Olli Maatta finished fifth in Calder Trophy balloting as a rookie with Pittsburgh in 2013-14 and was an integral part of the Penguins defense on Stanley Cup championship teams in 2016 and ‘17.

Olli Maatta is certainly a solid option to have on the back end, as well. He is a strong defender and is adept at digging pucks out of corners to help his team get up the ice.

PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) - Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta suffered a shoulder injury in April last season, fought through it, had off-season surgery and likely will return for the ...

Detroit — Admittedly it does feel like new Red Wings defenseman Olli Maatta has been around forever. But you'd be surprised to learn, no, Maatta hasn't been around for 20 years.

Los Angeles — This has been a little different season for veteran defenseman Olli Maatta. A steady, consistent defensive defenseman who joined the Red Wings in free agency in the summer of 2022 ...

The timeline set for Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta to return from surgery to remove a tumor on his thyroid gland was originally 4-6 weeks. Now, just seven days after the successful surgery ...

Olli Maatta is a professional Finnish ice hockey player who plays as a defenceman for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. Olli was born on August 22, 1994, in Jyväskylä, Finland.

“Olli Maatta will come in and be the hardest working guy in that room,” Lovejoy said. “He will be the first guy to enter the Kings dressing room in the morning.

Olli's been a really big piece for us so far." Maatta hasn't only been a dependable piece on offense. The Blackhawks are trusting him on the defensive end, too.

Defenseman Olli Maatta insists he hasn’t approached the Blackhawks’ playoff games any differently than he approached their regular-season games. But something clearly has changed.

Maatta’s rating is a testament to his defense, as he has scored no points during that stretch. “Olli Maatta, in the last 15, 20 games, has been really, really solid for us,” Yawney said.

Five years after brush with cancer, Olli Maatta still remembers surreal experience Maatta was miraculously back playing less than three weeks after a 2014 operation to remove a cancerous tumor ...