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'''Karl Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson''' (born April 12, 1991) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] professional [[ice hockey]] player. He currently plays with the [[Edmonton Oilers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).
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'''Magnus Pääjärvi''' (born Magnus Karl Svensson Pääjärvi on April 12, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the [[St. Louis Blues]] of the National Hockey League (NHL). Magnus was a first round selection in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft.
   
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==Early life==
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==Playing Career==
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Magnus started playing ice hockey when he was six years old. During the 2005–06 season when he was fourteen years old he made his debut for Malmö Redhawks in the J20 SuperElit and scored eight goals in eight games during TV-pucken and led Skåne to a silver medal.
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Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson is the son of retired ice hockey player and coach [[Gunnar Svensson]] and Ingrid Maria Svensson-Pääjärvi, and younger brother of [[Björn Svensson]]. He was born in [[Norrköping]] while Gunnar was the coach and manager of [[IK Vita Hästen]]. He uses the hyphenated surname in honour of his maternal grandfather, who was [[Finns|Finnish]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=390821 | title = Swedish prodigy Paajarvi could be top-5 pick | accessdate = 2008-11-25 | author = Bill Meltzer | date = 2008-11-07 | work = NHL.com NHL Entry Draft | publisher = the [[National Hockey League]] }}</ref>
  
   
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Magnus also scored two goals when Malmö won the final of the Swedish Championship for sixteen-year-olds. The following season he got a more regular role for Malmö in the J20 SuperElit, and again led Skåne to a silver medal in TV-pucken.
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==Playing career==
  
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[[File:SvenssonPääjärvi.jpg|thumb|left|Paajarvi began his professional career with Timra in Sweden.]]
  
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Pääjärvi-Svensson started playing ice hockey at the age of six. During the 2005–06 season when he was fourteen years old he made his debut for [[Malmö Redhawks]] in the [[J20 SuperElit]],<ref name="DN">{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2244&a=867907&rss=672|title=Jag är säker - vi tar guld|last=Liljerås|first=Viktor|date=2008-12-26|work=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|language=Swedish|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> and scored eight goals in eight games during [[TV-pucken]] and led Scania to a silver medal. He also scored two goals when Malmö won the final of the Swedish Championship for sixteen year olds. The following season he got a more regular role for Malmö in the J20 SuperElit, and again led Scania to a silver medal in TV-pucken.
  
   
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In 2007, he signed with Timrå IK where his older brother, Björn, played for the senior team. He made his [[Elitserien]] debut on September 24, at age sixteen, five months, and twelve days, becoming the fourth youngest player in Elitserien's history. During the game he recorded an assist on Timrå's 1–0 goal in the first period of play. His first goal was a game winning 1–0 goal against [[HV71]] on February 16, 2008, assisted by linemate [[Anton Lander]].
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In 2007, Magnus signed with Timrå IK where his older brother, Björn played for the senior team. He made his Elitserien debut on September 24th when he was sixteen years, five months and twelve days old, becoming the fourth youngest player in Elitserien's history.
   
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During the game, Magnus recorded an assist on Timrå's 1–0 goal in the first period of play. His first goal was a game winning 1–0 goal against HV71 on February 16, 2008, assisted by linemate Anton Lander.
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Magnus was drafted 10th overall by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in the [[2009 NHL Entry Draft]].<ref name=oilersprofile>{{cite web|title=Magnus Paajarvi|url=http://oilers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475175|accessdate=2010-08-15|publisher=[[Edmonton Oilers]]}}</ref> He was also selected 19th overall by [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] in the [[2009 KHL Entry Draft]].
  
   
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Magnus was drafted 10th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the [[2009 NHL Entry Draft]]. He was also selected 19th overall by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2009 KHL Entry Draft. Magnus was announced to be a nominee for 2009–10 Elitserien Rookie of the Year on January 20th.
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Magnus was announced to be a nominee for [[2009–10 Elitserien season|2009–10]] [[Elitserien Rookie of the Year]] on January 20.<ref name="Swehockey">{{cite web|url=http://www.swehockey.se/Startsidesnyheter/2010/Januari-2010/Magnus-Paajarvi-Svensson-arets-rookiekandidat/|title=Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, årets rookiekandidat|last=Feltenmark|first=Anders|date=2010-01-20|work=Svenska Ishockeyförbundet|language=Swedish|accessdate=2010-01-30}}</ref>
  
   
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=== Edmonton Oilers ===
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===Edmonton Oilers===
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On June 2, 2010, it was announced that Magnus had signed a three-year entry level contract with the Oilers. On September 2, 2010, it was announced that Magnus would be shortening his name for the NHL to Magnus Pääjärvi and will wear the number 91 on his jersey.
   
