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Olli Malmivaara

Olli Malmivaara was born March 13, 1982 in Kajaani, Finland. The fourth round, 117th overall selection of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Malmivaara honed his skills in his homeland with Jokerit and SaiPa prior to his arrival in North America.

A physical defenseman, Malmivaara signed with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent on August 2, 2006. As a member of the Devils organization, he would appear in 60 regular season games with their AHL affiliate in Lowell. The following season, Malmivaara returned to the Lowell blue-line and made his NHL debut with New Jersey on October 31, 2007.

Internationally, Malmivaara has represented his homeland at numerous tournaments including the 2001 and 2002 World Junior Championships.

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1998-99	Jokerit Helsinki U18	Fin-U18	35	1	8	9	10		7	0	0	0	2
1999-00	Jokerit Helsinki U18	Fin-U18	14	6	6	12	14		1	0	0	0	2
1999-00	Jokerit Helsinki U18	Fin-U18	27	3	3	6	12		12	0	2	2	2
1999-00	Finland	WJ18-A	7	1	1	2	6	0
2000-01	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	33	10	13	23	24		2	0	0	0	0
2000-01	Kiekko-Vantaa	Finland-2	4	1	0	1	2
2000-01	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	5	0	0	0	2
2000-01	Finland	WJC-A	7	1	0	1	2	+4
2001-02	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	2	0	1	1	0
2001-02	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	53	0	6	6	16		11	0	0	0	2
2001-02	Finland	WJC-A	6	0	1	1	2	+3
2002-03	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	1	0	0	0	0
2002-03	Kiekko-Vantaa	Finland-2	2	1	1	2	2
2002-03	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	42	1	0	1	22		5	0	0	0	0
2003-04	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	25	1	0	1	2
2003-04	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Finland	11	1	0	1	6
2004-05	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Finland	56	9	1	10	89
2005-06	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Finland	54	11	9	20	134		8	1	0	1	12
2006-07	Lowell Devils	AHL	60	1	10	11	44	-4
2007-08	New Jersey Devils	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	+2
2007-08	Lowell Devils	AHL	57	8	9	17	53	-22
2008-09	JYP Jyvaskyla	Finland	57	4	11	15	122		15	2	3	5	20
2009-10	JYP Jyvaskyla	Finland	52	3	3	6	123		11	0	0	0	18
2010-11	JYP Jyvaskyla	Finland	58	5	6	11	40		10	0	0	0	10
2011-12	JYP Jyvaskyla	Finland	60	1	0	1	48		14	2	1	3	4
2012-13	JYP Jyvaskyla	Finland	45	0	3	3	32		2	0	0	0	2
2013-14	Blues Espoo	Finland	60	1	4	5	42		7	0	0	0	6
2014-15	Blues Espoo	Finland	50	0	4	4	48
2015-16	Blues Espoo	Finland	5	0	0	0	0
2015-16	TPS Turku	Finland	47	1	0	1	40		8	0	0	0	10
NHL Totals			2	0	0	0	0


	Signed as a free agent by Jyvaskyla (Finland), May 1, 2008.

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