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Jani Lajunen

#25 HC Sparta Praha / Czechia - 25/26

Date of Birth

Jun 16, 1990

Position

Age

Height

6'3" / 190 cm

Place of Birth

Espoo, FIN

Weight

198 lbs / 90 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

GrIFK

Contract

25/26

Drafted

2008 round 7 #201 overall by Nashville Predators

Agency

PREMIUM

Brother: Ville Lajunen

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Jani Lajunen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2005-06	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	10*	5*	2*	7*	14*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 I-divisioona	12*	16*	18*	34*	6*	-*	\|
	Kiekko-Vantaa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2006-07	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	28*	5*	12*	17*	20*	-*	\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
2007-08	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	1*	1*	0*	1*	2*	-*	\|
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	25*	4*	10*	14*	14*	11*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-2
	Blues	SM-liiga	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	6*	1*	0*	1*	2*	1*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	13*	2*	2*	4*	6*	-*	\|
2008-09	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	25*	16*	10*	26*	24*	18*	\|	Playoffs	8	2	1	3	12	6
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2*	2*	2*	4*	0*	2*	\|
	Blues	SM-liiga	25*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-4*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-2*	\|
2009-10	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	4*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-2*	\|
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Blues	SM-liiga	46*	6*	9*	15*	34*	4*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-1
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6*	1*	4*	5*	6*	-1*	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “C”	International-Jr	17*	2*	8*	10*	20*	-*	\|
2010-11	Blues	SM-liiga	60*	10*	12*	22*	46*	7*	\|	Playoffs	18	3	4	7	12	-2
	Finland	WC	4*	2*	1*	3*	2*	2*	\|
2011-12	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	75*	5*	11*	16*	18*	5*	\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	1
2012-13	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	40*	1*	4*	5*	14*	-9*	\|
	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	19*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-1*	\|
2013-14	Växjö Lakers HC	SHL	44*	8*	12*	20*	16*	14*	\|	Playoffs	12	1	0	1	4	-1
2014-15	Växjö Lakers HC	SHL	48*	5*	15*	20*	35*	11*	\|	Playoffs	18	6	5	11	8	6
2015-16	Tappara	Liiga	58*	16*	17*	33*	18*	26*	\|	Playoffs	18	4	6	10	6	2
	Finland	WC	6*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	12*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-2*	\|
2016-17	Tappara “A”	Liiga	59*	14*	21*	35*	22*	5*	\|	Playoffs	18	2	7	9	8	7
	Finland	WC	10*	1*	1*	2*	4*	0*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	13*	1*	1*	2*	4*	-2*	\|
2017-18	HC Lugano	NL	42*	6*	19*	25*	20*	9*	\|	Playoffs	16	3	11	14	8	7
	Finland	OG	4*	0*	1*	1*	6*	0*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	10*	1*	4*	5*	10*	3*	\|
2018-19	HC Lugano	NL	41*	8*	15*	23*	14*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	-1
	Finland (all)	International	3*	1*	0*	1*	4*	0*	\|
2019-20	HC Lugano	NL	49*	7*	19*	26*	18*	6*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-3*	\|
2020-21	HC Lugano	NL	38*	9*	12*	21*	24*	2*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0	-3
2021-22	Örebro HK “A”	SHL	50*	9*	16*	25*	26*	3*	\|	Playoffs	8	1	1	2	2	-1
2022-23	Örebro HK “A”	SHL	48*	5*	16*	21*	28*	2*	\|	Playoffs	13	0	3	3	6	1
2023-24	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	39*	3*	14*	17*	22*	15*	\|	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	4	3
2024-25	HC Sparta Praha “A”	Czechia	51*	8*	12*	20*	8*	9*	\|	Playoffs	10	0	4	4	4	-1
2025-26	HC Sparta Praha “A”	Czechia	6*	1*	3*	4*	2*	3*	\|
	Projected	Czechia	28*	5*	14*	19*	9*	14*	\|