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On September 23, 2010, (his first preseason game with the Oilers), Magnus scored a hat-trick and registered an assist for 4 points as the Oilers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2.
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On June 2, 2010, it was announced that he had signed a three-year entry level contract with the Oilers.<ref name="Oilerssigning">{{cite web|url=http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530705&navid=DL|EDM|home|title=Oilers sign Pääjarvi-Svensson|date=2010-06-02|work=Edmonton Oilers}}</ref> On September 2, 2010, it was announced that Magnus would be shortening his name for the NHL to '''Magnus Pääjärvi''' and will wear the number 91 on his jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=332424|title=Oilers' Paajarvi Decides to Enter NHL with Shortened Name|date=2010-09-02|accessdate=2010-09-12}}</ref>
  
   
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On September 23, 2010, (his first preseason game with the Oilers) Pääjärvi scored a hat-trick and registered an assist for 4 points, as the Oilers defeated the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] 5-2.
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On October 7, 2010, Magnus played his first professional game with the Oilers when they played their arch-rivals, the Calgary Flames. Nine days later on October 16, 2010, he scored his first NHL goal against Calgary Flames goaltender [[Miikka Kiprusoff]].
   
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Magnus finished the 2010-11 NHL season with 34 points, good enough for 6th on team scoring. In the 2011-12 NHL season, after recording 3 points in 25 games and sitting in the press box for 6 games, he was demoted to the minors.
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On October 7, 2010, Pääjärvi played his first professional game with the Oilers when they played their arch-rivals, the [[Calgary Flames]]. He scored his first NHL goal nine days later, on October 16, 2010, against Flames net-minder, [[Miikka Kiprusoff]].
  
   
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Paajarvi finished the [[2010-11 NHL season]] with 34 points, good enough for 6th on team scoring.
  
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On July 10, 2013, Magnus was traded along with a second round pick to the St. Louis Blues for left winger [[David Perron]].
   
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==International play==
  
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Pääjärvi-Svensson made his international debut for Sweden at age fourteen with the under sixteen team during the 2005–06 season,<ref name="DN"/> the following season he became the scoring leader for the under sixteen team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7BBFA7B36F-2095-48C0-8B13-D440424D2D51%7D.pdf|title=21. MAGNUS SVENSSON PÄÄJÄRVI|publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]|accessdate=2009-01-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> During the [[2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] in [[Pardubice]] and [[Liberec]], [[Czech Republic]], at sixteen years and eight months old he became the youngest player ever to play for Sweden during a [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Hockey Championship]].<ref>{{cite web
  
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|url=http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7BFF43F994-16ED-493F-9181-E2FF15A58063%7D.pdf|title=Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi blir Sveriges yngste JVM-spelare|accessdate=2008-02-23|author=Anders Feltenmark|last=Feltenmark|first=Anders|date=2007-12-17|format=PDF|publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]|language=Swedish}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> During the tournament he scored one goal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM1420SWE_83_6_0.pdf|title=PLAYER STATISTICS BY TEAM|date=2008-01-05|format=PDF|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> and helped Sweden to the finals when assisting [[Mikael Backlund]] on Sweden's overtime game winning goal against Russia in the semifinal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/IHM142228_74_5_0.pdf|title=PLAY-OFF ROUND SEMIFINALS GAME 28|date=2008-01-04|format=PDF|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref>
  
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Magnus played in the [[2010 IIHF World Championship|2010 World Championships]] where he led the Swedish team in scoring<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230000_85B_15_0.pdf|title=Scoring Leaders|date=2010-05-23|format=PDF|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref> and was selected to the tournament all-star team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230000_98_1_0.pdf|title=Media All Stars|date=2010-05-23|format=PDF|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref>
  
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===Regular season and playoffs===
  
 
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| Edmonton Oilers
  
| Edmonton Oilers
 
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At fourteen years old, Magnus made his international debut for Sweden with the under sixteen team during the 2005–06 season, the following season he became the scoring leader for the under sixteen team.
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During the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, at sixteen years and eight months old, Magnus became the youngest player ever to play for Sweden during a World Junior Hockey Championship.
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During the tournament, Magnus scored one goal and helped Sweden to the finals when assisting [[Mikael Backlund]] on Sweden's overtime game-winning goal against Russia in the semifinal.
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Magnus played in the 2010 World Championships where he led the Swedish team in scoring and was selected to the tournament all-star team.
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==Personal Life==
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Magnus' father is retired ice hockey player and coach Gunnar Svensson. His mother is Ingrid Maria Svensson-Pääjärvi. His younger brother is Björn Svensson. He was born in Sweden while Gunnar was the coach and manager of IK Vita Hästen.
   
