Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund (* 26 February 1992 in Oulu ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since May 2012 for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League contract. His younger brother Mark is also a professional hockey player.
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Career
Mikael Granlund began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at the age of five years in the Kempeleen Kiekko - Ketut, who four years later renamed in laser HT. For laser he played until 2006 in various junior leagues of Finland, under andererm in the Junior C -SM- liiga. In 2006 he moved to the junior level of Kärpät Oulu, for whom he played until 2009 in the Junior B and Junior A- SM- liiga.
For the professional team of Kärpät he gave during the 2008 /09 season his debut in the SM- liiga. The attacker was point and impunity in two games. He was then selected in the KHL Junior Draft 2009 in the second round than a total of 41 players from HK Dinamo Minsk. First, he remained in Finland, where he earned a contract with HIFK Helsinki signed for the season 2009/10. The Minnesota Wild selected Granlund NHL Entry Draft 2010 in the first round as the ninth player from.
In May 2012, Granlund signed a NHL entry-level contract term of three years in the wild. Because of the lockout at the start of the 2012/13 season Granlund played for the farm team of the game, the Houston Aeros in the American Hockey League. After the lockout ended, he was appointed to the NHL squad and gave 19 January 2013 at his NHL debut for the Wild, where he scored his first NHL goal against Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche.
Internationally
For Finland Granlund participated in the U18 Junior World Championship 2009, the U20 World Youth Championship in 2009 and the U20 World Youth Championship, 2010. In the U18 World Championships, he won the bronze medal with Finland.
In the senior level, he played at the World Cup 2011, where the 3-0 semi-final victory of his team against Russia, he scored a lot of attention and spectacular goal. 1:0 For he met, by standing behind the gate of the Russian goalkeeper Konstantin Barulin to the Puck picked up the face of his racket and so placed him in the upper corner of the goal of the short gon. The movement comes from the ice hockey very similar sport lacrosse. A few weeks after the World Cup, the moment the door was arrested on a postage stamp. The final against arch-rivals Sweden ended with 6:1, which Granlund with the Finnish team was world champion. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Finnish C- Junior Vice- Champion with Kärpät Oulu
- 2008 Finnish C- Junior Champion with Kärpät Oulu
- 2009 Finnish runner with Kärpät Oulu
- 2010 Jarmo - Wasama Memorial Trophy
- 2010 Raimo - Kilpiö Trophy
- 2011 Finnish Champion with HIFK Helsinki
Internationally
- 2009 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2009 Best original donor of the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 Top assist provider the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2011 Gold Medal at the World Championships
- 2012 Best original donor of the U20 World Junior Championships (together with Nail Jakupow )
- 2012 All -Star team the U20 World Youth Championship
- 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
- 2014 All- Star team for the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )