Martti Järventie

Martti Juhani Järventie (born April 4, 1976) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the fourth round, 109th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL entry draft and played one game for the Canadiens during the 2001–02 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2016, was mainly spent in the Finnish SM-liiga.

Career Järventie began his career with Ilves where he spent a total of nine years, beginning at junior level in 1992. In 1995 he had spells with KOO-VEE and Lukko before returning to Ilves. In 2001, he moved to TPS. Järventie was drafted 109th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL entry draft. However, he managed to play only one game in the NHL; less than 24 hours after his debut, he was assigned to the American Hockey League's Quebec Citadelles.

Afterwards, Järventie returned to Ilves before joining Jokerit. After five seasons, Järventie moved to the Swedish Elitserien for Mora IK for one season before returning to the SM-liiga with Kärpät. In 2009, he joined HIFK and won the SM-Liiga championship with the team in 2011. In June 2011 Järventie returned to Tampere after signing a four-year contract with Ilves. During autumn 2015 Järventie played some games in HPK before his transfer to Milton Keynes Lightning.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Ilves FIN U18 27 1 4 5 92 — — — — — 1992–93 Ilves FIN U20 12 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1993–94 Ilves FIN U18 5 2 2 4 14 — — — — — 1993–94 Ilves FIN U20 36 6 7 13 34 6 1 2 3 10 1994–95 Ilves FIN U20 9 2 2 4 26 1 0 0 0 2 1994–95 Ilves FIN 37 1 6 7 18 — — — — — 1995–96 Ilves FIN U20 3 2 2 4 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Ilves FIN 21 2 1 3 30 — — — — — 1995–96 KOOVEE FIN-2 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1995–96 Lukko FIN 15 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 1996–97 Ilves FIN U20 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Ilves FIN 44 2 11 13 34 6 0 1 1 0 1997–98 Ilves FIN 37 2 5 7 22 9 2 2 4 14 1998–99 Ilves FIN 43 2 4 6 56 4 0 0 0 0 1999–00 Ilves FIN 50 14 14 28 77 3 1 1 2 2 2000–01 TPS FIN 56 5 14 19 71 10 1 2 3 4 2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Québec Citadelles AHL 59 7 14 21 18 — — — — — 2002–03 Ilves FIN 19 2 6 8 30 — — — — — 2002–03 Jokerit FIN 15 1 4 5 10 10 0 2 2 4 2003–04 Jokerit FIN 53 6 16 22 71 6 0 2 2 12 2004–05 Jokerit FIN 54 5 10 15 113 12 1 4 5 30 2005–06 Jokerit FIN 31 0 8 8 73 — — — — — 2006–07 Jokerit FIN 54 8 17 25 114 10 2 1 3 4 2007–08 Mora IK SEL 39 5 11 16 50 — — — — — 2008–09 Kärpät FIN 17 1 3 4 39 14 0 1 1 12 2009–10 HIFK FIN 56 8 19 27 91 6 1 2 3 2 2010–11 HIFK FIN 58 8 26 34 58 14 1 6 7 12 2011–12 Ilves FIN 49 4 11 15 36 — — — — — 2012–13 Ilves FIN 26 2 4 6 32 — — — — — 2012–13 HIFK FIN 16 2 0 2 20 7 0 1 1 6 2013–14 Ilves FIN 39 0 12 12 36 — — — — — 2014–15 Ilves FIN 42 0 4 4 24 2 0 0 0 2 2015–16 HPK FIN 13 0 3 3 4 — — — — — 2015–16 Milton Keynes Lightning EPIHL 24 3 13 16 71 4 1 0 1 2 FIN totals 845 75 199 274 1069 114 9 25 34 104 NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Finland EJC 5 1 1 2 8 1995 Finland WJC 7 1 1 2 6 1996 Finland WJC 6 0 1 1 22 Junior totals 18 2 3 5 36