Henri Jokiharju

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FinlandFinland  Henri Jokiharju Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 17, 1999
place of birth Oulu , Finland
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
number # 28
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2017 , 1st round, 29th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
until 2015 Jokerite
2015-2016 Tappara Tampere
2016-2018 Portland Winterhawks
2018-2019 Chicago Blackhawks
Rockford IceHogs
since 2019 Buffalo Sabers

Henri Jokiharju (born June 17, 1999 in Oulu ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since July 2019 and plays for them in the position of defender . He celebrated his greatest career success so far in the jersey of the Finnish national team by winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Cup .

Career

In his youth, Henri Jokiharju played in the youth department of Jokerit from Helsinki before he moved to Tappara Tampere for the 2015/16 season and competed with their U20 in the Jr. A SM-liiga , the highest junior league in Finland. The defender then decided to move to North America, where he played for the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Hockey League (WHL), which had selected him in 25th position in the 2016 CHL Import Draft .

NHL Entry Draft 2017

In his debut season in the Winterhawks jersey, he recorded 48 scorer points , so that he was considered in the following NHL Entry Draft 2017 in 29th place by the Chicago Blackhawks . For the time being, however, the Finn returned to Portland for another season, where he significantly increased his personal statistics to 71 points and a plus / minus statistic of +47 and was subsequently appointed to the Second All-Star Team of the Western Conference.

In June 2018, Jokiharju signed an entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. In the subsequent preparation for the 2018/19 season, the defender earned a place in the team's squad and made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) at the beginning of October 2018 , where he promptly recorded five assists in his first three games. In the further course of the season he was in roughly equal parts in the NHL and American Hockey League (AHL) on the ice, with the Blackhawks farm team , the Rockford IceHogs .

After his first NHL season, the Finn was handed over to the Buffalo Sabers in July 2019 , who in return sent Alexander Nylander to Chicago.

International

Jokiharju gained his first international experience in 2015 when he participated with the Finnish selection at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and the World U-17 Hockey Challenge . The defender then won the gold medal with the Finnish U18 national team at the U18 World Cup in 2016 . The U20 national team he subsequently represented his native country at the U20 World Championships in 2018 and 2019 , the team only finished sixth and then won the world title a year.

In addition, Jokiharju made his debut as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2017/18 in the senior national team of Finland . At the 2019 World Cup he won the gold medal with the team.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2018 WHL West Second All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015/16 Tappara Tampere U20 A-Jun.-SM-liiga 47 9 20th 29 +17 20th 3 1 2 3 +1 4th
2016/17 Portland Winterhawks WHL 71 9 39 48 +14 38 11 0 3 3 -8th 4th
2017/18 Portland Winterhawks WHL 63 12 59 71 +47 14th 12 3 5 8th -8th 2
2018/19 Rockford IceHogs AHL 30th 2 15th 17th +7 14th - - - - - -
2018/19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 38 0 12 12 –7 16 - - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 4th 11 15th –6 32 - - - - - -
WHL overall 134 21st 98 119 +61 52 23 3 8th 11 -16 6th
NHL overall 107 4th 23 27 -13 48 - - - - - -

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015 Finland Hlinka Memorial 4th Place 5 0 2 2 +2 0
2015 Finland U17-WHC 5th place 5 1 0 1 2
2016 Finland U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 3 3 +3 10
2018 Finland U20 World Cup 6th place 5 2 2 4th +2 2
2019 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 3 5 +6 2
2019 Finland WM 1st place, gold 10 0 3 3 +1 2
Juniors overall 29 5 10 15th 16
Men overall 10 0 3 3 +1 2

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blackhawks agree to terms with Jokiharju. nhl.com, June 12, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
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Squad of the Buffalo Sabers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Jokiharju, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu , Finland