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Julius Junttila

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Julius Junttila
Junttila with Kärpät, October 2012
Born (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 (age 33)
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

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.

Playing career

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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

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Regular season and playoffs

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Julius Junttila". Olympedia.
  2. ^ "2010-11 Scoring for Karpat (SM-liiga)". hockeydb.com. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  3. ^ "Julius Junttila player profile". Liiga. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Two new players presented" (in Swedish). Luleå HF. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  5. ^ "Julius Junttila to reinforce attack" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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