Antti-Jussi Niemi

#7 Jokerit / Liiga - 13/14

Date of Birth: Sep 22, 1977
Age: 49
Place of Birth: Vantaa, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: EVU
Position: D
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Antti-Jussi Niemi Facts

Player Type: Defensive Defenseman
Drafted: 1996 round 4 #81 overall by Ottawa Senators

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Antti-Jussi Niemi Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1992-1993	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	6	1	0	1	8	-
1993-1994	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	33	0	3	3	26	-7
1993-1994	Finland U17	WHC-17	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-1994	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	5	0	0	0	22	-
1994-1995	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	14	4	3	7	60	-
1994-1995	Finland U18	EJC-18	5	0	1	1	7	-
1994-1995	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	11	0	3	3	17	-
1995-1996	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	34	11	18	29	56	-	Playoffs	8	0	4	4	39	-
1995-1996	Jokerit	SM-liiga	6	0	2	2	6	1	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995-1996	TuusKi Loan	II-divisioona	4	0	2	2	8	-
1995-1996	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	4	1	1	2	4	-
1995-1996	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	3	1	4	43	-
1995-1996	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	14	3	2	5	57	-
1996-1997	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	0	1	1	2	-	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	2	-
1996-1997	Jokerit	SM-liiga	44	2	9	11	38	9	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	2	5
1996-1997	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	0	2	2	8	-
1996-1997	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	2	2	4	16	-
1997-1998	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	1	1	2	2	-	Playoffs	2	1	2	3	0	-
1997-1998	Jokerit	SM-liiga	46	2	6	8	71	11	Playoffs	8	0	1	1	0	0
1997-1998	Finland	WC	9	0	0	0	6	0
1997-1998	Finland (all)	International	22	1	1	2	10	-
1998-1999	Jokerit	SM-liiga	53	3	7	10	107	5	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-3
1998-1999	Finland	WC	12	1	1	2	8	3
1999-2000	Jokerit "C"	SM-liiga	53	8	8	16	77	5	Playoffs	11	0	3	3	6	2
1999-2000	Finland	WC	9	0	0	0	0	-1
2000-2001	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	28	1	1	2	22	-6
2000-2001	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	36	3	8	11	26	7
2000-2001	Finland	WC	9	0	1	1	10	-1
2001-2002	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	-1
2001-2002	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	39	10	9	19	25	1	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	2	2
2002-2003	Jokerit	SM-liiga	48	6	11	17	42	14	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003-2004	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	47	4	14	18	74	17	Playoffs	10	4	1	5	20	9
2003-2004	Finland	WC	7	1	2	3	4	6
2004-2005	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	45	4	9	13	78	18	Playoffs	14	0	0	0	41	1
2004-2005	Finland	WC	7	2	0	2	4	-1
2005-2006	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	49	1	4	5	60	4	Playoffs	17	0	1	1	10	7
2005-2006	Finland Olympics	OG	8	0	0	0	2	0
2006-2007	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	48	3	11	14	110	0
2007-2008	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	54	1	4	5	79	3	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	35	0
2007-2008	Finland	WC	9	0	1	1	28	-1
2008-2009	Lada Togliatti	KHL	37	0	2	2	30	-7
2008-2009	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	8	0	0	0	22	-2	Kvalserien SHL	2	1	0	1	2	2
2009-2010	Jokerit "C"	SM-liiga	51	1	8	9	74	-11	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	14	-1
2010-2011	Jokerit "A"	SM-liiga	38	1	2	3	78	-1	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	12	-1
2011-2012	Jokerit "A"	SM-liiga	43	1	7	8	52	8	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	1
2012-2013	Jokerit "A"	SM-liiga	39	2	7	9	36	9	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	29	1
2013-2014	Jokerit "A"	Liiga	32	2	4	6	31	-3

Antti-Jussi Niemi Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1996-1997	Jokerit	Euro HL	7	2	0	2	6	-
1997-1998	Jokerit	Euro HL	6	0	1	1	6	-
1998-1999	Jokerit	Euro HL	8	2	2	4	4	3	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	1
2002-2003	Finland	EHT	7	1	0	1	2	-
2003-2004	Finland	EHT	12	0	1	1	8	-
2004-2005	Finland	EHT	8	1	0	1	12	-
2005-2006	Frölunda HC	ECC	2	0	0	0	6	-1
2005-2006	Finland	EHT	9	0	0	0	8	-
2006-2007	Finland	EHT	6	0	1	1	18	0
2007-2008	Finland	EHT	6	0	0	0	2	0
2010-2011	Jokerit	ET	8	2	0	2	12	-	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-
2011-2012	Jokerit "A"	ET	6	1	1	2	0	-	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	3
2012-2013	Jokerit "A"	ET	7	0	0	0	4	-
2013-2014	Jokerit	ET	8	1	1	2	4	-

Antti-Jussi Niemi Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	75	13	17	30	0.40	51	8	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	2	2
ECC	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	6	-1	0
EHT	6	48	2	2	4	0.08	50	0	0
EJC-18	1	5	0	1	1	0.20	7	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	5	243	13	42	55	0.23	401	42	4	48	5	3	8	0.17	106	17
ET	4	29	4	2	6	0.21	20	-	2	6	0	2	2	0.33	4	3*
Euro HL	3	21	4	3	7	0.33	16	3*	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	1
HockeyAllsvenskan	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	22	-2	1	2	1	0	1	0.50	2	2
II-divisioona	1	4	0	2	2	0.50	8	-	0
International	1	22	1	1	2	0.09	10	-	0
International-Jr	5	55	7	8	15	0.27	124	-	0
KHL	1	37	0	2	2	0.05	30	-7	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	11	453	28	71	99	0.22	612	47	10	51	0	7	7	0.14	67	4
NHL	2	29	1	1	2	0.07	22	-7	0
OG	1	8	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	5	86	16	26	42	0.49	146	-7*	3	12	1	7	8	0.67	41	-
WC	7	62	4	5	9	0.15	60	5	0
WHC-17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WJC-20	2	12	3	3	6	0.50	51	-	0

Antti-Jussi Niemi Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1994-1995	U18 EJC Gold Medal
1995-1996	U20 SM-liiga Champion
1996-1997	SM-liiga Champion
1997-1998	SM-liiga Bronze Medal U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999	World Championship Silver Medal
1999-2000	SM-liiga Silver Medal World Championship Bronze Medal
2000-2001	World Championship Silver Medal
2004-2005	Elitserien Champion
2005-2006	Olympic Silver Medal Elitserien SM Silver Medal
2007-2008	World Championship Bronze Medal
2011-2012	SM-liiga Bronze Medal
2017-2018	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#242)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
12/19/2014	Confirmed	No team	Retired
02/20/2012	Extension	Jokerit	Jokerit
04/02/2009	Confirmed	Leksands IF	Jokerit

Antti-Jussi Niemi Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC
Cult/Star player for Jokerit
Cult/Star player for Leksands IF

Career transactions
- 2009-04-02 • Signed to a three-year contract by Jokerit
- 2009-01-23 • Signed to a treee-month contract by Leksand
- 2008-06-13 • Signed to a two-year contract by Lada Togliatti
- 2007-04-27 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by Frölunda
- 2005-04-01 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by Frölunda
- 2003-xx-xx • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda
- 2002-08-13 • Signed to a two-year contract by Jokerit
- 1999-06-18 • Player rights traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim w/ Ted Donato for Patrick Lalime