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Finland Arttu Ruotsalainen
#25 Buffalo Sabres / NHL - 21/22
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Oct 29, 1997
Position
C/W
Age
23
Height
5'9" / 175 cm
Place of Birth
Oulu, FIN
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Kärpät
Contract
21/22
Cap Hit
$925,000 Powered by
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Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres / Signed
Highlights
1-time U18 WJC Silver Medal 1
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2011-12 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8 8 4 12 4 |
Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 30 24 35 59 18 | Playoffs 8 4 8 12 4
Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 2 0 0 0 0 |
2012-13 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 1 0 2 2 4 |
Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 0 0 0 0 0 | Playoffs 11 12 15 27 10
Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 45 15 36 51 22 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4
Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 2 0 0 0 2 -1 |
Finland U16 (all) “A” International-Jr 11 10 6 16 6 2 |
2013-14 Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 9 5 6 11 4 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2
Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 39 13 18 31 16 11 | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 2 2
Finland U17 (all) “A” International-Jr 12 2 5 7 2 0 |
2014-15 Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 0 0 0 0 0 | Playoffs 6 7 8 15 4
Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 46 12 21 33 55 10 | Playoffs 5 2 1 3 0 1
Finland U18 WJC-18 7 0 2 2 0 2 |
Finland U18 (all) “C” International-Jr 23 3 5 8 24 -6 |
2015-16 Ässät U20 U20 SM-liiga 18 12 20 32 14 12 | Playoffs 3 1 1 2 0 -5
Ässät Liiga 51 5 5 10 4 -8 |
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 7 7 2 9 4 -1 |
2016-17 Ässät U20 U20 SM-liiga 7 6 3 9 8 8 | Playoffs 6 3 7 10 0 1
Ässät Liiga 34 1 0 1 10 -6 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
Finland U20 WJC-20 6 0 0 0 0 -1 |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 18 7 4 11 10 -1 |
2017-18 Ilves Liiga 60 9 11 20 12 -9 |
2018-19 Ilves Liiga 59 21 21 42 14 11 | Playoffs 7 2 5 7 6 0
Finland (all) International 11 2 1 3 4 2 |
2019-20 Ilves Liiga 44 15 28 43 14 10 |
Finland (all) International 2 0 0 0 0 2 |
2020-21 Ilves Liiga 19 16 11 27 8 10 |
Buffalo Sabres NHL 17 5 1 6 8 -9 |
Rochester Americans AHL 13 5 8 13 2 -2 |
Finland WC 10 4 1 5 2 3 |
2021-22 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2014-15 Finland U18 “C” Hlinka Gretzky Cup 4 1 1 2 18 0 |
2018-19 Finland EHT 6 1 1 2 2 1 |
2019-20 Finland EHT 2 0 0 0 0 2 |
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Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
Tue 19/10 Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Sat 16/10 Buffalo Sabres vs Arizona Coyotes
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 13 5 8 13 1.00 2 -2 | 0
EHT 2 8 1 1 2 0.25 2 3 | 0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup 1 4 1 1 2 0.50 18 0 | 0
International 2 13 2 1 3 0.23 4 4 | 0
International-Jr 5 71 29 22 51 0.72 46 -6 | 0
Liiga 6 267 67 76 143 0.54 62 8 | 2 8 2 5 7 0.88 6 0
NHL 2 19 5 1 6 0.32 8 -9 | 0
U16 SM-sarja 2 30 24 35 59 1.97 18 - | 2 19 16 23 39 2.05 14 -
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 9 8 6 14 1.56 8 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja 4 56 20 42 62 1.11 26 - | 3 10 7 8 15 1.50 10 -
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 5 112 43 62 105 0.94 95 40 | 4 21 6 10 16 0.76 2 -1
WC 1 10 4 1 5 0.50 2 3 | 0
WJC-18 1 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 2 | 0
WJC-20 1 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 -1 | 0
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Puckhandling
16
Agility
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Passing
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Jarkko Parikka (D) 2012-2021 8 Finland, Finland (all), Finland U16 (all), Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U19 (all), Finland U20 (all), Ilves
Teemu Väyrynen (F) 2012-2021 6 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17 (all), Finland U18 (all), Finland U19 (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all), Ilves
Aaro Vidgren (F) 2012-2017 5 Finland U16 (all), Finland U17 (all), Finland U18 (all), Finland U19 (all), Finland U20 (all)
Veini Vehviläinen (G) 2012-2019 5 Finland, Finland (all), Finland U16 (all), Finland U17 (all), Finland U18, Finland U18, Finland U18 (all), Finland U20, Finland U20 (all)

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Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
08/05/2020
08/05/2020 Loan Buffalo Sabres Ilves
09/23/2019
09/23/2019 Loan Buffalo Sabres Ilves
05/08/2019
05/08/2019 Confirmed Ilves Buffalo Sabres
10/30/2018
10/30/2018 Extension Ilves Ilves
12/20/2017
12/20/2017 Extension Ilves Ilves
04/07/2017
04/07/2017 Confirmed Ässät Ilves
06/17/2015
06/17/2015 Confirmed Kärpät U20 Ässät
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Drafted 2014, 2 #47 overall by Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL Draft

2016 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #106 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters

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