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Eli Tolvanens Photo: Nashville “Predators”
The Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL) have extended their contract with 22-year-old Finnish hockey player Eli Tolvanen, the unit reports.
The new contract is for three years, worth $ 13.05 million or $ 4.35 million per season, according to the club’s website.
Last season’s striker started the Continental Hockey League (KHL) Helsinki Jokerit, where he scored five goals in 25 games and scored eight assists, while shortly before the start of the NHL season, he returned to Nashville with 22 (11 + 11) points in 40 matches. the seventh most successful hockey player in the “Predators” team.
For Tolvanen, it was his first full season in the NHL, having previously spent two seasons with the American Hockey League (AHL) in the Milwaukee Admirals. Tolvanen started talking about NHL level players in 2017/2018. In the 2006 season, when he scored 19 goals and 17 assists in 49 games in the Jokerit ranks, he scored six goals and one pass in 11 play-offs, but this performance was not enough to win the KHL Best Debut Award. .
In 2016, he became the world champion in the U18 age group with the Finnish national team, and in 2019 – in the U20 age group. As an adult, he participated in the Pyongyang Olympic Games and the 2018 World Championships.
