Markus Niemelainen

Age 22 Jun 8, 1998

Defense shoots left

6'6" 198 cm

189 lbs 86 kg

ELC Signing Age 21

Waivers Signing Age

UFA Year 2025

Expansion Draft Status
Exempt

Draft Year 2016
Drafted Overall 63
Draft Round 3
Draft Team

Transaction History

Aug 1, 2020	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers assigned D Markus Niemelainen to Assat Pori (Finland).
Apr 30, 2020		Edmonton Oilers signed D Markus Niemelainen to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Sep 27, 2016	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers assigned D Markus Niemelainen to Saginaw (OHL).

Regular Season Stats

Markus Niemelainen	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2011-2012	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	8	0	4	4	4
	2012-2013	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9	3	8	11	8
	2012-2013	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	31	3	6	9	10
	2012-2013	HPK U17	U17 SM-sarja	1	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
	2013-2014	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	40	3	11	14	14	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2013-2014	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	11	1	4	5	6
	2013-2014	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	1	1	1	2	0
	2013-2014	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja	10	0	4	4	4
	2014-2015	HPK U20	U20 SM-sarja	39	2	14	16	28	Playoffs	12	0	5	5	0
	2014-2015	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	14	1	3	4	6
	2014-2015	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	0	2	2	0
	2014-2015	Finland U17	WHC-17	6	1	0	1	2
	2014-2015	Finland U17	EYOF	3	0	3	3	2
	2014-2015	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	0	0	0	0
	2014-2015	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	12	0	0	0	2
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	65	1	26	27	28	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Finland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	0	2	2	6
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	0	1	1	6
	2016-2017	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	59	3	6	9	40
	2016-2017	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	8	1	0	1	6
	2017-2018	HPK	Liiga	42	1	2	3	24
	2017-2018	LeKi	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	0	1	1	4
	2017-2018	HPK	Spengler Cup	3	0	0	0	0
	2018-2019	HPK	Liiga	50	1	4	5	8	Playoffs	18	0	2	2	0
	2019-2020	Ässät	Liiga	55	1	6	7	42
	2020-2021	Ässät	Liiga	7	0	1	1	31
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Signing Team

Signing Date April 30, 2020

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Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,635,000 1.00% of cap space