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Finland Juuso Puustinen
#71 JYP / Liiga - 25/26
1-time U18 WJC Silver Medal 1
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1
Date of Birth
Apr 05, 1988
Position
RW
Age
37
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
Kuopio, FIN
Weight
205 lbs / 93 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
KalPa
Contract
26/27
Drafted
2006 round 5 #149 overall by Calgary Flames
Agency
PREMIUM

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Juuso Puustinen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2003-04 KalPa U16 U16 SM-sarja 19* 22* 15* 37* 38* -* | Playoffs 7 2 1 3 10 -
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 5* 0* 1* 1* 12* -* |
2004-05 KalPa U18 U18 SM-sarja 26* 14* 15* 29* 81* -* | Playoffs 6 1 2 3 4 -
KalPa U20 U20 SM-liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Finland U17 WHC-17 5* 5* 1* 6* 6* -* |
Finland U17 (all) “A” International-Jr 14* 8* 2* 10* 4* -* |
2005-06 KalPa U18 U18 SM-sarja 7* 8* 7* 15* 18* -* |
KalPa U20 U20 SM-liiga 29* 9* 5* 14* 46* -2* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 0 -3
Finland U18 WJC-18 6* 1* 2* 3* 10* 0* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 20* 6* 2* 8* 34* -* |
2006-07 Kamloops Blazers WHL 64* 32* 39* 71* 52* 23* | Playoffs 4 0 3 3 4 -3
Suomi U20 Mestis 2* 0* 1* 1* 2* 1* |
2007-08 Kamloops Blazers WHL 60* 27* 26* 53* 26* 6* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 2 -1
Suomi U20 Mestis 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* -4* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 4* 1* 5* 12* -3* |
2008-09 Blues SM-liiga 53* 13* 20* 34* 14* 2* | Playoffs 14 1 1 2 4 -3
2009-10 Blues SM-liiga 54* 8* 13* 21* 64* -9* | Playoffs 2 0 1 1 0 0
2010-11 HPK SM-liiga 59* 26* 12* 38* 46* 5* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 4 -4
2011-12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 55* 16* 16* 32* 8* -5* |
2012-13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 73* 15* 16* 31* 14* -7* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 4 -3
2013-14 HIFK “A” Liiga 51* 23* 17* 40* 42* 6* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 2 0
Finland (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
2014-15 HIFK “A” Liiga 47* 15* 12* 27* 28* 6* | Playoffs 7 2 2 4 2 1
2015-16 HIFK “A” Liiga 50* 13* 14* 27* 18* 6* | Playoffs 14 4 5 9 6 3
2016-17 HIFK Liiga 48* 6* 14* 20* 42* 11* | Playoffs 13 6 6 12 2 8
2017-18 JYP Liiga 53* 30* 21* 51* 44* 15* | Playoffs 6 2 2 4 2 -3
Finland (all) International 9* 4* 2* 6* 2* 0* |
2018-19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 53* 20* 17* 37* 20* -13* |
Finland (all) International 5* 1* 1* 2* 0* -1* |
2019-20 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 58* 19* 17* 36* 14* 7* | Playoffs 5 4 1 5 2 2
2020-21 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 46* 18* 12* 30* 14* -7* |
Finland (all) International 5* 1* 0* 1* 2* 0* |
2021-22 Örebro HK SHL 25* 3* 1* 4* 0* -3* | Playoffs 8 0 1 1 0 -3
2022-23 JYP “A” Liiga 54* 12* 18* 30* 39* -3* |
2023-24 JYP “A” Liiga 57* 23* 18* 41* 39* 4* |
2024-25 JYP “A” Liiga 50* 14* 13* 27* 12* -8* |
2025-26 JYP “A” Liiga 24* 12* 11* 23* 6* -1* |
Projected Liiga 54* 27* 25* 52* 14* -2* |

Juuso Puustinen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 Finland U18 U18 JWC 5* 1* 0* 1* 4* 0* |
2008-09 Blues Champions HL 6* 1* 0* 1* 4* 3* |
2009-10 Finland EHT 3* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
2010-11 Finland EHT 6* 1* 0* 1* 4* -3* |
2013-14 HIFK ET 8* 0* 5* 5* 0* -* |
Finland EHT 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
2014-15 HIFK “A” Champions HL 7* 0* 2* 2* 2* 2* |
2015-16 HIFK Champions HL 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* 1* |
2016-17 HIFK Champions HL 6* 1* 2* 3* 2* -2* |
2017-18 JYP Champions HL 10* 4* 2* 6* 8* 0* |
Finland EHT 7* 3* 0* 3* 2* 0* |
2018-19 Finland EHT 5* 1* 1* 2* 0* -1* |
2020-21 Finland EHT 5* 1* 0* 1* 2* 0* |

