Who is Janne Niskala?

Janne Niskala is a retired defender from Finland.

What was the last team Janne Niskala played for?

The last team Janne played for was Lukko in the Liiga.

How tall is Janne Niskala?

Janne Niskala is 184 cm (6'0") tall.

How much does Janne Niskala weigh?

Janne Niskala weighs 91 kg (201 lbs).

When was Janne Niskala born?

Janne Niskala was born on 1981-09-22 in Västerås, SWE.

Janne Niskala

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Date of Birth: Sep 22, 1981
Age: 44
Place of Birth: Västerås, SWE
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Lukko
Position: D
Height: 184 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 91 kg / 201 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Player Type: Offensive Defenseman
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Drafted: 2004 round 5 #147 overall by Nashville Predators
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A skilled defenseman with excellent offensive qualities. Is a very good passer, but might be a better shot. Both the slapshot and the wrister are very hard and accurate. Is a tremendous puck-mover and power play quarterback. Skates well and is very mobile.
Is inconsistent in his defensive positioning and his effort. Can get nonchalant and presumptious with the puck.

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
96-97	Lukko U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	8	0	1	1	4	-
	Lukko U16	U16 I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-
97-98	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	0	1	1	10	-	Relegation	22	7	15	22	30	-
98-99	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	14	7	4	11	42	-	Relegation	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	0	0	0	12	-
99-00	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	40	14	15	29	50	-	Playoffs	8	0	2	2	8	-
00-01	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	13	4	8	12	40	-
	Lukko	SM-liiga	18	0	0	0	0	-2
	UJKLoan	Mestis	13	4	1	5	43	-1
	Manchester StormLoan	BISL	10	0	1	1	8	-	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	6	-
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	0	0	10	0
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	20	2	1	3	18	-
01-02	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	1	1	2	2	-
	Lukko	SM-liiga	55	7	13	20	81	-25
	Finland (all)	International	4	1	0	1	4	-1
02-03	Lukko	SM-liiga	46	4	5	9	40	5
03-04	Lukko	SM-liiga	55	21	15	36	73	13	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	18	-4
04-05	Lukko	SM-liiga	44	9	12	21	63	6	Playoffs	9	5	2	7	4	-2
05-06	EV Zug	NLA	44	12	17	29	50	-	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	10	-
06-07	Färjestad BK	Elitserien	53	19	30	49	62	25	Playoffs	9	3	3	6	14	3
07-08	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	80	19	25	44	81	6	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	8	-3
	Finland	WC	9	2	2	4	2	1
08-09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	6	1	2	3	6	0
	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	35	9	10	19	20	6	Playoffs	11	3	3	6	8	-6
	Finland	WC	4	1	2	3	2	0
09-10	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	50	12	16	28	34	5	Playoffs	7	3	4	7	6	-2
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	2	2	2	-2
	Finland	WC	7	0	2	2	4	-2
10-11	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	54	11	19	30	30	17	Playoffs	19	0	4	4	14	-1
	Finland	WC	9	1	3	4	4	6
11-12	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	54	12	22	34	32	12	Playoffs	12	2	1	3	6	-3
	Finland	WC	10	3	1	4	10	0
	Finland (all)	International	22	6	4	10	18	3
12-13	Atlant Mytishchi"A"	KHL	14	1	3	4	10	-7
	Dynamo Minsk	KHL	37	7	8	15	20	3
	Finland (all)	International	3	0	1	1	0	4
13-14	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	38	2	5	7	6	6
14-15	Lukko"A"	Liiga	60	14	16	30	71	-3	Playoffs	14	2	3	5	8	-3
	Finland (all)	International	1	0	0	0	0	-1
15-16	Lukko"A"	Liiga	56	10	24	34	46	6	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	2	-2
	Finland (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	-1
16-17	Lukko"C"	Liiga	43	11	6	17	12	-2
17-18	Lukko"C"	Liiga	54	9	19	28	28	-3
18-19	Lukko"C"	Liiga	44	1	8	9	12	-4

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
02-03	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	2	-
03-04	Finland	EHT	4	1	0	1	0	-
05-06	HC DavosLoan	Spengler Cup	4	0	1	1	0	-
06-07	Färjestad BK	ECC	2	0	2	2	2	-1
	Finland	EHT	6	1	0	1	6	0
08-09	Finland	EHT	9	2	1	3	4	-2
09-10	Finland	EHT	6	1	2	3	4	3
10-11	Finland	EHT	8	1	2	3	8	3
11-12	Finland	EHT	8	2	2	4	4	3
12-13	Dynamo Minsk	Nadezhda Cup	6	3	0	3	0	1
	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	0	4
13-14	Atlant Mytishchi	Nadezhda Cup	3	0	0	0	0	-2
14-15	Lukko"A"	Champions HL	10	2	5	7	2	6
	Finland	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	-1
15-16	Lukko	Champions HL	12	3	4	7	12	6
	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	-1
16-17	Lukko	Champions HL	5	2	0	2	4	2

