Magnus Pääjärvi
| Magnus Pääjärvi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Pääjärvi with the Blues in 2014. | |||
| Born |
12 April 1991 Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
St. Louis Blues Timrå IK Edmonton Oilers | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| NHL Draft |
10th overall, 2009 Edmonton Oilers | ||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
| Website | Paajarvi.com | ||
Karl Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi (born 12 April 1991), surname also known as Pääjärvi-Svensson, is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). During his NHL career, he has also played for the Edmonton Oilers, the organization that drafted him tenth overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Early life
Pääjärvi is the son of retired ice hockey player and coach Gunnar Svensson and Ingrid Maria Svensson-Pääjärvi, and the younger brother of Björn Svensson. Magnus Pääjärvi was born in Sweden while his father Gunnar was the coach and manager of IK Vita Hästen. Magnus uses the surname, formerly a hyphenated surname, in honour of his maternal grandfather, who was Finnish.[1]
Playing career
Swedish career
Pääjärvi began playing ice hockey at the age of six. During the 2005–06 season, as a 14-year-old, he made his debut for Malmö Redhawks in the J20 SuperElit,[2] and scored eight goals in eight games during TV-pucken, leding Skåne to a silver medal. He also scored two goals when Malmö won the final of the Swedish Championship for 16-year-olds. In the following season, he played a steadier role for Malmö in the J20 SuperElit, and again led Skåne to a silver medal in TV-pucken.
In 2007, Pääjärvi signed with Timrå IK, where his older brother, Björn Svensson, played for the senior team. On 24 September, Pääjärvi made his Elitserien debut at the age of 16, five months and 12 days, becoming the fourth-youngest player in the Elitserien's history. In the game he recorded an assist on Timrå's opening goal in the first period of play. His first career goal was a game winner in a 1–0 game against HV71 on 16 February 2008, assisted by linemate Anton Lander.
Pääjärvi was later drafted in the first round, tenth overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.[3] He was also selected 19th overall by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2009 KHL Entry Draft.
Pääjärvi was announced as a nominee for 2009–10 Elitserien Rookie of the Year on 20 January.[4]
NHL career
On 2 June 2010, Pääjärvi signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Oilers ahead of the 2010–11 season.[5] On 2 September, Pääjärvi announced that he would be shortening his surname on his NHL jersey from "Pääjärvi-Svensson," as was hitherto written, to simply "Pääjärvi," and that he will wear the jersey number 91.[6]
On 23 September, in his first pre-season game with Edmonton, Pääjärvi scored a hat-trick and registered an assist for four points as the Oilers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5–2. On 7 October, Pääjärvi made his NHL regular season debut against the Calgary Flames. He then scored his first career NHL goal nine days later, on 16 October, against Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff. Pääjärvi finished his rookie season with 34 points, finishing sixth on the team in scoring.
In the 2011–12 season, after recording three points in 25 games and having sat-out as a healthy scratch for six games, Pääjärvi was assigned to Edmonton's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons.[7]
During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Pääjärvi remained with Oklahoma in the AHL. When play resumed in January 2013 for the 48-game 2012–13 season, Pääjärvi played in 42 games, scoring nine goals and seven assists for 16 points, while also spending further time during the season with the Barons.[8]
On 10 July 2013, Pääjärvi was traded, along with a second-round pick, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for left winger David Perron.[9] Later in the off-season, on 2 August, Pääjärvi signed a two-year, $2.4 million contract with St. Louis.[10]
On 29 December 2014, the Blues placed Pääjärvi on waivers and, upon clearing, was assigned to St. Louis' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, where he remained until the end of the 2014–15 season.[11] Prior to his demotion, he had played in ten games, registering just one assist.[12] Following the 2014–15 NHL season Paajarvi became a restricted free agent under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. The St. Louis Blues made him a qualifying offer to retain his NHL rights and, on 5 July 2015, Paajarvi filed for Salary Arbitration.[13]
International play
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Sweden
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2011 Slovakia | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2010 Germany | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| | 2010 Saskatoon | |
| | 2009 Ottawa | |
| | 2008 Pardubice | |
Pääjärvi made his international debut for Sweden at age 14 with the under-16 team during the 2005–06 season;[2] the following season, he became the scoring leader for the U16s.[14] During the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, at 16 years and eight months old, he became the youngest player ever to play for Sweden during a World Junior Hockey Championship.[15] During the tournament, he scored one goal,[16] and helped Sweden to the finals when assisting Mikael Backlund on Sweden's overtime game-winning goal against Russia in the semifinal.[17]
Pääjärvi played in the 2010 World Championships, where he led the senior Swedish team in scoring[18] and was selected to the tournament all-star team.[19]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Malmö Redhawks | J20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Malmö Redhawks | J20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Timrå IK | J20 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Timrå IK | SEL | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Timrå IK | J20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Timrå IK | SEL | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Timrå IK | SEL | 49 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 80 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 34 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 38 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 42 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 55 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 36 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 228 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SHL totals | 134 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sweden | WJC |  |
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Sweden | WJC18 | 4th | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2009 | Sweden | WJC | |
6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2009 | Sweden | WJC18 | 5th | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Sweden | WJC |  |
6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Sweden | WC | |
9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Sweden | WC | |
9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 30 | 16 | 24 | 30 | 14 | ||||
| Senior totals | 18 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | ||||
References
- ↑ Bill Meltzer (2008-11-07). "Swedish prodigy Paajarvi could be top-5 pick". NHL.com NHL Entry Draft. the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- 1 2 Liljerås, Viktor (2008-12-26). "Jag är säker - vi tar guld". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "Magnus Paajarvi". Edmonton Oilers. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ↑ Feltenmark, Anders (2010-01-20). "Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, årets rookiekandidat". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ "Oilers sign Pääjarvi-Svensson". Edmonton Oilers. 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "Oilers' Paajarvi Decides to Enter NHL with Shortened Name". 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ "Oilers assign Paajarvi to Barons". Edmonton Oilers. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ↑ The Canadian Press (31 January 2013). "Oilers send Magnus Paajarvi to AHL". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "David Perron Traded To Oilers For Magnus Paajarvi And A Draft Pick". BleedinBlue.com. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ NHL.com (2 August 2013). "Blues, Paajarvi agree to two-year contract". NHL.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ McCurdy, Bruce (29 December 2014). "Magnus Paajarvi placed on waivers by St. Louis — Should Edmonton Oilers give him another look?". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ St. Louis Blues (30 December 2014). "Blues Assign Paajarvi to Chicago Wolves". St. Louis Blues. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773987
- ↑ "21. MAGNUS SVENSSON PÄÄJÄRVI" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Feltenmark, Anders (2007-12-17). "Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi blir Sveriges yngste JVM-spelare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "PLAYER STATISTICS BY TEAM" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "PLAY-OFF ROUND SEMIFINALS GAME 28" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ↑ "Media All Stars" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magnus Pääjärvi Svensson. |
- Paajarvi.com — official site
- Magnus Pääjärvi's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Magnus Pääjärvi profile at Eurohockey.com
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jordan Eberle |
Edmonton Oilers first round draft pick 2009 |
Succeeded by Taylor Hall |