Julius Aleksanteri Junttila[1] (born 15 August 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Oulun Kärpät in the SM-liiga.
| Julius Junttila | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Junttila with Kärpät, October 2012 | |||
| Born |
15 August 1991 Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SM-liiga team Former teams |
Oulun Kärpät Jokerit Luleå HF Sibir Novosibirsk Växjö Lakers | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Playing career edit
Junttila made his SM-liiga debut playing with Oulun Kärpät during the 2009–10 SM-liiga season.[2][3] After seven seasons in the top flight Liiga, with Oulun Kärpät, he opted to move abroad to Sweden in agreeing to a two-year contract with Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) on 21 April 2016.[4] He returned to Finland and Kärpät for the 2016–17 season.
On 7 May 2020, Junttila returned to the KHL in signing a two-year contract with Finnish competitors, Jokerit.[5]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | Kärpät | FIN U18 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Kärpät | FIN U18 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 41 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Kärpät | SM-l | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Hokki | Mestis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Kärpät | SM-l | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Kiekko–Laser | Mestis | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Kärpät | SM-l | 57 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Kärpät | SM-l | 60 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2013–14 | Kärpät | Liiga | 56 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Kärpät | Liiga | 48 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Kärpät | Liiga | 40 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | Luleå HF | SHL | 35 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 2017–18 | Kärpät | Liiga | 53 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Växjö Lakers HC | SHL | 50 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Kärpät | Liiga | 43 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Jokerit | KHL | 39 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Jokerit | KHL | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 391 | 113 | 135 | 248 | 120 | 79 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 47 | ||||
| KHL totals | 79 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International edit
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2018 | Finland | OG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Senior totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Julius Junttila". Olympedia.
- ^ "2010-11 Scoring for Karpat (SM-liiga)". hockeydb.com. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ "Julius Junttila player profile". Liiga. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Two new players presented" (in Swedish). Luleå HF. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^ "Julius Junttila to reinforce attack" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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