Aarne Talvitie Season 2020-21

2020-21 • JUNIOR SEASON

Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten Honoree.

Season: Skated in 21 games finishing fifth on the team in scoring with 13 points on a career-best seven goals and six assists...Signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils in March 2021.

at Wisconsin (11/23): Registered one assist. Michigan (12/3): Tallied two goals for the first multi-goal game of his career in a 9-5 victory. Arizona State (12/13): Scored one goal in a 5-4 win. at Ohio State (1/8): Recorded one goal while adding one assist in a 6-3 loss. at Ohio State (1/9): Added one assist in a 5-2 win. Michigan State (1/16): Recorded one goal with one assist in a 3-1 win. Wisconsin (1/22): Tied his career-high with three points after two goals and one assist in a 5-4 win.

2019-20 • SOPHOMORE SEASON

Awards: Named a 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten Honoree.

Season: Skated in 30 games scoring six goals while adding 13 assists for 19 points...Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sacred Heart (10/11-10/12): Opened season with a goal and assist...added an assist in game two to help secure the series sweep. Alaska (10/17): Scored a goal in a 7-0 shutout. Wisconsin (10/31): Recorded one goal and two assists in series opener to tie his career-high for points in a game. Michigan State (11/9): Collected a pair of assists in a 6-4 victory. at Minnesota (11/15): Registered a goal and two assists in an 8-2 win. at Merrimack (11/29): Added an assist in a 7-0 shutout. at Notre Dame (12/13): Recorded a goal and an assist in 4-2 triumph. at Ohio State (2/8): Tallied an assist in a 6-3 victory. at Wisconsin (2/15): Collected an assist in a 3-2 win. Minnesota (2/21): Scored a goal and added an assist for his 10th career multi-point game.

2018-19 • FRESHMAN SEASON

Season: Captained the Finnish National Team to a gold medal in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championships in Victoria/Vancouver, British Columbia...Sustained a season-ending injury during the gold medal game and missed the entire second half of the Penn State season...Scored five goals with 11 assists for 16 points in first 17 games of season.

No. 17 Clarkson (10/12): Registered his first collegiate point with an assist before scoring the game-winning goal for his first NCAA tally. Niagara (11/19-11/20): Notched an assist in each game during a weekend sweep. No. 13 Princeton (10/26): Registered one assist in a 4-2 victory. Arizona State (11/2): Recorded one assist in 6-5 victory. Robert Morris (11/9-11/10): Marked a career-high with three points (1G, 2A) in game one before...Added two assists in game two during weekend sweep. No. 16 Michigan (11/17): Notched a goal during a 7-6 overtime victory. at No. 5 Ohio State (11/23-11/24): Recorded one assist in game one and one goal in game two of a weekend split. No. 5 Notre Dame (12/7-12/8): Registered one goal in game one and one assist in game two of a weekend split.

BEFORE PENN STATE

Drafted in the sixth round, 160th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft…Served as team captain of Espoo Blues U20 team in Finland’s Jr. A SM-liiga in 2017-18...Registered 58 points (34G, 24A) in 41 games while compiling a plus-31 rating…Skated in 94 games for the Blues U20 team over two seasons (2016-2018), scoring 100 points (50G, 50A)…Was also a three-year member of the Junior National Team of Finland...Captained his squad to a silver medal in the 2016 World Championships...Scored four goals with three assists for seven points in seven games.

PERSONAL

Full name is Aarne Tuomas Talvitie...Son of Tuija and Tuomas Talvitie...Has an older brother Otso...Majoring in labor employment relations...Born on February 11, 1998, in Espoo, Finland.