Oula Palve

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Oula Palve
Born (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 31)
Keuruu, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
JYP Jyväskylä
HPK
TPS
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Texas Stars
Linköping HC
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Oula Palve (born 19 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Ilves in the Finnish hockey league.

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Playing career

Undrafted, Palve made his SM-liiga debut playing with JYP Jyväskylä during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season. [1]

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.

On 22 April 2019, Palve signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. [2] The deal will carry an NHL salary of $700K (the league minimum) as well as a maximum $92.5K signing bonus and games played incentives of up to $132.5K. [3]

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. [4] 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. [5]

Personal life

In 2021, Palve became engaged to former The Bachelor contestant Haley Ferguson. [6] They married on June 11, 2022 .

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2009–10 JYP Jyväskylä Jr. A140226—————
2010–11JYP JyväskyläJr. A3218224036949138
2010–11 D Team Mestis 131010—————
2011–12JYP JyväskyläJr. A30222—————
2011–12 JYP-Akatemia Mestis44127198—————
2012–13JYP JyväskyläJr. A64156633616
2012–13 JYP Jyväskylä SM-l 30000—————
2012–13 JYP-AkatemiaMestis4013233624—————
2013–14 JYP-AkatemiaMestis4310172724—————
2013–14 JYP JyväskyläLiiga10000—————
2013–14 Jukurit Mestis723521919106
2014–15 JukuritMestis492032521213471114
2015–16 JukuritMestis43323971221668144
2016–17 HPK Liiga53517222870228
2017–18 HPKLiiga5013314465—————
2017–18 TPS Liiga515621148126
2018–19 TPSLiiga531635517951342
2019–20 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 3717822—————
2019–20 Texas Stars AHL2323523—————
2020–21 Linköping HC SHL 31391222—————
2020–21 Brynäs IF SHL25771412—————
2021–22 Brynäs IFSHL501124351830114
Liiga totals1653588123174235131816
SHL totals1062140615230114

Awards and honours

AwardYear
Mestis
Champion (Jukurit) 2015, 2016
Best Forward2016
First All-Star Team2016
Golden Puck2016

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References

  1. ↑ "2012–13 JYP player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Penguins Sign Forward Oula Palve to a One-Year, Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Forsblom, Mattias (20 April 2019). "Oula Palve har tecknat ett NHL-kontrakt med Pittsburgh – laget kan nästa säsong ha fyra finländare". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Stars acquire forward Oula Palve from Pittsburgh Penguins". Dallas Stars. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Finnish center for LHC" (in Swedish). Linköping HC. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Oula Palve on Instagram: "She's going to be a PALVE!💍You are an extraordinary girl, and I'm so excited that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. Hitting theaters in the summer of 2022!"".


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