Joel Armia

Joel Armia (born 31 May 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He originally played professionally in his native Finland with Porin Ässät of the SM-liiga.[1] He was selected 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.

Joel Armia
Armia with the Winnipeg Jets in 2016
Born (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993
Pori, Finland
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Montreal Canadiens
Pori Ässät
Buffalo Sabres
Winnipeg Jets
NHL Draft 16th overall, 2011
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2010–present

Playing career

Finland

Armia would spend three years in Finland, playing with Porin Ässät. During that time, he would have career totals of 55 goals, 45 assists, for 100 points, with 120 penalty minutes. In 2012–13, Armia would score 19 goals and 14 assists in 47 games. He was instrumental in helping Ässät capture the SM-Liiga’s Kanada-malja championship after finishing fourth in the regular season. In the playoffs, Armia scored three goals with five assists in 16 playoff games.[2]

NHL
Armia at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships.

On 16 June 2012, Armia was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Buffalo Sabres.[3] During his second North American professional season in 2014–15, Armia was recalled from Buffalo's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made his NHL debut with the Sabres against the Detroit Red Wings on 23 December 2014.[4] He was then returned to the Americans before being traded on February 11, 2015, the Sabres sent Armia, alongside Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Brendan Lemieux and a conditional first-round draft pick in 2015 (Jack Roslovic), to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and the rights to goaltender Jason Kasdorf.[5]

On 30 June 2018, the Jets traded Armia, alongside Steve Mason, a seventh-round draft pick in 2019, and a fourth-round pick in 2020 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Simon Bourque.[6] On 13 July 2018, Armia signed a one-year contract worth $1.85-million with the Canadiens.[7]

On 6 October 2018, Armia scored his first goal for Montreal, a shorthanded goal that gave the Canadiens a 4-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 5-1 victory.[8] On 1 November 2018, Armia and Habs teammate Max Domi scored the fastest two goals by one team when Montreal defeated the Washington Capitals, 6-4.[9] Domi scored at 19:38 of the third period, and Armia clinched the win with an empty net goal two seconds later.[10] Armia converted the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout victory against the New York Islanders on 5 November 2018; he was the only player from either team to beat the goaltender.[11] However, in the Canadiens' next game, against the New York Rangers on 6 November 2018, Armia suffered a knee injury. He was initially expected to miss six to eight weeks, and ultimately missed twenty-five games.[12] On 3 January 2019, Armia returned from injury against the Vancouver Canucks; he was credited with an assist on Jordie Benn's opening goal in a 2-0 Montreal win.[13] On 1 March 2019 Armia scored his first career NHL hat trick in a 4–2 victory against the New York Rangers.[14]

On 11 July 2019, Armia signed a two-year contract worth $5.2 million with the Canadiens. He had previously filed for salary arbitration as a restricted free agent.[15][16] Armia scored his first two goals of the 2019-20 season in a 4-5 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on 9 October 2019.[17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10Porin ÄssätJr. A SM-l27156213251120
2010–11Porin ÄssätSM-l481811292452024
2011–12Porin ÄssätSM-l541820386630222
2012–13Porin ÄssätSM-l47191433321635820
2013–14Rochester AmericansAHL54720273053369
2014–15Rochester AmericansAHL3310152539—————
2014–15Buffalo SabresNHL10000—————
2014–15St. John's IceCapsAHL2126822—————
2015–16Manitoba MooseAHL1835816—————
2015–16Winnipeg JetsNHL43461012—————
2016–17Winnipeg JetsNHL571091920—————
2017–18Winnipeg JetsNHL7912172922132022
2018–19Montreal CanadiensNHL5713102314—————
2019–20Montreal CanadiensNHL5816143028
Liiga totals 149 55 45 100 120 24 5 7 12 24
NHL totals 295 55 56 111 96 13 2 0 2 2

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2010 Finland U17 10th 5 5 3 8 2
2011 Finland WJC18 5th 6 4 9 13 8
2011 Finland WJC 6th 6 0 1 1 2
2012 Finland WJC 4th 7 5 2 7 16
2013 Finland WJC 7th 6 6 6 12 12
Junior totals 30 20 21 41 40

References
  1. "Joel Armia's player profile with his team Porin Ässät" (in Finnish). Porin Ässät. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  2. "Joel Armia". Hockey's Future. 4 July 2015.
  3. "Armia agree to terms on entry-level deal". Buffalo Sabres. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. "Armia to make NHL debut against Red Wings". Buffalo Sabres. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. "Kane, Bogosian dealt to Sabres in eight-player blockbuster deal". TSN. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. "Canadiens acquire Joel Armia, Steve Mason from Jets". Sportsnet.ca. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  7. "Canadiens sign forward Joel Armia to one-year, $1.85-million contract". Montreal Gazette. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. "Gritty Canadiens shock talented Penguins 5-1". Montreal Gazette. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  9. "Montreal Canadiens set NHL record with 2 goals in 2 seconds vs. Washington Capitals". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  10. "Washington Capitals - Montréal Canadiens - November 1st, 2018". NHL.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  11. "Canadiens overcome 3-1 deficit, overtime penalty kill to beat Islanders in shootout". Montreal Gazette. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  12. Labbé, Richard (8 November 2018). "Joel Armia ratera de six à huit semaines | Richard Labbé | Hockey". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  13. Hickey, Pat (4 January 2019). "Carey Price looks healthy and rested while blanking the Canucks 2-0". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  14. "Armia's hat trick leads Canadiens past Rangers". tsn.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  15. "Canadiens agree to terms with Joel Armia". NHL. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  16. Cowan, Stu (11 July 2019). "Canadiens sign Joel Armia to two-year deal worth $5.2 million". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. Hickey, Pat (9 October 2019). "Never-say-die Canadiens salvage another road point in defeat". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Mark Pysyk		 Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick
2011		 Succeeded by
Mikhail Grigorenko
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