2021). "Lauri Pajuniemi gets up-close look at his Rangers 'dream'". New York Post. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Power, Kevin (29 April 2021). "New York Rangers Sign Lauri Pajuniemi to ELC". Blueshirt Banter. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "New York Rangers Transactions". TSN. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Finnish ice hockey right wingers
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- New York Rangers draft picks
- People from Tampere
- HC TPS players
- TuTo players
- Finnish ice hockey winger stubs