Dallas Stars forward Joel Kiviranta will miss at least a week due to a lower-body injury, coach Glen Gulutzan said Wednesday. Kiviranta was injured blocking a shot in the Stars' 5-0 home victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday.
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said Wednesday that Joel Kiviranta fit Dallas both as a player and under the salary cap. Nill also called Kiviranta the rally guy in the dressing room.
A familiar face returned to the Dallas Stars during this season’s Free Agency. Joel Kiviranta signed a one-year, $1 million contract on July 1, returning to the organization that gave him his NHL start after three seasons with the Colorado Avalanche.
Joel Kiviranta’s career is headed full circle as he is headed back to play for the Dallas Stars. The veteran forward agreed to a one-year contract with the Stars during free agency.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The opening day of NHL Free Agency has been a good day for reunions, as multiple players have gone back to a club that they’d previously played for in their careers.
The Dallas Stars have brought back forward Joel Kiviranta on a one-year, $1 million contract. Undrafted out of Vantaa, Finland, Kiviranta debuted in the Liiga in 2013 before heading to North America to join the Stars organization in 2019.
The Colorado Avalanche may have finally moved on from one of their worst playoff series losses ever, but the 2025-26 season retrospective has not been finished.
Derek Lee: Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas (lower-body) did take part in their morning skate, and forward Troy Terry (maintenance) didn’t take part.
Anaheim Ducks: Forward Frank Vatrano will miss about the next six weeks with a fractured shoulder. He suffered the injury last Saturday against the LA Kings.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Another player is down in the Mile High City. On Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche announced that forward Joel Kiviranta is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury.
After a career-high in goals, former Dallas Stars forward Joel Kiviranta will return to the Colorado Avalanche, but his shooting percentage hints at possible regression Dallas Stars fans will remember Joel Kiviranta for his time in Victory Green, but he's staying put with a division rival.
A solid forward is staying in the Mile High City. On Friday, the Colorado Avalanche announced that the team has signed forward Joel Kiviranta to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season.
Former Avalanche depth forward remains homeless. Joel Kiviranta currently finds himself without an NHL contract—a state of professional uncertainty that, barring a late opportunity, could well persist into the foreseeable future.
Former Colorado Avalanche forward Joel Kiviranta entered free agency poised to cash in. The 29-year-old, two-way winger recorded a career best 16 goals last season in Colorado in addition to playing a significant role as a penalty killer.
Perhaps no remaining free agent is harder to gauge than forward Joel Kiviranta, who flashed unexpected scoring touch last season with the Colorado Avalanche that vastly deviated from his career norm.
While the weather continues to be warm, that doesn’t mean things are cooling off in the Vancouver Canucks‘ front office. According to Thomas Drance of The Athletic, the Canucks’ management isn’t “off to the cottage” quite yet.
DENVER — Joel Kiviranta has scored a hat trick before. But that was in the playoffs and is one that some of the Avalanche’s longest-tenured players want to erase from their memory.
Suddenly, the 0-4-0 start is nothing but a mere memory. Despite not getting any of their injured forwards back, the Avalanche continued their winning ways on Tuesday, defeating the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on the road to extend their winning streak to three games.
Is Jack Johnson’s time with the Colorado Avalanche over? Their newest signing would seem to indicate there’s a chance that is the case. On Monday, the Avalanche signed 33 year old defenseman Calvin de Haan to a one year, $800,000 contract, according to Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun.
During the regular season, Jared Bednar mentioned multiple times that he didn’t like the way his Avalanche team played coming out of long breaks. His team might just be in the middle of a long break right now.