Oula Palve

Oula Palve (born 19 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Undrafted, Palve made his SM-liiga debut playing with JYP Jyväskylä during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.

In the 2018–19 season, Palve established a new career bests in the Liiga with 16 goals and 51 points in 53 games for TPS.

After attending his first training camp with the Penguins, Palve was assigned to begin the 2019–20 season in the AHL with affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Palve struggled to find his offensive game with Wilkes-Barre, posting just 1 goal and 8 points in 37 games. On 17 January 2020, Palve was traded mid-season by the Penguins to the Dallas Stars in exchange for John Nyberg. He was assigned to the Stars' AHL affiliate and namesake, the Texas Stars, for the remainder of the season.

With his lone season in North America complete due to the cancellation of the season with COVID-19, Palve opted to return to Europe in agreeing to a two-year contract with Swedish club, Linköping HC of the SHL, on 28 April 2020.

Personal life In 2021, Palve became engaged to former The Bachelor contestant Haley Ferguson. They married on June 11, 2022. They have a daughter, born on April 27, 2024.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 14 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2010–11 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 32 18 22 40 36 9 4 9 13 8 2010–11 D Team Mestis 13 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2011–12 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 3 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2011–12 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 44 12 7 19 8 — — — — — 2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A 6 4 1 5 6 6 3 3 6 16 2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-l 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2012–13 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 40 13 23 36 24 — — — — — 2013–14 JYP-Akatemia Mestis 43 10 17 27 24 — — — — — 2013–14 JYP Jyväskylä Liiga 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Jukurit Mestis 7 2 3 5 2 19 1 9 10 6 2014–15 Jukurit Mestis 49 20 32 52 12 13 4 7 11 14 2015–16 Jukurit Mestis 43 32 39 71 22 16 6 8 14 4 2016–17 HPK Liiga 53 5 17 22 28 7 0 2 2 8 2017–18 HPK Liiga 50 13 31 44 65 — — — — — 2017–18 TPS Liiga 5 1 5 6 2 11 4 8 12 6 2018–19 TPS Liiga 53 16 35 51 79 5 1 3 4 2 2019–20 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 37 1 7 8 22 — — — — — 2019–20 Texas Stars AHL 23 2 3 5 23 — — — — — 2020–21 Linköping HC SHL 31 3 9 12 22 — — — — — 2020–21 Brynäs IF SHL 25 7 7 14 12 — — — — — 2021–22 Brynäs IF SHL 50 11 24 35 18 3 0 1 1 4 2022–23 Brynäs IF SHL 51 7 12 19 16 — — — — — 2023–24 Ilves Liiga 60 20 44 64 63 5 0 2 2 2 Liiga totals 225 55 132 187 237 28 5 15 20 18 SHL totals 157 28 52 80 68 3 0 1 1 4

Awards and honours Award Year Mestis Champion (Jukurit) 2015, 2016 Best Forward 2016 First All-Star Team 2016 Golden Puck 2016