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Magnus uses the hyphenated surname in honour of his maternal grandfather, who was Finnish.
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*[http://www.paajarvi.com/ Paajarvi.com] — official site
  
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Revision as of 19:03, 28 December 2013

Magnus Pääjärvi
MPaajarvi
Born April 12, 1991 (1991-04-12) (age 33)
Norrköping, Sweden
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams 		St.Louis Blues
Timrå IK
Edmonton Oilers
National team Flag of Sweden Sweden
NHL Draft 10th overall, 2009
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 2007–present

Magnus Pääjärvi (born Magnus Karl Svensson Pääjärvi on April 12, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Magnus was a first round selection in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft.

Playing Career

Magnus started playing ice hockey when he was six years old. During the 2005–06 season when he was fourteen years old he made his debut for Malmö Redhawks in the J20 SuperElit and scored eight goals in eight games during TV-pucken and led Skåne to a silver medal.

Magnus also scored two goals when Malmö won the final of the Swedish Championship for sixteen-year-olds. The following season he got a more regular role for Malmö in the J20 SuperElit, and again led Skåne to a silver medal in TV-pucken.

In 2007, Magnus signed with Timrå IK where his older brother, Björn played for the senior team. He made his Elitserien debut on September 24th when he was sixteen years, five months and twelve days old, becoming the fourth youngest player in Elitserien's history.

During the game, Magnus recorded an assist on Timrå's 1–0 goal in the first period of play. His first goal was a game winning 1–0 goal against HV71 on February 16, 2008, assisted by linemate Anton Lander.

Magnus was drafted 10th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He was also selected 19th overall by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 2009 KHL Entry Draft. Magnus was announced to be a nominee for 2009–10 Elitserien Rookie of the Year on January 20th.

Edmonton Oilers

On June 2, 2010, it was announced that Magnus had signed a three-year entry level contract with the Oilers. On September 2, 2010, it was announced that Magnus would be shortening his name for the NHL to Magnus Pääjärvi and will wear the number 91 on his jersey.

On September 23, 2010, (his first preseason game with the Oilers), Magnus scored a hat-trick and registered an assist for 4 points as the Oilers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2.

On October 7, 2010, Magnus played his first professional game with the Oilers when they played their arch-rivals, the Calgary Flames. Nine days later on October 16, 2010, he scored his first NHL goal against Calgary Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff.

Magnus finished the 2010-11 NHL season with 34 points, good enough for 6th on team scoring. In the 2011-12 NHL season, after recording 3 points in 25 games and sitting in the press box for 6 games, he was demoted to the minors.

St. Louis Blues

On July 10, 2013, Magnus was traded along with a second round pick to the St. Louis Blues for left winger David Perron.

Career Statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Malmö Redhawks J20 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Malmö Redhawks J20 20 4 2 6 6 4 0 1 1 0
2007–08 Timrå IK J20 18 7 15 22 6 — — — — —
2007–08 Timrå IK SEL 35 1 2 3 2 11 0 0 0 2
2008–09 Timrå IK J20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2008–09 Timrå IK SEL 50 7 10 17 4 7 1 0 1 0
2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 49 12 17 29 6 5 0 1 1 2
2010–11 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 15 19 34 16 — — — — —
2011–12 Edmonton Oilers NHL 41 2 6 8 4 — — — — —
2011–12 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 34 7 18 25 4 14 2 9 11 2
2012–13 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 38 4 16 20 10 — — — — —
2012–13 Edmonton Oilers NHL 42 9 7 16 14 — — — — —
NHL totals 163 26 32 58 34 — — — — —
SEL totals 134 20 29 49 12 23 1 1 2 4

International Statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Sweden WJC 6 1 1 2 0
2008 Sweden WJC U18 6 4 6 10 6
2009 Sweden WJC 6 2 5 7 6
2009 Sweden WJC U18 6 6 6 12 0
2010 Sweden WJC 6 3 7 10 2
2010 Sweden WC 9 5 4 9 2
2011 Sweden WC 9 2 5 7 2
Junior int'l totals 48 23 34 57 18

International Play

At fourteen years old, Magnus made his international debut for Sweden with the under sixteen team during the 2005–06 season, the following season he became the scoring leader for the under sixteen team.

During the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, at sixteen years and eight months old, Magnus became the youngest player ever to play for Sweden during a World Junior Hockey Championship.

During the tournament, Magnus scored one goal and helped Sweden to the finals when assisting Mikael Backlund on Sweden's overtime game-winning goal against Russia in the semifinal.

Magnus played in the 2010 World Championships where he led the Swedish team in scoring and was selected to the tournament all-star team.

Personal Life

Magnus' father is retired ice hockey player and coach Gunnar Svensson. His mother is Ingrid Maria Svensson-Pääjärvi. His younger brother is Björn Svensson. He was born in Sweden while Gunnar was the coach and manager of IK Vita Hästen.

Magnus uses the hyphenated surname in honour of his maternal grandfather, who was Finnish.

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