{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player (born 2001)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Mikael Pyyhtiä | image = Mikael Pyyhtiä.jpg | image_size = | caption = Pyyhtiä in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Turku, Finland | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 166 | shoots=Left | position = Left wing | team = Columbus Blue Jackets | league = NHL | prospect_team = Cleveland Monsters | prospect_league = AHL | former_teams = | ntl_team = FIN | draft = 114th overall | draft_year = 2020 | draft_team = Columbus Blue Jackets | career_start = 2019 }} '''Mikael Pyyhtiä''' (born 17 December 2001) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player for the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.is.fi/urheilu/art-2000010342915.html | title=Dallasin voittoputki päättyi nolosti – Mikael Pyyhtiä avasi kauden pistetilinsä NHL:ssä | date=7 April 2024}}</ref>

==Playing career== Pyyhtiä was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL entry draft and signed a three-year, entry-level contract in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/cbj-sign-f-mikael-pyyhtia-to-three-year-entry-level-contract/c-333789786|title=CBJ sign F Mikael Pyyhtia to three-year entry level contract|website=NHL.com|publisher=Columbus Blue Jackets|date=May 5, 2022|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> He made his NHL debut on 13 April 2023 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, recording an assist.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/blue-jackets-add-mikael-pyyhtia-on-emergency-recall | title=Blue Jackets add Mikael Pyyhtia on emergency recall &#124; Columbus Blue Jackets | date=13 March 2024}}</ref>

On 13 August 2025, Pyyhtiä as a restricted free agent was re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Blue Jackets for the {{nhly|2025}} season.<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/blue-jackets-sign-forward-mikael-pyyhtia | title = Blue Jackets sign forward Mikael Pyyhtia to a one-year contract | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | date = 13 August 2025 | accessdate = 13 August 2025 }}</ref>

==Personal life== His younger brother Niklas is a professional footballer,<ref>[https://www.jalkipeli.net/kolme-kertaa-pyyhtia-pyyhtia-ja-pyyhtia-veljesten-sukunimi-kannattaa-laittaa-muistiin/ Kolme kertaa Pyyhtiä, Pyyhtiä ja Pyyhtiä – veljesten sukunimi kannattaa laittaa muistiin], jalkipeli.net, 21 January 2021</ref> his older brother Tuomas is an amateur ice hockey player<ref>[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/396978/tuomas-pyyhtia Tuomas Pyyhtiä], eliteprospects.com</ref> and their father Tomi is a former footballer.<ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/a/093834b1-c27a-4437-b50d-69a021c17d99 Sukunimi mieleen: Nuorten Leijonien MM-ryhmässä on iso yllättäjä, veli pelaa Veikkausliigassa], Iltalehti, 17 December 2020</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2018–19 | HC TPS | U20 | 30 || 7 || 9 || 16 || 25 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | HC TPS | U20 | 42 || 11 || 30 || 41 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2019–20 | HC TPS | Liiga | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | HC TPS | U20 | 16 || 9 || 10 || 19 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2020–21 | HC TPS | Liiga | 35 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 4 | 13 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | HC TPS | Liiga | 56 || 21 || 14 || 35 || 6 | 18 || 8 || 5 || 13 || 8 |- | 2022–23 | HC TPS | Liiga | 47 || 7 || 13 || 20 || 16 | 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 7 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2022–23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023–24 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 60 || 7 || 21 || 28 || 6 | 13 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0 |- | 2023–24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 17 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 47 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2024–25 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 28 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 2 | 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! 140 !! 31 !! 32 !! 63 !! 26 ! 34 !! 9 !! 11 !! 20 !! 12 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 66 !! 4 !! 6 !! 10 !! 8 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |} {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalSport| Ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{ihj|FIN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Canada|}} {{MedalBottom}}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2021 | Finland | WJC | {{bronze3}} | 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2025 | Finland | WC | 7th | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4 | Junior totals ! 7 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4 | Senior totals ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}

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