Joni Lius (born March 4, 1971) is a Finnish former professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
player.
Lius began his career with
JYP and stayed with the team for seven seasons. He played for
Frölunda HC
Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...
in the
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
for two seasons and the
Vienna Capitals
Vienna Capitals are an Austrian professional ice hockey club that participate in the Erste Bank Hockey League. Founded in 2001, the Capitals play their home games in Vienna, Austria, at Albert Schultz Eishalle. In the 2004–05 season, the Capit ...
in the
Austrian Ice Hockey Association
The Austrian Ice Hockey Association (german: Österreichischer Eishockeyverband, ÖEHV) is an association of Austrian sports clubs with ice hockey activities.
The highest-level hockey league in Austria is the Austrian Hockey League which is also ...
for one year. However, Lius played the majority of his career with
TPS Turku in the
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Finnish ice hockey centres
Frölunda HC players
JYP Jyväskylä players
HC TPS players
Vienna Capitals players
People from Keuruu
Sportspeople from Central Finland
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