Janne Grönvall

Janne Grönvall
Born	(1973-07-17) July 17, 1973 Rauma, Finland
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	left
SM-liiga team	Tappara
National team	Finland
NHL draft	101 overall, 1992 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1989–2010

Janne Grönvall (born July 17, 1973) is a retired professional Finnish ice hockey player.

He last played for Tappara in the Finnish SM-liiga. This was his third stint with the club. He first joined the club in 1992, when he left Lukko Rauma. In 1994, he left them for the AHL club St. John's Maple Leafs, which was the affiliate team of Toronto Maple Leafs who drafted Grönvall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. After two season in North America and zero games in the NHL Grönvall moved back home to Finland and Tappara. This time he stayed with Tappara until 2003 when he signed with Swedish Elite League team Färjestad BK. After two seasons and two runners-up medals in Sweden with Färjestad Grönvall decided once again to move back home and once again signed with Tappara. He eventually ended his career playing for Krefeld Pinguine in the German DEL league.

Grönvall represented Finland at the 2001 World Hockey Championship.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Lukko	FIN.2 U20		13	3	3	6	6		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Lukko	FIN.2 U20		12	4	5	9	12		12	1	4	5	18
1989–90	Lukko	SM-l		5	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Lukko	FIN U20		13	4	14	18	30		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Lukko	SM-l		40	2	8	10	30		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lukko	FIN U20		2	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lukko	SM-l		42	2	6	8	40		2	0	0	0	2
1992–93	Tappara	SM-l		46	1	7	8	54		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Tappara	SM-l		47	2	9	11	54		10	0	4	4	31
1993–94	Tappara	FIN.2 U20		—	—	—	—	—		2	0	0	0	0
1993–94	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		9	0	0	0	2
1994–95	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		76	8	29	37	75		5	0	0	0	0
1995–96	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		76	4	31	35	82		2	1	0	1	2
1996–97	Tappara	SM-l		46	6	10	16	44		3	0	1	1	4
1997–98	Tappara	SM-l		47	6	14	20	42		4	0	0	0	0
1998–99	Tappara	SM-l		53	6	10	16	91		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Tappara	SM-l		53	4	11	15	46		4	2	1	3	12
2000–01	Tappara	SM-l		53	4	11	15	97		10	1	2	3	4
2001–02	Tappara	SM-l		56	8	7	15	82		10	1	3	4	6
2002–03	Tappara	SM-l		55	5	13	18	89		15	0	3	3	10
2003–04	Färjestad BK	SEL		50	1	10	11	98		17	0	1	1	16
2004–05	Färjestad BK	SEL		48	0	3	3	42		15	2	4	6	10
2005–06	Tappara	SM-l		51	11	9	20	83		4	0	0	0	2
2006–07	Tappara	SM-l		35	1	3	4	20		5	0	0	0	2
2007–08	Tappara	SM-l		55	2	15	17	46		11	2	2	4	8
2008–09	Tappara	SM-l		57	1	5	6	50		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL		45	0	7	7	22		—	—	—	—	—
SM-l totals				741	61	138	199	868		82	6	16	22	83
AHL totals				152	12	60	72	157		16	1	0	1	4
SEL totals				98	1	13	14	140		32	2	5	7	26

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	Finland	WJC		6	0	0	0	4
1991	Finland	EJC		6	1	3	4	4
1992	Finland	WJC		7	2	1	3	12
1993	Finland	WJC		7	1	2	3	6
2001	Finland	WC		7	0	0	0	8
Junior totals				26	4	6	10	26

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database