Juuso Puustinen

Juuso Puustinen (born April 5, 1988 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected in fifth round, 149th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Juuso Puustinen
Born (1988-04-05) April 5, 1988
Kuopio, Finland
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Sibir Novosibirsk
Espoo Blues
HPK
Milwaukee Admirals
HIFK
JYP Jyväskylä
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
NHL Draft 149th overall, 2006
Calgary Flames
Playing career 2008–present

Playing career

Puustinen played two seasons of junior in North America for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League before returning to Finland to begin his professional career in 2008.

Prior to the 2010–11 season, Puustinen signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Nashville Predators.[2] After two seasons with the Predators AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, Puustinen returned to Finland to sign a one-year contract with HIFK on May 25, 2013.[3]

Following the 2017–18 season, his lone season with JYP Jyväskylä, Puustinen left the Liiga and decided to pursue a career in the KHL, securing a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on May 2, 2018.[4]

After notching 20 goals in his debut 2018–19 season in the KHL with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Puustinen opted to continue in Russia, signing an improved one-year contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk on May 1, 2019.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 KalPa Jr. A 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 KalPa Jr. A 29 9 5 14 46 5 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Kamloops Blazers WHL 64 32 39 71 52 4 0 3 3 4
2007–08 Kamloops Blazers WHL 60 27 26 53 26 4 1 1 2 2
2008–09 Espoo Blues SM-l 53 13 20 33 14 14 1 1 2 4
2009–10 Espoo Blues SM-l 54 8 13 21 64 2 0 1 1 0
2010–11 HPK SM-l 59 26 12 38 46 2 1 0 1 4
2011–12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 55 16 16 32 8 — — — — —
2012–13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 73 15 16 31 14 4 0 0 0 4
2013–14 HIFK Liiga 51 23 17 40 42 2 1 0 1 2
2014–15 HIFK Liiga 47 15 12 27 28 7 2 2 4 2
2015–16 HIFK Liiga 50 13 14 27 18 14 4 5 9 6
2016–17 HIFK Liiga 48 6 14 20 42 13 6 6 12 2
2017–18 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 53 30 21 51 44 6 2 2 4 2
2018–19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 53 20 17 37 20 — — — — —
2019–20 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 58 19 17 36 14 5 4 1 5 2
Liiga totals 415 134 123 258 298 60 17 17 34 22
KHL totals 111 39 34 73 34 5 4 1 5 2
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
IIHF World U18 Championships
2006 Sweden
U-18 Junior World Cup
2005 Piešťany

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Finland U17 6th 5 5 1 6 6
2006 Finland WJC18 612310
2008 Finland WJC 6th 641512
Junior totals 171041428

Awards and honours
Award Year
CHL
Champions (JYP Jyväskylä) 2018
KHL
All-Star Game 2019

References
  1. Hanlon, Peter; Kelso, Sean (eds.). 2009–10 Calgary Flames Media Guide. Calgary Flames Hockey Club. p. 130.
  2. Joshua Cooper, The Tennessean - July 16, 2011
  3. "Contract status: Pusstinen transferred to HIFK". HIFK. 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  4. "Nizhnekamsk welcome Joonas and Juuso" (in Russian). HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. "Opening transfers May 1" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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