Toni Rajala

Toni Rajala
Date of birth	March 29, 1991
place of birth	Parkano , Finland
size	178 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2009 , 4th round, 87th position Yaroslavl locomotive
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 4th lap, 101st position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 2009	Ilves Tampere
2009-2010	Brandon Wheat Kings
2010–2012	Ilves Tampere
2012-2013	Oklahoma City Barons Stockton Thunder
2013-2014	HV71
2014	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2014-2015	Färjestad BK
2015-2016	Luleå HF
since 2016	EHC Biel

Toni Rajala (born March 29, 1991 in Parkano ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Biel in the National League since 2016 .

Career

Toni Rajala began his career as a hockey player in the youth field of Ilves Tampere , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the 2008/09 season . The attacker scored two goals in 24 games and prepared three. He also played in four games for the Finnish U20 national team in the second-rate Mestis . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the fourth round as a total of 101 players by the Edmonton Oilers . He then received a three-year NHL entry contract from the Oilers. First, however, the left shooter moved to the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League for the 2009/10 season . At the Memorial Cup 2010 the player was awarded the George Parsons Trophy as the fairest player of the tournament .

For the 2010/11 season Rajala returned on loan to Ilves Tampere in the SM-liiga. That loan was extended for another season a year later, before Rajala was sent to the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League in September 2013 . For the Barons, Rajala then scored 61 points in 63 AHL games. In August 2013, Rajala agreed to terminate his contract with the Oilers and was then without a club before he was signed by the HV71 .

In May 2014 Rajala moved to Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the Kontinental Hockey League , but returned to Sweden in November 2014 and hired at Färjestad BK , where he ended the 2014/15 season. In the 2015/16 season , the Finn was on the ice for Luleå HF in the Svenska Hockeyligan . He then moved to EHC Biel in the National League A .

International

Toni Rajala at the 2010 U20 World Cup

For Finland , Rajala took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2009 top scorer of the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2009 Top scorer in the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2009 Best striker in the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2009 All-Star-Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2010 George Parsons Trophy
• 2019 gold medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
SM liiga main round	3	116	27	29	56	28
SM-liiga-playoffs / relegation	3	14th	5	4th	9	6th
SHL main round	3	120	44	45	89	32
SHL playoffs / relegation	3	21st	1	8th	9	10
NLA / NL main round	3	130	59	48	107	58
NLA / NL playoffs / relegation	3	29	16	9	25th	4th

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

• Toni Rajala at eurohockey.com
• Toni Rajala at eliteprospects.com (English)