Juuso Puustinen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 128* 31* 32* 63* 0.49* 22* -12* | 1 4 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 4 * -3 *
Champions HL 5 34* 6* 7* 13* 0.38* 18* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 6 29* 6* 2* 8* 0.28* 10* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 1 8* 0* 5* 5* 0.63* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 JWC (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 5* 1* 0* 1* 0.20* 4* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
International 4 22* 6* 3* 9* 0.41* 6* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 3 39* 14* 5* 19* 0.49* 50* -* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 3 157* 57* 46* 103* 0.66* 48* -13* | 1 5 4 * 1 * 5 * 1.00 * 2 * 2 *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 12 600* 195* 183* 379* 0.63* 394* 34* | 8 60 17 * 17 * 34 * 0.57 * 22 * 2 *
Mestis 2 4* 0* 1* 1* 0.25* 4* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
SHL 1 25* 3* 1* 4* 0.16* 0* -3* | 1 8 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.13 * 0 * -3 *
U16 SM-sarja 1 19* 22* 15* 37* 1.95* 38* -* | 1 7 2 * 1 * 3 * 0.43 * 10 * - *
U18 SM-sarja 2 33* 22* 22* 44* 1.33* 99* -* | 1 6 1 * 2 * 3 * 0.50 * 4 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 2 30* 9* 5* 14* 0.47* 46* -3* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * -3 *
WHC-17 1 5* 5* 1* 6* 1.20* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHL 2 124* 59* 65* 124* 1.00* 78* 29* | 2 8 1 * 4 * 5 * 0.63 * 6 * -4 *
WJC-18 1 6* 1* 2* 3* 0.50* 10* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 6* 4* 1* 5* 0.83* 12* -3* | 0 * * * * * *

Juuso Puustinen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/13/2024
11/13/2024 Extension JYP JYP
04/22/2022
04/22/2022 Confirmed Örebro HK JYP
07/03/2021
07/03/2021 Confirmed Sibir Novosibirsk Örebro HK
02/21/2020
02/21/2020 Extension Sibir Novosibirsk Sibir Novosibirsk
05/01/2019
05/01/2019 Confirmed Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Sibir Novosibirsk
05/02/2018
05/02/2018 Confirmed JYP Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
05/19/2017
05/19/2017 Confirmed HIFK JYP
06/01/2016
06/01/2016 Extension HIFK HIFK
04/09/2015
04/09/2015 Extension HIFK HIFK
05/22/2013
05/22/2013 Confirmed Milwaukee Admirals HIFK
06/16/2011
06/16/2011 Confirmed HPK Nashville Predators
05/11/2010
05/11/2010 Confirmed Blues HPK
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2006, 1 #29 overall by Kamloops Blazers in the CHL Import Draft

Career transactions
- 2015-04-09 • Signed to a one-year contract extension with HIFK
- 2013-05-22 • Signed to a two-year contract with HIFK
- 2011-06-16 • Signed to a two-year two-way contract with the Nashville Predators
- 2010-05-11 • Signed to a two-year contract with HPK
- 2008-04-23 • Signed to a two-year contract with Blues
- 2010-2012 • Played in Kamploops Blazers(WHL)

Career assingments
- 2012-09-14 • Reassigned to the Milwaukee Admirals by the Nashville Predators
- 2011-09-26 • Reassigned to the Milwaukee Admirals by the Nashville Predators

Other memorable dates
- 2011-10-08 • Made AHL debut and scored first AHL goal (assisted by J.Lajunen), vs. the Peoria Rivermen (J.Allen)
- 2009-09-03 • Made men's National Team debut (vs.Czech Rebuplic)
- 2008-09-20 • Scored first Liiga goal (vs.Ilves)
- 2008-09-11 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Pelicans) and scored first Liiga point (assist) at the same game
- 2007-12-15 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2006-10-09 • Scored first WHL goal (assisted by B.Nixon and R.Jorgensen), vs. the Swift Current Broncos (T.Yonkman)
- 2006-09-22 • Made WHL debut (vs.Portland Winter Hawks) and assisted three goals at the same game
- 2006-04-02 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster