Julius Honka

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Julius Honka
Date of birth 3rd December 1995
place of birth Jyväskylä , Finland
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2014 , 1st round, 14th position
Dallas Stars
KHL Junior Draft 2016 , 4th round, 102nd position
HK Dinamo Minsk
Career stations
until 2013 JYP Jyväskylä
2013-2014 Swift Current Broncos
2014-2019 Texas Stars
2016-2019 Dallas Stars
since 2019 JYP Jyväskylä

Julius Honka (born December 3, 1995 in Jyväskylä ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with JYP Jyväskylä from the Finnish Liiga since October 2019 . In North America, the Finn, who played for the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League until July 2019 , has the status of a restricted free agent .

Career

Honka learned to play ice hockey at Diskos Jyväskylä in his hometown, before he later switched to city rivals JYP Jyväskylä . The defender played there until the end of the 2012/13 season. After his first year in the A-Juniors, he decided to leave his home club and moved to North America, where he joined the Swift Current Broncos from the Western Hockey League in the 2013/14 season. They had chosen him in the CHL Import Draft . Honka completed a total of 68 matches for the Broncos. His 58 scorer points underpinned his appointment to the West Second All-Star Team of the league and the selection of 14th overall position in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League .

For the 2014/15 season , the 18-year-old received an NHL entry contract and was used by Dallas in the following two game years exclusively in the American Hockey League . There he played for the Texas Stars farm team . After the Finn started the 2016/17 season there, he was appointed to the Dallas Stars NHL squad for the first time at the end of November 2016 and made his debut there.

After his contract expired in summer 2019 and he was unable to agree on a new contract with the stars until the start of the 2019/20 season, he has since had the status of a restricted free agent . Since his contract situation with the stars remained unclear until October, he finally signed a contract with his home club JYP Jyväskylä. This has a release clause for the NHL until the end of November 2019.

International

For his home country, Honka took part in the junior division of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2012 , the U18 World Junior Championship in 2013 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2014 and 2015 . In addition to a bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship, to which he contributed four scorer points in seven games, he was able to achieve the age group world title at the U20 Junior World Championship in 2014. The defender also played all seven tournament encounters there and prepared a goal. The following year he reached seventh place with the defending champion.

At the 2017 World Cup , Honka made her debut for the senior national team of Finland , finishing fourth with the team, before finishing fifth the following year .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2011/12 JYP Jyväskylä A-Jun.-SM-liiga 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 JYP Jyväskylä A-Jun.- SM-liiga 42 4th 11 15th 47 4th 0 0 0 25th
2013/14 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62 16 40 56 52 6th 2 0 2 6th
2014/15 Texas Stars AHL 68 8th 23 31 55 3 1 1 2 4th
2015/16 Texas Stars AHL 73 11 33 44 38 4th 0 1 1 4th
2016/17 Texas Stars AHL 50 7th 24 31 59 - - - - -
2016/17 Dallas Stars NHL 16 1 4th 5 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Texas Stars AHL 10 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
2017/18 Dallas Stars NHL 42 1 3 4th 14th - - - - -
2018/19 Dallas Stars NHL 29 0 4th 4th 10 - - - - -
A-Juniors-SM-liiga total 44 4th 11 15th 47 4th 0 0 0 25th
AHL total 201 26th 82 108 158 7th 1 2 3 8th
NHL overall 87 2 11 13 28 - - - - -

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 Finland HIMT 5th place 5 0 2 2 4th
2013 Finland U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 3 4th 2
2014 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 1 1 6th
2015 Finland U20 World Cup 7th place 5 1 1 2 6th
2017 Finland WM 4th Place 10 1 2 3 4th
2018 Finland WM 5th place 8th 0 1 1 0
Juniors overall 24 2 7th 9 18th
Men overall 18th 1 3 4th 4th

( 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 Honka, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Jyväskylä , Finland