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Finland Ari Gröndahl

#17 KooKoo / Liiga - 23/24
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Last 5 games
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0
2
2
-1
Last 10 games
10
0
4
4
+2
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Aug 11, 1989
Position
D
Age
33
Height
6'5" / 195 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
223 lbs / 101 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
Jäähonka
Contract
23/24
Agency
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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2004-05 HooCee U16 U16 SM-sarja 22 4 11 15 16 - |
2005-06 Blues U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 7 0 0 0 4 - |
Blues U18 U18 I-divisioona 24 1 1 2 10 - |
2006-07 Blues U18 U18 SM-sarja 21 8 6 14 22 - | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 6 -
2007-08 Blues U20 U20 SM-liiga 35 2 7 9 24 13 |
2008-09 Blues U20 U20 SM-liiga 29 8 13 21 16 29 |
Blues SM-liiga 1 0 1 1 2 -1 |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 4 1 1 2 10 -1 |
Suomi U20 Mestis 6 1 2 3 16 2 |
KooKoo Mestis 3 1 0 1 0 1 | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 2 0
Finland U20 WJC-20 6 0 0 0 0 0 |
2009-10 Blues U20 U20 SM-liiga 2 0 0 0 12 -1 |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 23 3 3 6 26 -1 |
KooKoo Mestis 9 0 2 2 0 11 |
2010-11 KooKoo Mestis 39 1 7 8 14 12 | Playoffs 8 0 0 0 0 -3
2011-12 Sport Mestis 40 2 5 7 26 3 | Playoffs 11 0 3 3 2 12
2012-13 Sport Mestis 45 6 6 12 28 9 | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 6 1
2013-14 Sport Mestis 52 5 13 18 70 5 | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 0 -1
2014-15 Sport Liiga 50 3 3 6 20 -15 |
2015-16 Sport Liiga 58 7 6 13 60 11 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -2
2016-17 Sport Liiga 57 6 10 16 43 -6 |
Finland (all) International 3 0 1 1 0 -1 |
2017-18 Sport Liiga 52 11 13 24 30 -6 |
Örebro HK SHL 7 1 0 1 4 1 |
2018-19 KalPa Liiga 60 5 5 10 38 -6 |
2019-20 KalPa Liiga 11 0 1 1 10 -2 |
Sport Liiga 43 4 7 11 22 -16 |
2020-21 Sport Liiga 54 1 11 12 18 -4 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 0
2021-22 Dornbirner EC ICEHL 46 1 4 5 20 -30 |
2022-23 KooKoo Liiga 55 4 12 16 24 2 | Playoffs 7 0 3 3 10 -1
2023-24 KooKoo Liiga - - - - - - |
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2016-17 Finland EHT 3 0 1 1 0 -1 |
2018-19 KalPa Spengler Cup 4 0 0 0 0 2 |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
Liiga
2023-03-24T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo vs Tappara
2023-03-21T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo @ Tappara
2023-03-20T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo vs Tappara
2023-03-17T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo @ Tappara
2023-03-16T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo @ Kärpät
2023-03-14T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo vs Kärpät
2023-03-13T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo @ Kärpät
2023-03-11T14:00:00-0100 KooKoo @ TPS
2023-03-10T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo vs SaiPa
2023-03-08T15:30:00-0100 KooKoo @ JYP
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
EHT 1 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 -1 | 0
ICEHL 1 46 1 4 5 0.11 20 -30 | 0
International 1 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 -1 | 0
Liiga (SM-liiga) 10 441 41 69 110 0.25 267 -43 | 3 11 0 3 3 0.27 12 -3
Mestis 6 221 20 39 59 0.27 190 41 | 5 33 0 4 4 0.12 10 9
SHL 1 7 1 0 1 0.14 4 1 | 0
Spengler Cup 1 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 | 0
U16 SM-sarja 1 22 4 11 15 0.68 16 - | 0
U18 I-divisioona 1 24 1 1 2 0.08 10 - | 0
U18 SM-sarja 1 21 8 6 14 0.67 22 - | 1 7 0 2 2 0.29 6 -
U18 SM-sarja Q 1 7 0 0 0 0.00 4 - | 0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 66 10 20 30 0.45 52 41 | 0
WJC-20 1 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
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Strength
16
Passing
14
Shot Blocking
13
Puckhandling
13
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Erik Riska (F) 2006-2021 9 Kiekko-Espoo U18, Sport
Markus Piispanen (F) 2004-2014 8 HooCee U16, Kiekko-Espoo U18, Kiekko-Espoo U20, Sport
Sami Blomqvist (F) 2006-2017 7 Blues, Kiekko-Espoo U18, Kiekko-Espoo U20, Kiekko-Vantaa, Sport, Suomi U20
Lassi Kokkala (F) 2008-2017 6 Sport, Suomi U20
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
04/06/2023
04/06/2023 Extension KooKoo KooKoo
10/21/2022
10/21/2022 Extension KooKoo KooKoo
08/02/2022
08/02/2022 Confirmed Dornbirner EC KooKoo
07/10/2021
07/10/2021 Confirmed Sport Dornbirner EC
10/25/2019
10/25/2019 Confirmed KalPa Sport
04/20/2018
04/20/2018 Confirmed Örebro HK KalPa
02/16/2018
02/16/2018 Confirmed Sport Örebro HK
12/21/2015
12/21/2015 Extension Sport Sport
12/03/2014
12/03/2014 Extension Sport Sport
04/04/2014
04/04/2014 Extension Sport Sport
04/26/2012
04/26/2012 Extension Sport Sport
06/17/2011
06/17/2011 Confirmed KooKoo Sport
08/18/2010
08/18/2010 Loan Blues KooKoo
01/20/2010
01/20/2010 Loan Blues KooKoo
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