2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

HIGHLIGHTS
Defenseman • Shoots Left Acquired: 7/1/08, trade with EDM
6'3" • 210 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Carolina
9/19/83 • Oulu, Finland Drafted: Philadelphia 2002 (1-4-1)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS:
game: 10/9/03; 2-0 PHi W vs. BuF goals: 2-5x (Last: 1/30/06; 3-2 PHi W at NYR)
Point: 10/9/03; 2-0 PHi W vs. BuF (assist) Assists: 3-7x (Last: 1/16/10; 5-3 CaR L vs. aTL)
goal: 10/18/03; 5-4 PHi W at PHX (Burke) Points: 3-9x (Last: 1/16/10; 5-3 CaR L vs. aTL)
Shootout Stats: 1 attempt, 0 goals (0%), Penalty Min: 12 (11/12/05; 5-4 PHi W vs. FLa)
0 game-deciding goals goal Streak: 2 games-2x (Last: 2/6/10-2/9/10: 2g)
Assist Streak: 6 games (10/27/05-11/8/05: 10a)
Point Streak: 6 games-2x (Last: 11/17/10-11/28/10: 1g, 5a)
CAREER STATS
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JONI PITKANEN 25
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
1998-99 Karpat u-18 Fin. u-18 30 1 5 6 12 – – – – –
1999-00 Karpat u-18 Fin. u-18 36 12 14 26 26 6 1 4 5 2
Karpat Jr. Fin. Jr. 2 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
2000-01 Karpat Fin. 21 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 2
Karpat Jr. Fin. Jr. 24 6 11 17 77 – – – – –
Finland 5-Nations 4 0 2 2 6 – – – – –
2001-02 (a) Karpat Fin. 49 4 15 19 65 4 0 0 0 12
Karpat Jr. Fin. Jr. – – – – – 1 0 0 0 0
Finland World Jr. 7 1 3 4 0 – – – – –
2002-03 Karpat Fin. 35 5 15 20 38 – – – – –
Finland World. Jr. 7 1 5 6 0 – – – – –
2003-04 Philadelphia NHL 71 8 19 27 44 15 0 3 3 6
2004-05 Philadelphia aHL 76 6 35 41 105 21 3 4 7 16
2005-06 Philadelphia NHL 58 13 33 46 78 6 0 2 2 2
2006-07 Philadelphia NHL 77 4 39 43 88 – – – – –
2007-08 (b) Edmonton NHL 63 8 18 26 56 – – – – –
2008-09 (c) Carolina NHL 71 7 26 33 58 18 0 8 8 16
2009-10 Carolina NHL 71 6 40 46 72 – – – – –
2010-11 Carolina NHL 72 5 30 35 60 – – – – –
Hurricanes Totals (3 Seasons) 214 18 96 114 190 18 0 8 8 16
NHL Totals (7 Seasons) 483 51 205 256 456 39 0 13 13 24
(a) June 22, 2002—Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2002 NHL entry draft. First Flyers pick, 4th overall, first round.
(b) July 1, 2007—Traded by the Philadelphia Flyers to the edmonton Oilers along with Geoff Sanderson and the Flyers’ third-round pick in
the 2009 NHL entry draft in exchange for Jason Smith and Joffrey Lupul.
(c) July 1, 2008—Traded by the edmonton Oilers to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for erik Cole.
PERSONAL
Joni and his wife, Sini, welcomed their first child, a son named akseli Johannes,
Jan. 8, 2011, in Raleigh… He spends his summers in his hometown of Oulu,
Finland… He has a dog named iiris… His first youth team was Karpat Oulu, and
his favorite team growing up was the Pittsburgh Penguins… The player he most
emulated was Brian Leetch, and the person who had the biggest influence on his
career was his father… He also played baseball and soccer growing up… His
first job was working with a delivery company when he was 16… Joni’s favorite
vacation spot is Spain, favorite movie is Old School, and favorite television show is
Prison Break… The most-played artist on his iPod is the Finnish rock band HiM…
VS. NHL
CLUB gP g A PTS PIM
aNa 9 1 5 6 8
BOS 20 4 7 11 12
BuF 22 0 8 8 20
CGY 10 0 1 1 8
CaR 10 1 5 6 6
CHi 9 1 3 4 8
COL 10 1 5 6 10
CBJ 8 0 1 1 4
daL 11 1 2 3 18
deT 8 1 2 3 8
edM 2 0 3 3 4
FLa 24 7 9 16 34
La 6 1 3 4 4
MiN 11 2 3 5 12
MTL 20 3 5 8 16
NSH 9 1 1 2 12
NJ 30 1 8 9 32
NYi 30 3 12 15 22
NYR 33 4 14 18 40
OTT 21 0 11 11 22
PHi 11 2 4 6 16
PHX 10 2 9 11 6
PiT 32 5 14 19 20
STL 9 1 3 4 4
SJ 10 1 0 1 2
TB 26 1 22 23 18
TOR 21 1 14 15 16
VaN 9 1 2 3 14
WSH 25 1 10 11 24
WPG 27 4 19 23 36
His favorite food is steak and favorite team outside of hockey is Manchester
united… Joni’s biggest talent outside of hockey is soccer and the celebrity he
would most like to meet is Manchester united’s Wayne Rooney… The person
in history he would most like to meet is elvis Presley… He wears the number 25
because it was assigned to him… His all-time favorite teammate not currently
with the Hurricanes is antero Niittymaki… His favorite thing about playing in
the NHL is playing against the best players in the world… His favorite holiday is
Christmas… His favorite website is mtv3.fi… His favorite road city is New York
City and his favorite road arena is the Bell Centre.