Lauri Pajuniemi

Lauri Pajuniemi (born 12 September 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Pajuniemi was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.[1]

Lauri Pajuniemi
Born (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999
Tampere, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
SHL team
Former teams
Malmö Redhawks
HC TPS
NHL Draft 132nd overall, 2018
New York Rangers
Playing career 2013present

Playing career

In the 2019–20 season, Pajuniemi's 26 goals scored with HC TPS tied for third in Liiga with Eemeli Suomi, behind just Julius Nättinen and Justin Danforth.[2][3] Pajuniemi credited his emergence from a third or fourth line role player into a significant goal scorer to his coaches telling him to have confidence that he could score more than one goal a game.[4]

On 29 April 2021, Pajuniemi was signed by the New York Rangers to a two-year, entry-level contract.[5][6]

On 23 May 2023, Pajuniemi signed a one-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2015–16 TPS Jr. A 10000
2016–17 TPS Jr. A 37817252 30220
2017–18 TPS Jr. A 14371018
2017–18 TPS Liiga 322574 93142
2018–19 TPS Liiga 44581320 400014
2018–19 TUTO Mestis 10000
2019–20 TPS Liiga 4926144010
2019–20 TPS Jr. A 20000
2020–21 TPS Liiga 4822163838 134488
2021–22 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5113132614
2022–23 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 6819193832 94264
Liiga totals 17355439872 26751224

International

Year Team Event Result GPGAPtsPIM
2016 Finland IH18 6th 41010
Junior totals 41010

References

  1. "New York Rangers select Lauri Pajuniemi 132nd overall". blueshirtbanter.com. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. "2019-2020 Regular Season Player Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. "Tilastot - Lauri Pajuniemi - Kausi 2020-2021". liiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. Walker, Mollie (16 September 2021). "Lauri Pajuniemi gets up-close look at his Rangers 'dream'". New York Post. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. Power, Kevin (29 April 2021). "New York Rangers Sign Lauri Pajuniemi to ELC". Blueshirt Banter. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. "New York Rangers Transactions". TSN. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. Pysch, Joakim (23 May 2023). "Lauri Pajuniemi klar för Malmö Redhawks". malmoredhawks.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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