Oula Palve

Oula Palve (born 19 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Linköping HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Oula Palve
Born (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992
Keuruu, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Linköping HC
JYP Jyväskylä
HPK
TPS
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Texas Stars
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Playing career

Undrafted, Palve made his SM-liiga debut playing with JYP Jyväskylä during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.[1]

In the 2018–19 season, Palve established a new career bests in the Liiga with 16 goals and 51 points in 53 games for TPS.

On 22 April 2019, Palve signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.[2] The deal will carry an NHL salary of $700K (the league minimum) as well as a maximum $92.5K signing bonus and games played incentives of up to $132.5K.[3]

After attending his first training camp with the Penguins, Palve was assigned to begin the 2019–20 season in the AHL with affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Palve struggled to find his offensive game with Wilkes-Barre, posting just 1 goal and 8 points in 37 games. On 17 January 2020, Palve was traded mid-season by the Penguins to the Dallas Stars in exchange for John Nyberg.[4] He was assigned to the Stars' AHL affiliate and namesake, the Texas Stars, for the remainder of the season.

With his lone season in North America complete due to the cancellation of the season with COVID-19, Palve opted to return to Europe in agreeing to a two-year contract with Swedish club, Linköping HC of the SHL, on 28 April 2020.[5]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 14 0 2 2 6 — — — — —
2010–11 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 32 18 22 40 36 9 4 9 13 8
2010–11 D Team Mestis 13 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2011–12 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 3 0 2 2 2 — — — — —
2011–12 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 44 12 7 19 8 — — — — —
2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 6 4 1 5 6 6 3 3 6 16
2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-l 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2012–13 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 40 13 23 36 24 — — — — —
2013–14 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 43 10 17 27 24 — — — — —
2013–14 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Jukurit Mestis 7 2 3 5 2 19 1 9 10 6
2014–15 Jukurit Mestis 49 20 32 52 12 13 4 7 11 14
2015–16 Jukurit Mestis 43 32 39 71 22 16 6 8 14 4
2016–17 HPK Liiga 53 5 17 22 28 7 0 2 2 8
2017–18 HPK Liiga 50 13 31 44 65 — — — — —
2017–18 TPS Liiga 5 1 5 6 2 11 4 8 12 6
2018–19 TPS Liiga 53 16 35 51 79 5 1 3 4 2
2019–20 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 37 1 7 8 22 — — — — —
2019–20 Texas Stars AHL 23 2 3 5 23 — — — — —
Liiga totals 165 35 88 123 174 23 5 13 18 16

Awards and honours
Award Year
Mestis
Champion (Jukurit) 2015, 2016
Best Forward 2016
First All-Star Team 2016
Golden Puck 2016
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References
  1. "2012–13 JYP player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. "Penguins Sign Forward Oula Palve to a One-Year, Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. Forsblom, Mattias (20 April 2019). "Oula Palve har tecknat ett NHL-kontrakt med Pittsburgh – laget kan nästa säsong ha fyra finländare". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. "Stars acquire forward Oula Palve from Pittsburgh Penguins". Dallas Stars. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. "Finnish center for LHC" (in Swedish). Linköping HC. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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