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| Aatu Räty | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Räty at the 2022 World Junior Championships | |||
| Born |
14 November 2002 Oulunsalo, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Vancouver Canucks Kärpät Jukurit New York Islanders | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL draft |
52nd overall, 2021 New York Islanders | ||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||
Aatu Räty (Finnish: [ˈɑːtu ˈræty]) (born 14 November 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] He was selected 52nd overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft by the New York Islanders.
Playing career
[edit]Räty made his Liiga debut at age 16 and scored his first professional goal in the same game.[2] Räty was considered a top prospect in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[1][3] The presumptive first overall pick before the start of the season, Räty fell in draft rankings after what scouts viewed as a difficult season playing for Oulun Kärpät, scoring just six points in 35 games.[4][5]
On 14 August 2021, the New York Islanders announced that they had signed Räty to a three-year, entry-level contract.[6][7] Räty was assigned to the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League (AHL) on 19 April 2022, after his team's, Jukurit, 2021–22 Liiga season ended with elimination in the playoffs.[8]
In the 2022–23 season, Räty was initially re-assigned to continue his tenure in the AHL with Bridgeport before he was recalled on 23 December 2022, and made his NHL debut for the New York Islanders, scoring his first career NHL goal against the Florida Panthers in a 5–1 win.[9][10]
Following 12 games with the Islanders, posting 2 goals, Räty was traded with Anthony Beauvillier and a conditional first-round pick in 2023 to the Vancouver Canucks on 30 January 2023, as part of a multi-player deal that sent Bo Horvat to the Islanders.[11]
Räty would leave game 2 of the Abbotsford Canucks 2025 Western Conference Final against the Texas Stars due to injury, en route to the team's first Calder Cup victory.[12][13]
Personal life
[edit]Räty's older brother, Aku, was drafted in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL entry draft by the Arizona Coyotes.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 41 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 30 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Kärpät | Liiga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Kärpät | Liiga | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Kärpät | Liiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Jukurit | Liiga | 41 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bridgeport Islanders | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bridgeport Islanders | AHL | 27 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | New York Islanders | NHL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Abbotsford Canucks | AHL | 25 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Abbotsford Canucks | AHL | 72 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Abbotsford Canucks | AHL | 43 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 33 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2025–26 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 66 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 94 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | ||||
| NHL totals | 114 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Finland | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2026 Switzerland | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 2022 Canada | |
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Finland | U17 |  |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Finland | U18 | 7th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | Finland | HG18 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2020 | Finland | WJC | 4th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Finland | WJC | |
7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2026 | Finland | WC |  |
10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Junior totals | 30 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | ||||
| Senior totals | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||
Awards and honours
[edit]| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| Calder Cup Champion | 2025 | [15] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Ellis, Steven (15 November 2019). "FUTURE WATCH: 10 NHL PROSPECTS THRIVING IN EUROPE IN 2019-20". thehockeynews.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ Nevalainen, Jokke (7 October 2019). "Prospect Ramblings: Thoughts About European Prospects (Oct 7)". dobberprospects.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "Early 2021 NHL draft rankings: Top 32 prospects, including a trio of Michigan stars". ESPN.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Wheeler, Scott (24 July 2021). "The fall from No. 1: Aatu Räty is no longer the 2021 NHL Draft's top prospect, but that isn't the end of his story". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ↑ Buono, Joseph (24 July 2022). "A year later: The ascent of Aatu Räty after his fall at the NHL Draft". Eyes on Isles. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ↑ "Isles, Raty Agree to Three-Year Entry-Level Deal". TSN.ca. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ "Islanders Agree to Terms with Raty on Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ Wright, Cory; Luscher, Rachel (19 April 2022). "Isles Day to Day: Aatu Raty Assigned to Bridgeport". NHL.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ↑ Gorman, Denis P. (23 December 2022). "Raty scores in NHL debut for Islanders in win against Panthers". NHL.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ↑ Flanigan, John (24 December 2022). "Islanders center Aatu Raty buries first career goal in 'surreal' NHL debut". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ "Canucks deal Horvat to Islanders in multi-player deal". 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ Cheung, Izzy (June 2025). "Abbotsford Canucks' Aatu Räty Leaves Game 2 Against Texas Stars". The Hockey News. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ Kuzma, Ben. "Abbotsford Canucks: The journey really was the adventure to capture 2025 Calder Cup crown". The Province. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ Wheeler, Scott (24 July 2021). "The fall from No. 1: Aatu Räty is no longer the 2021 NHL Draft's top prospect, but that isn't the end of his story". The Athletic. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ↑ Kuzma, Ben (23 June 2025). "Abbotsford Canucks: The journey really was the adventure to capture 2025 Calder Cup crown". The Province. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 2002 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Abbotsford Canucks players
- Bridgeport Islanders players
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Finnish ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from Oulu
- Mikkelin Jukurit players
- New York Islanders draft picks
- New York Islanders players
- Oulun Kärpät players
- Vancouver Canucks players