Janne Niskala Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	80	19	25	44	0.55	81	6	1	6	0	1	1	0.17	8	-3
BISL	1	10	0	1	1	0.10	8	-	1	6	0	0	0	0.00	6	-
Champions HL	3	27	7	9	16	0.59	18	14	0
ECC	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	2	-1	0
EHT	10	51	8	9	17	0.33	28	9*	0
Elitserien (SHL)	3	138	40	56	96	0.70	116	36	3	27	9	10	19	0.70	28	-5
International	5	33	7	5	12	0.36	22	4	0
International-Jr	1	20	2	1	3	0.15	18	-	0
KHL	4	197	33	57	90	0.46	98	31	2	31	2	5	7	0.23	20	-4
Liiga (SM-liiga)	10	475	86	118	204	0.43	426	-9	4	32	7	7	14	0.44	32	-11
Mestis	1	13	4	1	5	0.38	43	-1	0
NHL	1	6	1	2	3	0.50	6	0	0
NLA (NL)	1	44	12	17	29	0.66	50	-	1	7	0	2	2	0.29	10	-
Nadezhda Cup	2	9	3	0	3	0.33	0	-1	0
OG	1	6	0	2	2	0.33	2	-2	0
Spengler Cup	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	-	0
U16 I-divisioona	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	8	0	1	1	0.13	4	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	2	26	7	5	12	0.46	52	-	2	22*	7*	15*	22*	1.00*	30*	-
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	4	58	19	24	43	0.74	104	-	1	8	0	2	2	0.25	8	-
WC	5	39	7	10	17	0.44	22	5	0
WJC-20	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	10	0	0

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Janne Niskala Career Totals

League

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ECC

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Elitserien

138

International

International-Jr

KHL

197

Liiga

475

118

Mestis

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NLA

Nadezhda Cup

Spengler Cup

U16 I-divisioona

U16 SM-sarja Q

U18 SM-sarja

U20 SM-liiga

WJC-20

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Janne Niskala Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1999-2000	U20 SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2000-2001	U20 WJC Silver Medal
2003-2004	SM-liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (Juha Rantasila Trophy) (21) SM-liiga Player of the Month (November)
2004-2005	Liiga Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5)
2006-2007	Elitserien Best Plus/Minus (+25) Elitserien Most Goals by Defenseman (19) Elitserien Most Points by Defenseman (49)
2007-2008	AHL Most Game Winning Goals by Defenseman (5) World Championship Bronze Medal
2009-2010	Olympic Bronze Medal
2010-2011	KHL All-Star Game World Championship Gold Medal
2011-2012	KHL All-Star Game
2014-2015	Liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (Juha Rantasila Trophy) (14)
2015-2016	Liiga Most Points by Defenseman (34)
2016-2017	Liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (Juha Rantasila Trophy) (11)

Transactions

04/04/2019

confirmed

Lukko

Retired

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04/06/2018

extension

Lukko

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02/17/2017

extension

Lukko

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06/27/2014

confirmed

Atlant Mytishchi

Lukko

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05/13/2013

confirmed

Dynamo Minsk

Atlant Mytishchi

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10/09/2012

confirmed

Atlant Mytishchi

Dynamo Minsk

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05/04/2011

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Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Atlant Mytishchi

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Janne Niskala Biography and Trivia

Number 28 retired by Lukko
Cult/Star player for EV Zug
Cult/Star player for Lukko
Cult/Star player for Manchester Storm

Career transactions
- 2010-06-04 • Signed to a one-year contract by Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 2008-11-13 • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda
- 2008-07-02 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning
- 2008-06-30 • Traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2009 6th round pick (Dave Labrecque)
- 2008-06-24 • Traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Triston Grant and a 2009 7th round pick (Maxwell Tardy)
- 2008-06-07 • Signed to a one-year contract by HK Atlant
- 2007-05-23 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Nashville Predators
- 2006-03-24 • Signed to a two-year contract by Färjestad

Other memorable dates
- 2008-10-11 • Scored first career NHL goal (at Carolina vs Michael Leighton)
- 2008-10-04 • Made NHL debut (at NY Rangers; 16:13 TOI)
- 2006-09-21 • Scored first career Elitserien goal (at Mora vs Juha Pitkämäki)
- 2006-09-18 • Made Elitserien debut (vs Luleå)