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Finland Juuso Välimäki
#4 Utah Hockey Club / NHL - 24/25
1-time U18 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time U18 WJC Silver Medal 1
2-time WHL (West) Second All-Star Team 2
Date of Birth
Oct 06, 1998
Position
D
Age
26
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
Tampere, FIN
Weight
212 lbs / 96 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
NoPy
Contract
25/26
Cap Hit
$2,000,000 Powered by
NHL Rights
Utah Hockey Club Utah Hockey Club / Signed
Drafted
2017 round 1 #16 overall by Calgary Flames
Agency
PREMIUM

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Juuso Välimäki Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8* 3* 3* 6* 2* -* |
Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja 27* 2* 10* 12* 10* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
2013-14 Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Ilves U16 U16 SM-sarja 9* 2* 8* 10* 6* -* |
Ilves U18 “A” U18 SM-sarja 44* 7* 26* 33* 22* -* | Playoffs 10 2 4 6 4 -
Finland U16 (all) “C” International-Jr 5* 0* 3* 3* 4* 7* |
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 7* 0* 1* 1* 6* -1* |
2014-15 Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 44* 5* 15* 20* 20* 22* | Playoffs 10 1 3 4 6 0
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 2* 2* 0* 1* |
Finland U18 WJC-18 7* 0* 1* 1* 6* 5* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 23* 0* 5* 5* 8* 7* |
2015-16 Tri-City Americans WHL 56* 7* 25* 32* 24* -1* |
Finland U18 “C” WJC-18 6* 0* 2* 2* 0* 6* |
2016-17 Tri-City Americans WHL 60* 19* 42* 61* 34* 2* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 8 -4
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 2* 0* 2* 6* 1* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 15* 4* 1* 5* 16* 3* |
2017-18 Tri-City Americans WHL 43* 14* 31* 45* 34* 15* | Playoffs 12 4 13 17 4 10
Finland U20 “C” WJC-20 5* 1* 3* 4* 4* 0* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 16* 2* 5* 7* 12* -* |
2018-19 Calgary Flames NHL 24* 1* 2* 3* 12* -2* | Playoffs 2 0 1 1 0 1
Stockton Heat AHL 20* 4* 10* 14* 18* 9* |
2019-20 Calgary Flames NHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2020-21 Ilves Liiga 19* 2* 17* 19* 20* 15* |
Calgary Flames NHL 49* 2* 9* 11* 26* -2* |
2021-22 Calgary Flames NHL 9* 0* 2* 2* 10* 0* |
Stockton Heat AHL 35* 2* 16* 18* 26* 1* | Playoffs 10 0 2 2 14 -2
2022-23 Arizona Coyotes NHL 78* 4* 30* 34* 59* -10* |
2023-24 Arizona Coyotes NHL 68* 2* 15* 17* 12* 12* |
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club NHL 16* 0* 0* 0* 4* -5* |
Projected NHL 80* 0* 0* 0* 20* -25* |
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Juuso Välimäki Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 Team White IIHF Dev. Camp 6* 1* 5* 6* 4* 14* |
2014-15 Finland U17 EYOF 3* 0* 2* 2* 0* 1* |
Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* 1* |
2015-16 Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 5* 1* 0* 1* 4* 1* |

Juuso Välimäki Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 55* 6* 26* 32* 0.58* 44* 10* | 1 10 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.20 * 14 * -2 *
EYOF 1 3* 0* 2* 2* 0.67* 0* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 2 9* 1* 1* 2* 0.22* 4* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
IIHF Dev. Camp 1 6* 1* 5* 6* 1.00* 4* 14* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 4 69* 6* 17* 23* 0.33* 46* 17* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 1 19* 2* 17* 19* 1.00* 20* 15* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 7 244* 9* 58* 67* 0.27* 123* -7* | 1 2 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.50 * 0 * 1 *
U16 SM-sarja 2 36* 4* 18* 22* 0.61* 16* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 9* 3* 3* 6* 0.67* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 1 44* 7* 26* 33* 0.75* 22* -* | 1 10 2 * 4 * 6 * 0.60 * 4 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 1 44* 5* 15* 20* 0.45* 20* 22* | 1 10 1 * 3 * 4 * 0.40 * 6 * 0 *
WHL 3 159* 40* 98* 138* 0.87* 92* 16* | 2 16 4 * 14 * 18 * 1.13 * 12 * 6 *
WJC-18 2 13* 0* 3* 3* 0.23* 6* 11* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 11* 3* 3* 6* 0.55* 10* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Juuso Välimäki Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/29/2024
06/29/2024 Extension Utah Hockey Club Utah Hockey Club
01/24/2023
01/24/2023 Extension Arizona Coyotes Arizona Coyotes
10/09/2022
10/09/2022 Confirmed Calgary Flames Arizona Coyotes
08/20/2021
08/20/2021 Extension Calgary Flames Calgary Flames
09/30/2020
09/30/2020 Loan Calgary Flames Ilves
07/21/2017
07/21/2017 Confirmed Tri-City Americans Calgary Flames
07/03/2015
07/03/2015 Confirmed Ilves U20 Tri-City Americans
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2015, 1 #14 overall by Tri-City Americans in the CHL Import Draft

Drafted 2015, 6 #87 overall by Madison Capitols in the USHL Entry Draft

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #12 by FCHockey

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #14 by McKeen's Hockey

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #14 by TSN/McKenzie

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #11 by NHL Central Scouting