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Juuso Riikola • D
Status:Unrestricted free agent
Ht/Wt:6'0", 189 lbs.
Born:Nov 9, 1993 (30 yrs) in Joensuu, FIN
Experience:4 years
Drafted:Signed by Pittsburgh in 2018.
Shoots:L
Movements & Injuries
2022
5/25/2022 Signed with the IK Oskarshamn of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe2).
2/02/2022 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
2/01/2022 Placed on the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1/17/2022 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
1/09/2022 Placed on the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1/08/2022 Activated from the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2021
12/28/2021 Placed on the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
11/14/2021 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
11/12/2021 Recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) on an emergency basis.
11/11/2021 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
10/23/2021 Recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
10/09/2021 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
10/08/2021 Placed on waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
5/09/2021 Activated from the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
4/12/2021 Placed on the taxi squad by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
4/10/2021 Placed on waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
3/09/2021 Missed 20 games (upper body injury).
1/27/2021 Upper body injury, injured reserve.
1/21/2021 Upper body injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2020
9/05/2020 Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a two-year contract extension.
2019
5/30/2019 Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year contract extension.
4/16/2019 Recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
3/20/2019 Assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
2018
5/18/2018 Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year entry-level contract.
Career Transactions
2018
5/18/2018 Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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