Antti Suomela

Antti Suomela (born 17 March 1994) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL), as a prospect of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Antti Suomela
Born (1994-03-17) 17 March 1994
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 San Jose Sharks
San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Espoo Blues
JYP Jyväskylä
HIFK
National team  Finland
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present

Playing career

Suomela made his Liiga debut playing with Espoo Blues during the 2015–16 Liiga season.[1]

He won the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy for the most points scored during the regular season, posting 21 goals and 60 points in 59 games in the 2017–18 Liiga season with JYP Jyväskylä.[2] He also won the 2017–18 Champions Hockey League with JYP Jyväskylä.

Gaining NHL interest, Suomela agreed to a one-year, entry-level contract with the San Jose Sharks on 6 June 2018.[3] After attending his first NHL training camp with the Sharks, Suomela made the opening night roster for the 2018–19 season. Suomela made his NHL a debut on 3 October,[4] and recorded his first NHL point in a 3–2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on 5 October 2018.[5]

He was re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Sharks to a one-year, two-way contract on 11 July 2019.[6]

Suomela continued his tenure within the Sharks organization by signing a one-year, two-way contract on 7 October 2020.[7] On 9 October, having remained in Finland due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Suomela was loaned by the Sharks to return to competitive hockey by joining Finnish top flight Liiga club, HIFK, on loan until the commencement of the delayed 2020–21 NHL season.[8] In 10 appearances with HIFK, Suomela added 2 goals and 5 points before returning to the Sharks organization.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U18 Q 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2010–11 Kiekko-Espoo FIN.2 U18 17 6 3 9 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Blues FIN U18 28 3 9 12 14 12 4 1 5 16
2011–12 Blues II FIN U18 Q 10 3 11 14 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Blues II FIN.2 U18 5 5 3 8 0 — — — — —
2012–13 Blues FIN U20 17 2 7 9 6 2 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Blues II FIN.2 U20 10 6 4 10 8 — — — — —
2013–14 Blues FIN U20 40 11 17 28 36 11 1 5 6 6
2014–15 Blues FIN U20 44 27 38 65 12 9 6 4 10 2
2015–16 Blues FIN U20 6 5 7 12 2 9 3 8 11 8
2015–16 Blues Liiga 52 13 13 26 20 — — — — —
2016–17 JYP Liiga 58 22 23 45 37 15 4 2 6 0
2017–18 JYP Liiga 59 21 39 60 6 6 1 2 3 0
2018–19 San Jose Sharks NHL 27 3 5 8 4 — — — — —
2018–19 San Jose Barracuda AHL 47 6 14 20 14 2 0 1 1 0
2019–20 San Jose Barracuda AHL 14 5 4 9 6 — — — — —
2019–20 San Jose Sharks NHL 20 1 6 7 4 — — — — —
2020–21 HIFK Liiga 10 2 3 5 4 — — — — —
Liiga totals 179 58 78 136 67 21 5 4 9 0
NHL totals 47 4 11 15 8 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Finland WC 5th 4 1 0 1 0
Senior totals 4 1 0 1 0

Awards and honours
Award Year
Liiga
Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 2018[2]
CHL
Champion (JYP) 2017–18

References
  1. "Antti Suomela hockey statistics and profile". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Tässä ovat runkosarjan parhaat 2017–18 – katso palkintojen voittajat" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 18 March 2018.
  3. "Sharks sign center Antti Suomela". San Jose Sharks. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. Pashelka, Curtis (3 October 2018). "Sharks center fired up for NHL debut: "This has been my dream"". The Mercury News. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. Greenspan, Dan (6 October 2018). "Sharks get first win with Karlsson, defeat Kings in overtime". National Hockey League. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. "Sharks Re-Sign Forward Antti Suomela". National Hockey League. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. "Sharks Issue Qualifying Offers, Sign Two Players". National Hockey League. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  8. "Antti Suomela on loan to HIFK" (in Finnish). HIFK. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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