| Lauri Pajuniemi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
12 September 1999 Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SHL team Former teams |
Malmö Redhawks HC TPS | ||
| NHL Draft |
132nd overall, 2018 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Lauri Pajuniemi (born 12 September 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player for the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Pajuniemi was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.[1]
In the 2019–20 season, Pajuniemi's 26 goals scored with HC TPS tied for third in Liiga with Eemeli Suomi, behind just Julius Nättinen and Justin Danforth.[2][3] Pajuniemi credited his emergence from a third or fourth line role player into a significant goal scorer to his coaches telling him to have confidence that he could score more than one goal a game.[4]
On 29 April 2021, Pajuniemi was signed by the New York Rangers to a two-year, entry-level contract.[5][6]
On 23 May 2023, Pajuniemi signed a one-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[7]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | TPS | Jr. A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | TPS | Jr. A | 37 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | TPS | Jr. A | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | TPS | Liiga | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | TPS | Liiga | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2018–19 | TUTO | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | TPS | Liiga | 49 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | TPS | Jr. A | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | TPS | Liiga | 48 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2021–22 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 51 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 68 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Liiga totals | 173 | 55 | 43 | 98 | 72 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Finland | IH18 | 6th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||