Martti Järventie Explained

Martti Juhani Järventie (born April 4, 1976) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the fourth round, 109th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and played one game for the Canadiens during the 2001–02 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2016, was mainly spent in the Finnish SM-liiga.

Career

Järventie began his career with Ilves where he spent a total of nine years, beginning at junior level in 1992. In 1995 he had spells with KOO-VEE and Lukko before returning to Ilves. In 2001, he moved to TPS. Järventie was drafted 109th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft but managed to play just one game in the NHL, having been assigned to the American Hockey League's Quebec Citadelles.

Afterwards, Järventie returned to Ilves before joining Jokerit. After five seasons, Järventie moved to the Swedish Elitserien for Mora IK for one season before returning to the SM-liiga with Kärpät. In 2009, he joined HIFK and won the SM-Liiga championship with the team in 2011. In June 2011 Järventie returned to Tampere after signing a four-year contract with Ilves. During autumn 2015 Järventie played some games in HPK before his transfer to Milton Keynes Lightning.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP				PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992–93	Ilves	FIN U18		27	1	4	5	92		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Ilves	FIN U20		12	0	1	1	6		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Ilves	FIN U18		5	2	2	4	14		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Ilves	FIN U20		36	6	7	13	34		6	1	2	3	10
1994–95	Ilves	FIN U20		9	2	2	4	26		1	0	0	0	2
1994–95	Ilves	FIN		37	1	6	7	18		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Ilves	FIN U20		3	2	2	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Ilves	FIN		21	2	1	3	30		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	KOOVEE	FIN-2		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Lukko	FIN		15	0	1	1	10		1	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Ilves	FIN U20		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Ilves	FIN		44	2	11	13	34		6	0	1	1	0
1997–98	Ilves	FIN		37	2	5	7	22		9	2	2	4	14
1998–99	Ilves	FIN		43	2	4	6	56		4	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Ilves	FIN		50	14	14	28	77		3	1	1	2	2
2000–01	TPS	FIN		56	5	14	19	71		10	1	2	3	4
2001–02	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Québec Citadelles	AHL		59	7	14	21	18		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Ilves	FIN		19	2	6	8	30		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Jokerit	FIN		15	1	4	5	10		10	0	2	2	4
2003–04	Jokerit	FIN		53	6	16	22	71		6	0	2	2	12
2004–05	Jokerit	FIN		54	5	10	15	113		12	1	4	5	30
2005–06	Jokerit	FIN		31	0	8	8	73		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Jokerit	FIN		54	8	17	25	114		10	2	1	3	4
2007–08	Mora IK	SEL		39	5	11	16	50		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Kärpät	FIN		17	1	3	4	39		14	0	1	1	12
2009–10	HIFK	FIN		56	8	19	27	91		6	1	2	3	2
2010–11	HIFK	FIN		58	8	26	34	58		14	1	6	7	12
2011–12	Ilves	FIN		49	4	11	15	36		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Ilves	FIN		26	2	4	6	32		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	HIFK	FIN		16	2	0	2	20		7	0	1	1	6
2013–14	Ilves	FIN		39	0	12	12	36		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Ilves	FIN		42	0	4	4	24		2	0	0	0	2
2015–16	HPK	FIN		13	0	3	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Milton Keynes Lightning	EPIHL		24	3	13	16	71		4	1	0	1	2
FIN totals				845	75	199	274	1069		114	9	25	34	104
NHL totals				1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—

International

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Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Finland	EJC		5	1	1	2	8
1995	Finland	WJC		7	1	1	2	6
1996	Finland	WJC		6	0	1	1	22
Junior totals				18	2	3	5	36