Markus Nutivaara

Markus Nutivaara
Date of birth	June 6, 1994
place of birth	Oulu , Finland
size	183 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
number	# 65
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2015 , 7th round, 189th position Columbus Blue Jackets
KHL Junior Draft	2016 , 1st round, 26th position Jokerit Helsinki
Career stations
2009-2010	Kärpät Oulu
2010-2011	Ahmat Haukipudas
2011–2012	Kärpät Oulu
2012-2013	Pelicans Lahti
2013-2016	Kärpät Oulu
since 2016	Columbus Blue Jackets

Markus Nutivaara (born June 6, 1994 in Oulu ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been playing the defender of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League since October 2016 .

Career

Nutivaara initially played until 2012 for the U16 and U18 teams of Kärpät Oulu and the U18 team of Ahmat Haukipudas . For his first year in the A-Junior division, he moved to the Pelicans Lahti in the summer of 2012 . For the 2013/14 season he finally returned to Kärpät Oulu, where he also played for the U20 team. At the same time, he also gained his first experience in the professional field, as he was used in eleven matches due to a loan deal with Jokipojat Joensuu in the second-class Mestis .

For the 2014/15 season , the defender finally made it to the Oulu squad. With the team he won the Finnish championship at the end of the season . His achievements finally piqued the interest of the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League , who selected Nutivaara in the seventh and final round in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft in 189th place. However, the Finn stayed in Oulu for another year and confirmed his development from previous years under observation of the Blue Jackets scouts .

In May 2016, they finally signed their late draft election for two years and brought him to North America that summer . There he received a place in the NHL roster of the Columbus Blue Jackets after the pre-season and made his debut in October.

International

Nutivaara only played three test matches for the Finnish U20 national team in the junior division . He made his debut for the men's team as part of the Euro Hockey Tour in the 2015/16 season at the age of 21. His first major international tournament was the 2018 World Cup in Denmark .

Achievements and Awards

• 2014 Finnish A-Junior runner-up with Kärpät Oulu
• 2015 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu

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
2012/13	Pelicans Lahti	A-Jun. SM-liiga		42	4th	11	15th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Kärpät Oulu	A-Jun. SM-liiga		19th	2	9	11	10		12	1	4th	5	2
2013/14	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis		11	0	3	3	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Kärpät Oulu	A-Jun. SM-liiga		7th	2	6th	8th	0		5	3	2	5	0
2014/15	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga		35	0	2	2	4th		16	1	5	6th	0
2014/15	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis		2	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga		50	6th	16	22nd	14th		7th	1	4th	5	0
2016/17	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		66	2	5	7th	6th		2	1	1	2	0
2017/18	Cleveland Monsters	AHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		61	7th	16	23	14th		6th	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		80	5	16	21st	6th		2	0	0	0	0
A-Juniors SM-liiga total				96	8th	26th	34	24		17th	4th	6th	10	2
Mestis total				13	0	5	5	6th		-	-	-	-	-
Liiga overall				85	6th	18th	24	18th		23	2	9	11	0
NHL overall				207	14th	37	51	26th		10	1	1	2	0

International

Represented Finland at:

• World Championship 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2018	Finland	WM	5th place		8th	3	6th	9	6th
Men overall					8th	3	6th	9	6th

( 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

• Player biography on the Columbus Blue Jackets website
• Markus Nutivaara at eliteprospects.com (English)