Position Forward Name Joonas Kemppainen NHL Draft Undrafted Salary 700,000 USD (2015) | National team Finland Height 1.88 m Shoots Left Role Ice hockey forward | |
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Born April 7, 1988 (age 35)
Kajaani, Finland ( 1988-04-07 ) Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) NHL team
Former teams Boston Bruins
Assat Pori
HPK
Oulun Karpat Current team Boston Bruins (#41 / Centerman) Similar People Joonas Donskoi, Adam McQuaid, Claude Julien, Chris Kelly, Colin Miller | ||
How Will The Bruins Replace Joonas Kemppainen?
Joonas Kemppainen (born 7 April 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Ufa Salavjet of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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- How Will The Bruins Replace Joonas Kemppainen
- Joonas kemppainen nets his first nhl goal on halak
- Playing career
- References
Joonas kemppainen nets his first nhl goal on halak
Playing career
Undrafted, Kemppainen played nine seasons in the Finnish Liiga with Ässät, HPK and Oulun Kärpät. After his second consecutive season of 30 plus points with Kärpät in the 2014–15 season, on 21 May 2015, Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced that the club had signed Kemppainen to a one-year, two-way NHL contract for the 2015–16 season.
Kemppainen competed in the 2015 IIHF World Championships, finishing third on Team Finland in scoring in his debut senior tournament. He picked up his first NHL assist and scored his first NHL goal on 23 October 2015, against Jaroslav Halák of the New York Islanders in a 5-3 Bruins victory.
Less than a year after coming to the United States, Kemppainen signed a deal with KHL hockey club Sibir Novosibirsk on 14 May 2016.
