Rasmus Ristolainen

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Rasmus Ristolainen
Date of birth October 27, 1994
place of birth Turku , Finland
size 192 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
number # 55
Shot hand right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2012 , 1st round, 12th position
Amur Khabarovsk
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 1st round, 8th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 2013 TPS Turku
since 2013 Buffalo Sabers

Rasmus Ristolainen (born October 27, 1994 in Turku ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since July 2013 . The defender was selected in eighth position by the Sabers in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft .

Career

Rasmus Ristolainen comes from the junior division of TPS Turku . At the age of 16 he made his professional debut for TPS Turku in the Finnish SM-liiga . During the rest of the season he mostly played for the club's U20 team. During the playoffs of the U18 championship, however, he strengthened the U18 team.

In the 2011/2012 season Ristolainen played 40 games for the first team of TPS Turku. At the end of the season, Ristolainen recorded three goals and five assists, had a minus 21 record and 78 penalty minutes. On average, he played 16:33 minutes per game. In two playoff games in which he participated, he reached a minus 2 balance. In eight games that he played for the U20 team, he scored four assists (plus 4 balance). During the KHL Junior Draft 2012 he was drawn in 12th place overall.

In the 2012/13 season, Ristolainen completed 52 games for the professional team.

Ristolainen was the team's top defender scorer. He scored three goals and 12 assists, reached a minus 7 balance and was occupied with a total of 32 penalty minutes; on average he played for 21:40 minutes. At the Junior World Championships he scored a total of two goals and four assists in six games (plus 5 balance sheet). During the playoffs of the U20 team, in which he played five games, he scored two goals and one assist (minus 5 balance).

During the NHL Entry Draft 2013 he was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in eighth place and established himself in their NHL lineup in the 2013/14 season. In October 2016, the Finn signed a new six-year contract with the Sabers, which should bring him an average annual salary of 5.4 million US dollars.

International

Ristolainen represented his home country with the Finnish U17 national team at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010 and 2011 and at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2010 and 2011 . During the 2011/12 season he played for Finland in the U18 and U20 World Championships. At the U20 World Cup , he played in all seven games, where he posted three assists (plus 1 balance). At the U18 World Cup he was elected assistant captain and achieved two goals, one assist and ten penalty minutes in seven games.

In 2013 he played at the U20 World Junior Championship in Ufa , scored six points and finished seventh with the U20 selection. A year later, at the U20 World Junior Championship in Malmö , he scored a total of three goals. He scored one of them in the extension of the final against Sweden and thus secured the gold medal for the Finnish U20 selection. In recognition of his achievements, he was named the tournament's best defender and was voted into the event's All-Star team.

After Ristolainen made his debut for the senior national team of Finland at the Euro Hockey Tour 2014/15 , he was also part of the Finnish squad at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2009 Finnish runner-up in Junior-C SM-sarja with TPS Turku
  • 2011 Finnish runner-up in Junior-B SM-sarja with TPS Turku
  • 2014 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
  • 2014 All-Star Team and Best Defender of the U20 World Junior Championship

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
2008/09 TPS Turku U16 Jr. C SM-sarja 26th 3 2 5 8th 7th 1 1 2 2
2009/10 TPS Turku U20 Jr. A SM liiga 5 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2009/10 TPS Turku U18 Jr. B SM-sarja 32 3 7th 10 28 3 1 0 1 4th
2009/10 TPS Turku U16 Jr. C SM-sarja 6th 6th 7th 13 4th 5 2 5 7th 27
2010/11 TPS Turku U20 Jr. A SM liiga 27 0 12 12 30th - - - - -
2010/11 TPS Turku U18 Jr. B SM-sarja 2 1 2 3 0 13 5 3 8th 8th
2010/11 TPS Turku SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2011/12 TPS Turku SM-liiga 40 3 5 8th 78 2 0 0 0 0
2011/12 TPS Turku U20 Jr. A SM liiga 8th 0 4th 4th 6th - - - - -
2012/13 TPS Turku SM-liiga 52 3 12 15th 32 - - - - -
2013/14 Buffalo Sabers NHL 34 2 2 4th 6th - - - - -
2013/14 Rochester Americans AHL 34 6th 14th 20th 22nd - - - - -
2014/15 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 8th 12 20th 26th - - - - -
2015/16 Buffalo Sabers NHL 82 9 32 41 33 - - - - -
2016/17 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 6th 39 45 58 - - - - -
2017/18 Buffalo Sabers NHL 73 6th 35 41 48 - - - - -
2018/19 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 5 38 43 38 - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 6th 27 33 46 - - - - -
SM-liiga total 93 6th 17th 23 110 2 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 493 42 185 227 255 - - - - -

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2010 Finland U17-WHC 10th place 5 0 2 2 4th
2010 Finland Hlinka Memorial 7th place 4th 0 1 1 2 ± 0
2011 Finland U17-WHC 7th place 5 1 0 1 4th
2011 Finland Hlinka Memorial 4th Place 5 1 2 3 10 +7
2012 Finland U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 3 3 0 +1
2012 Finland U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 2 1 3 10 +3
2013 Finland U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 2 4th 6th 20th +5
2014 Finland U20 World Cup gold medal 5 3 0 3 8th +1
2016 Finland World cup 8th place 3 0 0 0 0 -2
Juniors overall 44 9 13 22nd 58
Men overall 3 0 0 0 0 -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

Commons : Rasmus Ristolainen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rasmus Ristolainen signs with Sabers. nhl.com, October 11, 2016, accessed October 11, 2016 .
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Squad of the Buffalo Sabers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Ristolainen, Rasmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku , Finland