Magnus Pääjärvi

Magnus Pääjärvi

Pääjärvi with the Blues in 2014.
Born (1991-04-12) 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 his professional career with Timrå in Sweden.

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 with the Oilers in 2011.

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

Medal record
Competitor for  Sweden
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
2011 Slovakia
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 20000 —————
2006–07 Malmö Redhawks J20 204266 40110
2007–08 Timrå IK J20 18715226 —————
2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 351232 110002
2008–09 Timrå IK J20 10000 —————
2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 50710174 71010
2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 491217296 50112
2010–11 Edmonton Oilers NHL 8015193416 —————
2011–12 Edmonton Oilers NHL 412684 —————
2011–12 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 34718254 1429112
2012–13 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 384162010 —————
2012–13 Edmonton Oilers NHL 42971614 —————
2013–14 St. Louis Blues NHL 5566126 —————
2014–15 St. Louis Blues NHL 100116 —————
2014–15 Chicago Wolves AHL 361118296 53140
NHL totals 22832397146 —————
SHL totals 13420294912 231124

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Sweden WJC 2nd 61120
2008 Sweden WJC18 4th 646106
2009 Sweden WJC 2nd 62576
2009 Sweden WJC18 5th 666120
2010 Sweden WJC 3rd 637102
2010 Sweden WC 3rd 95492
2011 Sweden WC 2nd 92572
Junior totals 3016243014
Senior totals 1879164

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Liljerås, Viktor (2008-12-26). "Jag är säker - vi tar guld". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Magnus Paajarvi". Edmonton Oilers. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  4. ↑ Feltenmark, Anders (2010-01-20). "Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, årets rookiekandidat". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Oilers sign Pääjarvi-Svensson". Edmonton Oilers. 2010-06-02.
  6. ↑ "Oilers' Paajarvi Decides to Enter NHL with Shortened Name". 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  7. ↑ "Oilers assign Paajarvi to Barons". Edmonton Oilers. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  8. ↑ The Canadian Press (31 January 2013). "Oilers send Magnus Paajarvi to AHL". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "David Perron Traded To Oilers For Magnus Paajarvi And A Draft Pick". BleedinBlue.com. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  10. ↑ NHL.com (2 August 2013). "Blues, Paajarvi agree to two-year contract". NHL.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ St. Louis Blues (30 December 2014). "Blues Assign Paajarvi to Chicago Wolves". St. Louis Blues. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773987
  14. ↑ "21. MAGNUS SVENSSON PÄÄJÄRVI" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  15. ↑ Feltenmark, Anders (2007-12-17). "Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi blir Sveriges yngste JVM-spelare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  16. ↑ "PLAYER STATISTICS BY TEAM" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  17. ↑ "PLAY-OFF ROUND SEMIFINALS GAME 28" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  18. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  19. ↑ "Media All Stars" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.

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