Ari Gröndahl
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Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
6 ' 5" (195 cm) | 216 lb (98 kg)
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
6 ' 5" (195 cm) | 216 lb (98 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2012 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | Sport Vaasa defeated Jokipojat Joensuu 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| Mestis Medals | |||||
| 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% |
| 2008‑09 | Team Finland U20 | Mestis | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 9 | 11.1 |
| 2008‑09 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 | 18 | 5.6 |
| 2008‑09 | Blues Espoo | SM-Liiga | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2008‑09 | KooKoo Kouvola | Mestis | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 12 | 8.3 |
| 2008‑09 | Team Finland U20 | | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2009‑10 | KooKoo Kouvola | Mestis | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.222 | 0.222 | 22 | 0.0 |
| 2009‑10 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.130 | 0.130 | 0.261 | 58 | 5.2 |
| 2010‑11 | KooKoo Kouvola | Mestis | 21 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.026 | 0.179 | 0.205 | 84 | 1.2 |
| 2011‑12 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 22 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.050 | 0.125 | 0.175 | 123 | 1.6 |
| 2012‑13 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 23 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.133 | 0.133 | 0.267 | 159 | 3.8 |
| 2013‑14 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 24 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.096 | 0.250 | 0.346 | |||
| 2014‑15 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 25 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.060 | 0.060 | 0.120 | 124 | 2.4 |
| 2015‑16 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 26 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.121 | 0.103 | 0.224 | 192 | 3.6 |
| 2016‑17 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 27 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 43 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.105 | 0.175 | 0.281 | 235 | 2.6 |
| 2016‑17 | Team Finland | | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2017‑18 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 28 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.212 | 0.250 | 0.462 | 205 | 5.4 |
| 2017‑18 | Örebro HK | SHL | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 11 | 9.1 |
| 2018‑19 | KalPa Kuopio | Liiga | 29 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 38 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.083 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 154 | 3.2 |
| 2019‑20 | KalPa Kuopio | Liiga | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.091 | 0.091 | 24 | 0.0 |
| 2019‑20 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 30 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.093 | 0.163 | 0.256 | 171 | 2.3 |
| 2020‑21 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 31 | 54 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.019 | 0.204 | 0.222 | 132 | 0.8 |
| 2022‑23 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 33 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.073 | 0.218 | 0.291 | 168 | 2.4 |
| 2023‑24 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 34 | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.017 | 0.172 | 0.190 | 122 | 0.8 |
| 2024‑25 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 35 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.034 | 0.172 | 0.207 | 40 | 2.5 |
| 2025‑26 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 36 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.054 | 0.214 | 0.268 | 109 | 2.8 |
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
| Liiga Totals | 584 | 46 | 96 | 142 | 315 | -6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0.079 | 0.164 | 0.243 | 1680 | 2.7 | |||
| Mestis Totals | 221 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 192 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0.090 | 0.176 | 0.267 | 485 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 11 | 9.1 | |||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008‑09 | KooKoo Kouvola | Mestis | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2010‑11 | KooKoo Kouvola | Mestis | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| 2011‑12 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.273 | 0.273 | 32 | 0.0 |
| 2012‑13 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 20 | 0.0 |
| 2013‑14 | Sport Vaasa | Mestis | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| 2015‑16 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2020‑21 | Sport Vaasa | Liiga | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2022‑23 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2024‑25 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2025‑26 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
| Mestis Totals | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.121 | 0.121 | 58 | ||||
| Liiga Totals | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 48 | 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 - U20 World Championship 2009 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0 |
| U20 World Championship Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0 |
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 - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2016 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Men Totals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.0 |