Oula Palve

Oula Palve (born 19 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
==Playing career==
Undrafted, Palve made his SM-liiga debut playing with JYP Jyväskylä during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.
In the 2018–19 season, Palve established a new career bests in the Liiga with 16 goals and 51 points in 53 games for TPS.
On 22 April 2019, Palve signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. The deal will carry an NHL salary of $700K (the league minimum) as well as a maximum $92.5K signing bonus and games played incentives of up to $132.5K.
After attending his first training camp with the Penguins, Palve was assigned to begin the 2019–20 season in the AHL with affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Palve struggled to find his offensive game with Wilkes-Barre, posting just 1 goal and 8 points in 37 games. On 17 January 2020, Palve was traded mid-season by the Penguins to the Dallas Stars in exchange for John Nyberg. He was assigned to the Stars' AHL affiliate and namesake, the Texas Stars, for the remainder of the season.
With his lone season in North America complete due to the cancellation of the season with COVID-19, Palve opted to return to Europe in agreeing to a two-year contract with Swedish club, Linköping HC of the SHL, on 28 April 2020.
==Personal life==
In 2021, Palve became engaged to former The Bachelor contestant Haley Ferguson. They married on June 11, 2022 .
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2009–10 	JYP Jyväskylä 	Jr. A 		14 	0 	2 	2 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	JYP Jyväskylä 	Jr. A 		32 	18 	22 	40 	36 		9 	4 	9 	13 	8
2010–11 	D Team 	Mestis 		13 	1 	0 	1 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	JYP Jyväskylä 	Jr. A 		3 	0 	2 	2 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	JYP-Akatemia 	Mestis 		44 	12 	7 	19 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	JYP Jyväskylä 	Jr. A 		6 	4 	1 	5 	6 		6 	3 	3 	6 	16
2012–13 	JYP Jyväskylä 	SM-l 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	JYP-Akatemia 	Mestis 		40 	13 	23 	36 	24 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	JYP-Akatemia 	Mestis 		43 	10 	17 	27 	24 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	JYP Jyväskylä 	Liiga 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Jukurit 	Mestis 		7 	2 	3 	5 	2 		19 	1 	9 	10 	6
2014–15 	Jukurit 	Mestis 		49 	20 	32 	52 	12 		13 	4 	7 	11 	14
2015–16 	Jukurit 	Mestis 		43 	32 	39 	71 	22 		16 	6 	8 	14 	4
2016–17 	HPK 	Liiga 		53 	5 	17 	22 	28 		7 	0 	2 	2 	8
2017–18 	HPK 	Liiga 		50 	13 	31 	44 	65 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2017–18 	TPS 	Liiga 		5 	1 	5 	6 	2 		11 	4 	8 	12 	6
2018–19 	TPS 	Liiga 		53 	16 	35 	51 	79 		5 	1 	3 	4 	2
2019–20 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 		37 	1 	7 	8 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2019–20 	Texas Stars 	AHL 		23 	2 	3 	5 	23 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Linköping HC 	SHL 		31 	3 	9 	12 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Brynäs IF 	SHL 		25 	7 	7 	14 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2021–22 	Brynäs IF 	SHL 		50 	11 	24 	35 	18 		3 	0 	1 	1 	4
Liiga totals	Liiga totals 	Liiga totals		165 	35 	88 	123 	174 		23 	5 	13 	18 	16
SHL totals 	SHL totals 	SHL totals 		106 	21 	40 	61 	52 		3 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year 	
Mestis 	Mestis 	Mestis
Champion (Jukurit) 	2015, 2016	
Best Forward 	2016 	
First All-Star Team	2016 	
Golden Puck 	2016 	
==References==
==External links==
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