Yohann Auvitu

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Yohann Auvitu
Date of birth July 27, 1989
place of birth Joinville-le-Pont , France
size 182 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2005 Viry-Châtillon Essonne Hockey
2005-2008 Avalanche Mont-Blanc
2008-2014 JYP Jyväskylä
2014-2016 Helsingfors IFK
2016-2017 New Jersey Devils
Albany Devils
2017-2018 Edmonton Oilers
2018-2019 HK Sochi

Yohann Auvitu (born July 27, 1989 in Joinville-le-Pont ) is a French ice hockey player who was last under contract with HK Sotschi in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Yohann Auvitu began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of Viry-Châtillon Essonne Hockey , where he was active until 2005. The winger then moved to the youth department of Avalanche Mont-Blanc , for whose professional team he was on the ice from 2006 to 2008 in the Ligue Magnus , the top French division. He then joined the U18 juniors of the top Finnish club JYP Jyväskylä . For their farm team , the D Team , he was a regular player in the second-rate Mestis from 2009 to 2011 . At the same time he made his debut in the SM-liiga for JYP in the 2010/11 season . In seven games he remained without point and punishment. 2013 he was with JYP European Trophy gewinnen-

Since the end of April 2014, Auvitu has been under contract with Helsingfors IFK , with whom he was awarded the best defender in the league in the 2015/16 season and was awarded the Pekka Rautakallio trophy and was elected to the All-Star team. Subsequently, the defender decided to move to North America and signed a one-year contract with the New Jersey Devils , for whom he plays in the National Hockey League . But it is also used by their farm team, the Albany Devils .

After the 2016/17 season, the Devils did not extend the expiring contract of the Frenchman, so Auvitu joined the Edmonton Oilers as a free agent in July 2017 . As a result, he returned to Europe in July 2018 when he moved to HK Sochi in the Continental Hockey League (KHL). In January 2019 he left the club from the Black Sea coast after only 25 KHL games.

International

For France , Auvitu took part in the junior division at the U18 junior world championships in Division I in 2006 and 2007 and in the U20 junior world championships in Division I in 2007 , 2008 and 2009 , when he was the second best preparer behind his compatriot Stéphane Da Costa .

In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2006/07 HC Mont-Blanc Ligue Magnus 23 8th 2 10 4th 2 0 0 0 0
2007/08 HC Mont-Blanc Ligue Magnus 20th 5 5 10 8th 6th 0 3 3 2
2008/09 JYP Jyväskylä U20 Jr. A SM liiga 39 12 14th 28 -8th 6th - - - - - -
2009/10 JYP Jyväskylä U20 Jr. A SM liiga 2 1 2 3 +3 2 - - - - - -
2009/10 D team Mestis 44 9 6th 15th -1 12 12 2 1 3 -3 6th
2010/11 D team Mestis 34 10 11 21st –6 34 8th 4th 2 6th -3 4th
2010/11 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 7th 0 0 0 -3 0 - - - - - -
2011/12 JYP Akatemia Mestis 9 2 4th 6th -5 6th - - - - - -
2011/12 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 33 1 1 2 –6 8th 11 1 0 1 +1 6th
2012/13 JYP Akatemia Mestis 1 1 0 1 -1 0 - - - - - -
2012/13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 44 3 9 12 +3 18th 10 1 1 2 +1 8th
2013/14 JYP Akatemia Mestis 1 0 0 0 +1 0 - - - - - -
2013/14 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 29 1 5 6th -3 8th 6th 2 1 3 -1 2
2014/15 Helsingfors IFK Liiga 55 8th 8th 16 +20 10 8th 3 2 5 +4 2
2015/16 Helsingfors IFK Liiga 48 6th 15th 21st +22 6th 18th 6th 7th 13 +8 14th
2016/17 Albany Devils AHL 29 5 8th 13 -2 2 - - - - - -
2016/17 New Jersey Devils NHL 25th 2 2 4th +1 2 - - - - - -
2017/18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 33 3 6th 9 +4 8th - - - - - -
Ligue Magnus overall 43 13 7th 20th 12 8th 0 3 3 2
Jr. A SM-liiga overall 41 13 16 29 -5 8th - - - - - -
Mestis total 89 22nd 21st 43 -12 52 20th 6th 3 9 –6 10
(SM) -Liiga overall 216 19th 38 57 +33 50 53 13 11 24 +13 32
NHL overall 58 5 8th 13 +5 10 - - - - - -

International

Represented France at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2006 France U18 World Championship Div. I. 4th Place 5 2 4th 6th +1 2
2007 France U20 World Cup Div. I. 4th Place 5 1 0 1 -2 2
2007 France U18 World Championship Div. I. 6th place 5 2 3 5 –6 4th
2008 France U20 World Cup Div. I. 5th place 5 0 1 1 -3 2
2009 France U20 World Cup Div. I. 3rd place 5 3 7th 10 +8 0
2010 France WM 14th place 6th 0 2 2 -3 4th
2011 France WM 12th place 6th 0 1 1 -5 2
2012 France WM 9th place 6th 2 2 4th +3 0
2013 France Olympic qualification 3rd place 3 0 2 2 +2 0
2013 France WM 13th place 7th 0 0 0 –6 2
2014 France WM 8th place 8th 0 2 2 ± 0 2
2015 France WM 12th place 7th 0 3 3 ± 0 0
2016 France WM 14th place 7th 0 3 3 –9 2
2017 France WM 9th place 7th 2 5 7th +7 2
2018 France WM 12th place 4th 0 1 1 -2 0
Juniors overall 25th 8th 15th 23 -2 10
Men overall 61 4th 21st 25th -13 14th

( 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 Auvitu, Yohann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Joinville-le-Pont , France