Ville Peltonen
| Ville Peltonen | |
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| Born | May 24, 1973 Vantaa, Finland |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| SM-liiga team Former teams |
HIFK San Jose Sharks Nashville Predators Florida Panthers Jokerit Frölunda HC HC Lugano HC Dynamo Minsk |
| National team |  Finland |
| NHL Draft | 58th overall, 1993 San Jose Sharks |
| Playing career | 1991–present |
| Medal record | ||
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 Peltonen at the 2008 IIHF World Championship |
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Competitor for Finland |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2008 Canada | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2007 Russia | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 2006 Latvia | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 2000 Russia | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1999 Norway | Ice Hockey |
| Silver | 1998 Switzerland | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1995 Sweden | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1994 Italy | Ice hockey |
| World Cup | ||
| Silver | 2004 World Cup of Hockey | Ice hockey |
Ville Peltonen (born May 24, 1973) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the HIFK of the SM-liiga . He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
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[edit] Playing career
Peltonen started his professional career with HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga. He showed great talent in 3 complete seasons with HIFK and left the team to play in the NHL for the San Jose Sharks in 1995, but after two seasons there he returned to Europe. After a year with Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien, Peltonen returned to the United States to play for the Nashville Predators, it was short lived, however. His career continued with a two-season stint with Jokerit before heading to Swiss league. Peltonen played three outstanding seasons for HC Lugano, earning him a place in Finland's 2004 World Cup of Hockey and 2006 Olympic teams. Playing well together with Olli Jokinen in those aforementioned tournaments, Peltonen signed to a 1-year contract with the Florida Panthers in the NHL. After 2006–07 season, his first with the Panthers, Peltonen was offered a 2-year extension, which he accepted. On 2 August 2009 HC Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League signed him from Florida Panthers. In September Ville Peltonen was chosen as the new captain of Dynamo Minsk.
[edit] International play
Peltonen has represented Finland in international play on several occasions, most memorably in the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships; Peltonen scored a hat trick in the final game against Sweden, which Finland won 4–1 to come away with their first World Championship victory. He played on the Finnish first line with Saku Koivu and Jere Lehtinen; all three were named tournament all-stars. Peltonen also has been named World Championships -all-star 1998 and 2004. He was a member of the silver medal winning Finnish ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Peltonen was chosen as Finland's flag-bearer for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Peltonen became one of 6 hockey players in Olympic history to win 4 medals when Finland defeated Slovakia 5-3 in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 27, 2010. Peltonen has played in Finland National team as many as 255 times; scoring 79 goals and 100 assists. Ville Peltonen is by far the best Finnish hockey player with 13 medals from his 19 tournaments. The next best medalrecord is nine.
Played for Finland in 19 tournaments (4 Olympics, 13 World Championships, 2 World Cup):
- 1994 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)
- 1994 World Championships (silver medal)
- 1995 World Championships (gold medal)
- 1996 World Championships
- 1996 World Cup of Hockey
- 1997 World Championships
- 1998 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)
- 1998 World Championships (silver medal)
- 1999 World Championships (silver medal)
- 2000 World Championships (bronze medal)
- 2003 World Championships
- 2004 World Championships
- 2004 World Cup of Hockey (silver medal)
- 2005 World Championships
- 2006 Winter Olympics (silver medal)
- 2006 World Championships (bronze medal)
- 2007 World Championships (silver medal)
- 2008 World Championships (bronze medal)
- 2010 Winter Olympics (bronze medal)
[edit] Awards
- Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy for best rookie in the SM-liiga - 1993
- Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament All-Star - 1995, 1998, 2004
- Raimo Kilpiö trophy for gentleman player - 2003, 2011
- SM-league Championship - 2002 Jokerit
- NLA-league Championship - 2006 HC Lugano
- Leading scorer Swedish Elitserien - 1998
- Leading scorer Swiss NLA-league - 2004
- President's Trophy - 2005
- SM-league Championship - 2011 HIFK Kanada-malja
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 46 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 43 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 45 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 29 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 31 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 40 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 45 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 79 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 53 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 30 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 49 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Lugano | Nationalliga A | 48 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Lugano | Nationalliga A | 44 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Lugano | Nationalliga A | 39 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 8 | ||
| 2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 72 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 56 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 79 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Dynamo Minsk | KHL | 51 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 54 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||
| NHL totals | 382 | 52 | 96 | 148 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 51 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SM-liiga totals | 273 | 111 | 136 | 247 | 84 | 36 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | ||||
[edit] International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | P | PIM | |
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| 1993 | Finland | WJC | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1994 | Finland | Oly | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Finland | WC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1995 | Finland | WC | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | |
| 1996 | Finland | WC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1996 | Finland | WCp | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1997 | Finland | WC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Finland | Oly | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Finland | WC | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
| 1999 | Finland | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Finland | WC | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Finland | WC | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Finland | WC | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Finland | WCp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Finland | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Finland | Oly | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| 2006 | Finland | WC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2007 | Finland | WC | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Finland | WC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Senior international totals (OG, WC, WCp) | 137 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 62 | |||
[edit] References
- Ville Peltonen's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Ville Peltonen on nhlfinns.com
| Preceded by Petri Varis |
Winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy 1992–93 |
Succeeded by Juha Lind |
| Preceded by Vesa Viitakoski |
Winner of the Raimo Kilpiö trophy 2002–03 |
Succeeded by Kimmo Kuhta |
| Preceded by Päivi Halonen |
Winner of the President's Trophy 2004–05 |
Succeeded by Erkka Westerlund |
- 1973 births
- Finnish ice hockey players
- Finnish ice hockey world championship gold medalists
- Florida Panthers players
- Frölunda HC players
- HC Dinamo Minsk players
- HIFK players
- Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Jokerit players
- Kansas City Blades players
- Kentucky Thoroughblades players
- Living people
- Nashville Predators players
- Nationalliga A players
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- People from Vantaa
- San Jose Sharks draft picks
- San Jose Sharks players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