Jani Lajunen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2008-09	Blues	Champions HL	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	2*	\|
2010-11	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2014-15	Växjö Lakers HC	Champions HL	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
2015-16	Tappara	Champions HL	8*	3*	1*	4*	2*	3*	\|
	Finland	EHT	6*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-2*	\|
2016-17	Tappara	Champions HL	6*	1*	0*	1*	2*	0*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-2*	\|
2017-18	HC Lugano	Swiss Cup	2*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	5*	1*	3*	4*	4*	3*	\|
2018-19	HC Lugano	Champions HL	7*	3*	3*	6*	8*	5*	\|
	HC Lugano	Swiss Cup	1*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland “A”	EHT	3*	1*	0*	1*	4*	0*	\|
2019-20	HC Lugano	Swiss Cup	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-3*	\|
2022-23	Örebro HK “A”	Spengler Cup	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
2024-25	HC Sparta Praha “A”	Champions HL	10*	4*	2*	6*	2*	1*	\|
2025-26	HC Sparta Praha	Champions HL	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|

Jani Lajunen Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	134*	7*	16*	23*	0.17*	36*	-5*	\|	1	3	1 *	0 *	1 *	0.33 *	0 *	1 *
Champions HL	7	39*	12*	6*	18*	0.46*	14*	10*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Czechia	3	96*	12*	29*	41*	0.43*	32*	27*	\|	2	21	0 *	8 *	8 *	0.38 *	8 *	2 *
EHT	6	23*	2*	5*	7*	0.30*	10*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	5	41*	3*	6*	9*	0.22*	20*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	33*	4*	10*	14*	0.42*	28*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	6	249*	47*	60*	107*	0.43*	124*	38*	\|	5	59	9 *	17 *	26 *	0.44 *	28 *	6 *
Mestis	2	4*	2*	2*	4*	1.00*	0*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NL	4	170*	30*	65*	95*	0.56*	76*	15*	\|	3	25	4 *	12 *	16 *	0.64 *	10 *	3 *
OG	1	4*	0*	1*	1*	0.25*	6*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	4	190*	27*	59*	86*	0.45*	105*	30*	\|	4	51	8 *	9 *	17 *	0.33 *	20 *	5 *
Spengler Cup	1	2*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Swiss Cup	3	4*	1*	1*	2*	0.50*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 I-divisioona	1	12*	16*	18*	34*	2.83*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	10*	5*	2*	7*	0.70*	14*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 SM-sarja	3	31*	6*	12*	18*	0.58*	22*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	54*	21*	21*	42*	0.78*	38*	27*	\|	2	11	2 *	1 *	3 *	0.27 *	12 *	4 *
WC	3	20*	3*	2*	5*	0.25*	8*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	1	6*	1*	0*	1*	0.17*	2*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	12*	2*	4*	6*	0.50*	6*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

Jani Lajunen Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2006-2007
- U18 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2007-2008
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
- U18 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2008-2009
- U20 SM-liiga Champion
2009-2010
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2010-2011
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
- World Championship Gold Medal
2014-2015
- SHL Champion
2015-2016
- Liiga Champion
- World Championship Silver Medal
2016-2017
- Liiga Champion

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
05/05/2025
05/05/2025	Extension	HC Sparta Praha	HC Sparta Praha
02/26/2024
02/26/2024	Extension	HC Sparta Praha	HC Sparta Praha
06/07/2023
06/07/2023	Confirmed	Örebro HK	HC Sparta Praha
05/20/2021
05/20/2021	Confirmed	HC Lugano	Örebro HK
12/24/2018
12/24/2018	Extension	HC Lugano	HC Lugano
02/27/2018
02/27/2018	Extension	HC Lugano	HC Lugano
05/11/2017
05/11/2017	Confirmed	Tappara	HC Lugano
05/06/2015
05/06/2015	Confirmed	Växjö Lakers HC	Tappara
05/07/2013
05/07/2013	Confirmed	Peoria Rivermen	Växjö Lakers HC
02/19/2013
02/19/2013	Confirmed	Nashville Predators	St. Louis Blues
05/12/2010
05/12/2010	Confirmed	Blues	Nashville Predators

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for HC Lugano

Cult/Star player for Kiekko-Espoo U20

2010-05-12 Signed to a 3-year entry level deal by Nashville Predators