Janne Niskala

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Janne Niskala
Date of birth September 22, 1981
place of birth Västerås , Sweden
size 184 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
number # 22
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 5th round, 147th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 2001 Lukko Rauma
2001 Manchester Storm
2001-2005 Lukko Rauma
2005-2006 EV train
2006-2007 Färjestad BK
2007-2008 Milwaukee Admirals
2008 Tampa Bay Lightning
2008-2010 Frölunda HC
2010-2011 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2011–2012 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
2012-2013 HK Dinamo Minsk
2013-2014 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
since 2014 Lukko Rauma

Janne Niskala (born September 22, 1981 in Västerås , Sweden ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lukko Rauma in the Liiga since June 2014 .

Career

Janne Niskala began his career as a hockey player in the youth division of Lukko Rauma , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2000/01 season . The defender remained pointless and punished in 18 games. In the course of the season he also played for Jää-Kotkat in the second-class Mestis and for the A-Juniors of his home club. He finished the season with Manchester Storm in the British Ice Hockey Superleague . The left shooter returned to Finland in the summer of 2001, where he spent another four years at his former club from Rauma. After he had stood on the ice for EV Zug in the Swiss National League A in the 2005/06 season , he was signed for a year by Färjestad BK from the Swedish Elitserien .

In the summer of 2008 Niskala signed a contract as a free agent with the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League , but was used in the following season exclusively for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Milwaukee Admirals . At the end of the season he was first given to the Philadelphia Flyers and finally the Tampa Bay Lightning . He made his NHL debut for the Florida team and scored one goal in six games and prepared another two, but the Finnish international decided to move to Frölunda HC in the Elitserien, for which he played until 2010. In the 2010/11 season he was under contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk . In May 2011 the Finn was signed by Atlant Moskowskaja Oblast , for which he was active in the KHL until October 2012. Then Niskala was exchanged for Jonas Frögren from HK Dinamo Minsk , as Dinamo wanted to strengthen the offensive power of the defense. After the end of the 2012/13 season, he returned to Atlant.

Since June 2014 he has been under contract with his hometown club in Rauma again.

International

For Finland , Niskala took part in the 2001 U20 World Youth Championship , the 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Lukko SM-liiga 18th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2000/01 Jää-Kotkat Mestis 13 4th 1 5 43 - - - - -
2000/01 Manchester Storm BISH 10 0 1 1 8th 6th 0 0 0 6th
2001/02 Lukko SM-liiga 55 7th 13 20th 81 - - - - -
2002/03 Lukko SM-liiga 46 4th 5 9 40 - - - - -
2003/04 Lukko SM-liiga 55 21st 15th 36 73 4th 0 0 0 18th
2004/05 Lukko SM-liiga 44 9 12 21st 63 9 5 2 7th 4th
2005/06 EV train NLA 44 12 17th 29 50 7th 0 2 2 10
2006/07 Färjestad BK Elitserien 53 19th 30th 49 62 9 3 3 6th 14th
2007/08 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 80 19th 25th 44 81 6th 0 1 1 8th
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6th 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2008/09 Frölunda HC Elitserien 35 9 10 19th 20th 11 3 3 6th 8th
2009/10 Frölunda HC Elitserien 50 12 16 28 34 7th 3 4th 7th 6th
2010/11 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 54 11 19th 30th 30th 19th 0 4th 4th 14th
2011/12 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast KHL 54 12 22nd 34 32 12 2 1 3 6th
2012/13 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast KHL 14th 1 3 4th 10 - - - - -
2012/13 HK Dinamo Minsk KHL 37 6th 8th 14th 20th - - - - -
2013/14 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast KHL 38 2 5 7th 6th - - - - -
2014/15 Lukko Liiga
SM-liiga total 218 41 45 86 257 13 5 2 7th 22nd
Elitserien total 138 40 56 96 116 27 9 10 19th 28
KHL total 197 33 57 90 98 31 2 5 7th 20th

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Finland U20 World Cup 7th 0 0 0 10
2008 Finland WM 9 2 2 4th 2
2009 Finland WM 4th 1 2 3 2
2010 Finland Olympia 6th 0 2 2 2
2010 Finland WM 7th 0 2 2 4th
2011 Finland WM 9 1 3 4th 4th
2012 Finland WM 10 3 1 4th 10
Seniors total 45 7th 12 19th 24

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Niskala, Janne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Västerås , Sweden