Jani Rita

Born on: July 25, 1981
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Forward, shoots right
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 212 lb (96 kg)

Drafted by: Edmonton Oilers, 1. round (#13 overall), in 1999 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	16	1998	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated Kiekko‑Espoo 8‑0 in the bronze medal game.
	16	1998	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Malung and Mora, Sweden
	18	2000	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	19	2001	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Moscow and Podolsk, Russia
	23	2005	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	HPK Hämeenlinna defeated Lukko Rauma 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
	24	2006	Team Finland	IIHF World Championship	Riga, Latvia
	25	2007	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	30	2012	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated Blues Espoo 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SOG	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Apr 11, 2006	PIT @ PHI	(3-4)	0	0	0	0	0	11:01	10:12	0:49	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	0	0	4	3	57.14%
Apr 13, 2006	NYR @ PIT	(3-5)	0	0	0	0	0	6:01	6:01	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	1	0	0	2	0.00%
Apr 15, 2006	PIT @ NYI	(4-5)	0	0	0	0	0	6:41	6:41	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	2	1	3	3	50.00%
Apr 17, 2006	NYI @ PIT	(1-6)	0	0	0	0	0	7:08	6:56	0:12	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	0	0	1	3	25.00%
Apr 18, 2006	PIT @ TOR	(3-5)	0	0	0	0	0	6:52	5:56	0:56	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	1	0	1	2	33.33%
	GAME LOG

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1997‑98	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	16
1997‑98	Team Finland U18		16	6	2	3	5	6	3				0.333	0.500	0.833
1998‑99	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	17	41	3	2	5	39	-4	0	0	0	0.073	0.049	0.122
1998‑99	Jokerit Helsinki	EHL	17	3	0	0	0	0	-4				0.000	0.000	0.000
1998‑99	Team Finland U18		17	4	0	1	1	6					0.000	0.250	0.250
1998‑99	Team Finland U20		17	17	4	3	7	12	0	0	0	1	0.235	0.176	0.412
1999‑00	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	49	6	3	9	10	-1	1	0	2	0.122	0.061	0.184	113	5.3
1999‑00	Team Finland U20		18	7	0	3	3	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	23	0.0
2000‑01	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	19	50	5	10	15	18	1	0	0	0	0.100	0.200	0.300	126	4.0
2000‑01	Team Finland U20		19	14	10	7	17	4	5	2	1	1	0.714	0.500	1.214
2001‑02	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
2001‑02	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	20	76	25	17	42	32	-10	4	1	3	0.329	0.224	0.553	197	12.7
2002‑03	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	21	12	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.250	0.083	0.333	18	16.7
2002‑03	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	21	64	21	27	48	18	12	4	0	2	0.328	0.422	0.750	154	13.6
2003‑04	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2003‑04	Toronto Roadrunners	AHL	22	64	17	24	41	18	7	4	0	5	0.266	0.375	0.641	161	10.6
2004‑05	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	23	56	21	18	39	12	27	4	0	3	0.375	0.321	0.696	251	8.4
2004‑05	Team Finland		23	17	0	3	3	8	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.176	0.176	16	0.0
2005‑06	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	24	21	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0.143	0.000	0.143	13	23.1
2005‑06	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	24	30	3	4	7	4	-6	0	0	0	0.100	0.133	0.233	36	8.3
2005‑06	Team Finland		24	10	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	0.200	0.200	0.400	16	12.5
2006‑07	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	56	32	20	52	28	24	9	3	4	0.571	0.357	0.929	332	9.6
2006‑07	Team Finland		25	11	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.182	0.182	19	0.0
2007‑08	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	37	10	10	20	16	3	2	1	1	0.270	0.270	0.541	192	5.2
2007‑08	Team Finland		26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2008‑09	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	27	58	14	16	30	12	-4	5	1	4	0.241	0.276	0.517	265	5.3
2008‑09	Team Finland		27	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2009‑10	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	58	13	15	28	26	-6	5	0	2	0.224	0.259	0.483	259	5.0
2010‑11	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	8	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.250	0.000	0.250	30	6.7
2011‑12	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	60	17	14	31	20	7	4	2	3	0.283	0.233	0.517	279	6.1
2012‑13	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	31	50	11	5	16	6	4	1	1	1	0.220	0.100	0.320	205	5.4
2013‑14	Jokerit Helsinki	Liiga	32	60	11	10	21	6	13	1	0	2	0.183	0.167	0.350	166	6.6
2014‑15	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	33	34	3	2	5	8	-4	0	0	0	0.088	0.059	0.147	37	8.1
2015‑16	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	34	56	3	5	8	28	-1	0	0	2	0.054	0.089	0.143	81	3.7
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			583	145	123	268	195	64	32	8	22	0.249	0.211	0.460	2218
	AHL Totals			204	63	68	131	68	9	12	1	10	0.309	0.333	0.642	512	12.3
	KHL Totals			90	6	7	13	36	-5	0	0	2	0.067	0.078	0.144	118	5.1
	NHL Totals			66	9	5	14	10	-4	0	0	0	0.136	0.076	0.212	68	13.2
	European Hockey League Totals			3	0	0	0	0	-4				0.000	0.000	0.000

