The Pittsburgh Penguins confirmed that the Finnish striker Oula Service has made the club with a NHL-contract.Oula Palven and the Pittsburgh agreement made with the official seal. Jaakko Stenroos / AOP

NHL Pittsburgh Penguins confirmed on its website that the SM-league star Oula Service is made with the club of a player contract. The attacker’s two-way contract covers next season. The contract was practically known for easter time, but now the Penguins confirmed it officially.

Service, 27, bang SM-league regular season season TPS fierce power. 53 match the generated points 16+35=51. Previously, keuruu kind is represented by the SM league JYP structures and HPK.

the centre of the plot comfortable, Service is quite myöhäisherännäinen for season 2015-16 man faces a mestizo of Jukureissa. NHL-unallocated Service blossomed when nykyluotsi Antti Pennanen take the eev command of season 2016-17.

the SM-league finals play for the HPK is Pennanen’s command brought other players to the star map in almost total obscurity. Good examples are Palven in addition to, say, Petteri Nikkilä , Teemu Turunen or Jere Innale .

Palven new employer Penguins in the NHL season ended in devastating disappointment. Success accustomed to the group fell to the continuation for the playoffs in the opening round, when the New York Islanders beat penguins to a clean 4-0-voitoin. In the company of played in this season, the two Finnish players, the defenders of Olli Määttä and Juuso Riikola .