Joonas Järvinen

Joonas Järvinen
Date of birth	5th January 1989
place of birth	Turku , Finland
size	190 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2011	TPS Turku
2011–2012	Pelicans Lahti
2012-2014	Milwaukee Admirals
2014-2015	HK Sochi
2015-2016	HIFK Helsinki
2016-2018	Kunlun Red Star
2018	Tappara
2018-2019	Kunlun Red Star

Joonas Järvinen (born January 5, 1989 in Turku ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who was last under contract with Kunlun Red Star in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Joonas Järvinen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of TPS Turku , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga , the top Finnish league, from 2007 to 2011 . In the 2009/10 season he was Finnish champion with TPS Turku . For the 2011/12 season, the defender moved within the SM-liiga to the Pelicans Lahti . After the season in which he finished second with Lahti, he moved to the Nashville Predators as a free agent . There he signed a two-year contract, but was only used in the American Hockey League with the Milwaukee Admirals until his contract ended .

Järvinen in the HIFK jersey (2015)

In June 2014 he returned to Europe and was signed by HK Sochi from the Continental Hockey League . In summer 2015 the Finn moved back to Finland to HIFK Helsinki , for whom he played in the Liiga and Champions Hockey League . At the end of the season he was Finnish runner-up with the HIFK, before he was signed by Kunlun Red Star (KRS) in September . For KRS he played 100 competitive games in the KHL before he returned to Finland in summer 2018 and received a contract with Tappara until November 2018. He then decided to return to the KHL to Kunlun Red Star.

International

For Finland , Järvinen took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2007 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 2012 World Cup . In the same year he represented Finland on the Euro Hockey Tour .

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 2012 Finnish runner-up with the Pelicans Lahti
• 2016 Finnish runner-up with the Helsingfors IFK

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Plus minus
Liiga main round	6th	309	15th	47	62	383	+49
Liiga playoffs	5	59	5	10	15th	46	+7

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

• Joonas Järvinen at eurohockey.com
• Joonas Järvinen at eliteprospects.com (English)