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1997‑98	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1999‑00	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	11	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.091	0.000	0.091	13	7.7
2000‑01	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	19	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	18	0.0
2001‑02	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	20	15	8	4	12	0	1	3	0	1	0.533	0.267	0.800	39	20.5
2002‑03	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	21	23	3	4	7	2	3	0	0	1	0.130	0.174	0.304	45	6.7
2003‑04	Toronto Roadrunners	AHL	22	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.000	1.000	2	50.0
2004‑05	HPK Hämeenlinna	SM-Liiga	23	10	7	4	11	4	4	0	1	0	0.700	0.400	1.100	50	14.0
2006‑07	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	10	6	1	7	2	-5	5	0	1	0.600	0.100	0.700	64	9.4
2007‑08	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	14	6	4	10	0	-1	4	0	1	0.429	0.286	0.714	73	8.2
2008‑09	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	27	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.400	0.400	23	0.0
2009‑10	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	3	0	2	2	27	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	6	0.0
2010‑11	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	7	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	25	0.0
2011‑12	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	10	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200	33	0.0
2012‑13	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	31	6	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0.167	0.167	0.333	35	2.9
2013‑14	Jokerit Helsinki	Liiga	32	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	7	14.3
2014‑15	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	33	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2015‑16	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	34	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			84	22	17	39	45	-1	9	1	3	0.262	0.202	0.464	347
	AHL Totals			39	12	8	20	2	5	3	0	2	0.308	0.205	0.513	86	14.0
	KHL Totals			7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	6	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1998	16	6	2	3	5	6	3				0.333	0.500	0.833
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1999	17	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.333
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2000	18	7	0	3	3	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	23	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2001	19	7	8	1	9	0	5	2	1	1	1.143	0.143	1.286	33	24.2
Team Finland - World Championship 2005	23	7	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.286	0.286	5	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2006	24	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.167	0.000	0.167	5	20.0
U20 World Championship Totals		20	9	5	14	2	4	2	1	2	0.450	0.250	0.700	56
World Championship Totals		13	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	0	0.077	0.154	0.231	10	10.0
U18 European Championship Totals		6	2	3	5	6	3				0.333	0.500	0.833

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 Hockey Summer Challenge 1998	17	5	1	1	2	8					0.200	0.200	0.400
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 1998	17	3	2	1	3	2					0.667	0.333	1.000
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 1998	17	3	0	0	0	0					0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 1999	17	4	0	1	1	6					0.000	0.250	0.250
Team Finland - U20 3‑Nations 2000	19	4	1	6	7	2					0.250	1.500	1.750
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2000	19	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	6	16.7
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2004	23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	3	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Rosno Cup 2004	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2005	23	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Euro Hockey Tour Finals 2005	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2006	24	3	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	8	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Euro Hockey Tour Finals 2006	24	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.000	1.000	3	33.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2006	25	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2006	25	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	5	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2007	25	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	6	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Euro Hockey Tour Finals 2007	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2007	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2008	27	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Men Totals		31	1	5	6	4	-2	0	0	1	0.032	0.161	0.194	43	2.3
U20 Men Totals		18	5	8	13	14	0	0	0	0	0.278	0.444	0.722	6
U18 Men Totals		4	0	1	1	6					0.000	0.250	0.250