Julius Aleksanteri Junttila (born 15 August 1991) is a

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professional

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. He currently plays for

Oulun Kärpät Oulun Kärpät (Finnish for "Oulu Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish championship title eight times ...

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 ...

Playing career

Junttila made his

debut playing with

during the

2009–10 SM-liiga season The 2009–10 SM-liiga season was the 35th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. TPS won the Kanada-malja and Ilari Filppula from TPS won the Jari Kurri trophy. In the regular season ...

. After seven seasons in the top flight Liiga, with Oulun Kärpät, he opted to move abroad to Sweden in agreeing to a two-year contract with

Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and h ...

of the

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(SHL) on 21 April 2016. He returned to Finland and Kärpät for the 2016–17 season. On 7 May 2020, Junttila returned to the KHL in signing a two-year contract with Finnish competitors, Jokerit.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1991 births Living people Finnish ice hockey forwards HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Hokki players Ice hockey people from Oulu Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Jokerit players Kiekko-Laser players Luleå HF players Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Oulun Kärpät players Växjö Lakers players {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub