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Finland Juuso Vainio
#48 Örebro HK / SHL - 25/26
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time EYOF Silver Medal 1
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1
1-time SHL Champion 1
Date of Birth
Sep 06, 1994
Position
D
Age
31
Height
6'0" / 184 cm
Place of Birth
Hämeenlinna, FIN
Weight
190 lbs / 86 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
HPK
Contract
Nov
Agency
PREMIUM

Brother: Joona Vainio

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Juuso Vainio Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 HPK U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8* 2* 6* 8* 16* -* |
HPK U16 U16 SM-sarja 25* 3* 12* 15* 53* -* |
HPK U17 U17 SM-sarja 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -
HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 9* 0* 0* 0* 8* -* |
2010-11 HPK U17 U17 SM-sarja Q 1* 0* 2* 2* 0* -* |
HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 9* 2* 6* 8* 14* -* |
HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja 17* 1* 5* 6* 8* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 16* 2* 5* 7* 12* -* |
2011-12 HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 7* 2* 2* 4* 2* -* |
HPK U18 U18 SM-sarja 9* 1* 6* 7* 4* -* |
HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 39* 3* 4* 7* 18* 15* | Playoffs 10 0 0 0 0 0
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 11* 1* 0* 1* 8* 10* |
2012-13 HPK U20 U20 SM-liiga 10* 1* 2* 3* 2* -8* | Playoffs 11 1 3 4 4 5
HPK SM-liiga 25* 1* 1* 2* 8* -1* |
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 1* 1* 4* -2* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 0* 2* 2* 0* -2* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 6* 1* 1* 2* 4* -1* |
2013-14 HPK Liiga 27* 3* 6* 9* 8* -3* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 7* 0* 1* 1* 2* 2* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2014-15 HPK Liiga 56* 1* 9* 10* 14* -12* |
2015-16 JYP Liiga 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Blues Liiga 18* 2* 2* 4* 6* -3* |
2016-17 JYP Liiga 42* 3* 7* 10* 12* 0* | Playoffs 12 0 0 0 4 -2
2017-18 JYP Liiga 53* 1* 14* 15* 20* 15* | Playoffs 5 0 1 1 0 1
Finland (all) International 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* 5* |
2018-19 JYP Liiga 52* 3* 13* 16* 24* 3* |
Finland (all) International 10* 1* 0* 1* 2* 2* |
2019-20 JYP “C” Liiga 46* 3* 15* 18* 26* 12* |
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2020-21 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 41* 3* 2* 5* 12* 5* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2 0
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2021-22 Växjö Lakers HC SHL 21* 0* 3* 3* 2* -5* |
2022-23 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NL 32* 0* 3* 3* 10* -1* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2023-24 JYP “A” Liiga 53* 0* 3* 3* 14* -14* |
2024-25 JYP “A” Liiga 38* 4* 4* 8* 10* -13* |
2025-26 Örebro HK SHL 16* 0* 2* 2* 0* -4* |
Projected SHL 40* 0* 5* 5* 0* -10* |

Juuso Vainio Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 Finland U17 EYOF 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2015-16 Blues Champions HL 6* 0* 2* 2* 4* 4* |
2016-17 JYP Champions HL 7* 0* 1* 1* 6* -2* |
2017-18 JYP Champions HL 13* 2* 2* 4* 6* -1* |
2018-19 JYP Champions HL 5* 1* 2* 3* 0* -4* |
Finland EHT 4* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
2019-20 Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2020-21 Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2021-22 Växjö Lakers HC Champions HL 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* -2* |
2022-23 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Champions HL 8* 0* 0* 0* 0* 2* |
Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |

Juuso Vainio Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 6 45* 3* 8* 11* 0.24* 16* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 4 10* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
EYOF 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
International 5 20* 1* 0* 1* 0.05* 2* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 5 51* 4* 7* 11* 0.22* 38* 7* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 10 410* 21* 74* 95* 0.23* 142* -16* | 2 17 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.06 * 4 * -1 *
NL 1 32* 0* 3* 3* 0.09* 10* -1* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * 0 *
SHL 3 78* 3* 7* 10* 0.13* 14* -4* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * 0 *
U16 SM-sarja 1 25* 3* 12* 15* 0.60* 53* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 8* 2* 6* 8* 1.00* 16* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U17 SM-sarja 1 0* 0* 0* 0* -* 0* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * - *
U17 SM-sarja Q 1 1* 0* 2* 2* 2.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 3 28* 2* 11* 13* 0.46* 12* -* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
U18 SM-sarja Q 2 16* 4* 8* 12* 0.75* 16* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 50* 4* 6* 10* 0.20* 20* 6* | 2 21 1 * 3 * 4 * 0.19 * 4 * 5 *
WJC-20 2 13* 0* 3* 3* 0.23* 2* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Juuso Vainio Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/30/2025
09/30/2025 Confirmed JYP Örebro HK
04/07/2023
04/07/2023 Confirmed HC Fribourg-Gottéron JYP
12/14/2021
12/14/2021 Confirmed Växjö Lakers HC HC Fribourg-Gottéron
03/27/2020
03/27/2020 Confirmed JYP Växjö Lakers HC
12/11/2017
12/11/2017 Extension JYP JYP
02/16/2016
02/16/2016 Confirmed Blues JYP
05/21/2015
05/21/2015 Confirmed HPK Blues
12/12/2012
12/12/2012 Extension HPK HPK
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2015-05-21 • Signed to a two-year contract by Blues
- 2012-12-12 • Signed to a two-year contract by HPK
Other memorable dates
- 2014-05-01 • Won U20 World Junior Championship gold medal
- 2013-12-22 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2012-12-22 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2012-10-06 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Kärpät)