Joonas Järvinen (born 5 January 1989) is a Finnish professional

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player. He is currently an

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who most recently played with

Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft or Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at th ...

in the

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(DEL).

Playing career

He began his professional career playing in the Finnish

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with

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and

Lahti Pelicans The Lahti Pelicans are a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga, Finland. Founded in 1996, they play in the city of Lahti at Isku Arena. The team is co-owned by (among others) former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender Pasi ...

. On 30 May 2012, he signed a two-year, two-way contract as an unrestricted free agent with

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Divisio ...

and played the

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season in the

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with the

Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team based in Milwaukee. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Nashville Predators. They play their homes games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther ...

. After a second successive season with the Admirals, Järvinen left the Predators organization and signed as a free agent on a one-year deal with Russian club,

HC Sochi Hockey Club Sochi () is a professional ice hockey club based in Sochi, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club joined the KHL in the 2014–15 KHL season, 2014–15 season. History On May 2 ...

in the KHL.

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* 1989 births Living people Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Düsseldorfer EG players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in China Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Finnish ice hockey defencemen HIFK (ice hockey) players Jokerit players HC Kunlun Red Star players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Milwaukee Admirals players Lahti Pelicans players HC Sochi players Tappara players HC TPS players Ice hockey people from Turku {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub