Juhamatti Aaltonen
| Juhamatti Aaltonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.JPG) | |||
| Born |
June 4, 1985 Ii, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Jokerit Oulun Kärpät Lahti Pelicans Metallurg Magnitogorsk Rögle BK | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL draft |
284th overall, 2003 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
Juhamatti Tapio Aaltonen (born June 4, 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Known for his skill and skating speed, Aaltonen was drafted to NHL by St. Louis Blues as the 248 overall in 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
Aaltonen started his professional career with Oulun Kärpät, playing with the team from 2002 to 2009 winning Finnish championship twice. After the years he spent with Kärpät, Aaltonen moved to Lahti to play for Pelicans, where he played his breakthrough year scoring 28 goals and 49 points in 58 games in regular season. He signed a five-year contract with Pelicans, but the contract also gave Aaltonen a possibility to play in other leagues.
This option in his contract was exercised on June 15, 2010, when he was loaned from the Pelicans to Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL.[1] Aaltonen was an integral part of Metallurg's offense in his two seasons in the KHL before he opted to sign with Swedish club, Rögle BK of the then Elitserien on October 15, 2012. He made his debut in Sweden two-days later and in the 2012–13 season, contributed with 31 points in 42 regular season games.
After a season's long return with his original Finnish club, Kärpät, Aaltonen signed for his third Finnish team, and only KHL participant, Jokerit on August 1, 2014.[2]
International play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Finland
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
 |
2014 Sochi | |
| World Championships | ||
 |
2011 Slovakia | |
Following the season 2009–10 season, he was selected to join the Finland men's national ice hockey team and he played at the 2010 IIHF World Championship.[3] He won the World Championship in 2011 IIHF World Championship.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 33 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | SM-l | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 32 | 30 | 15 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | SM-l | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | Jr. A | 34 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | SM-l | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kärpät | SM-l | 50 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kärpät | SM-l | 53 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kärpät | SM-l | 44 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kärpät | SM-l | 53 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Pelicans | SM-l | 58 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 54 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 54 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rögle BK | SEL | 42 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Kärpät | Liiga | 35 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Jokerit | KHL | 48 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 2015–16 | Jokerit | KHL | 45 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Liiga totals | 308 | 84 | 111 | 195 | 204 | 65 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 18 | ||||
| KHL totals | 201 | 67 | 65 | 132 | 90 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Finland | WJC18 | 7th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Finland | WC | 6th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Finland | WC | 
|
9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WC | 4th | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Finland | OG | 
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Finland | WC | 6th | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Senior totals | 38 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 16 | ||||
References
- ^ "Magnitogorsk Metallurg's 2010-11 Roster". hockeydb.com. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Aaltonen agrees to contract with Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
External links
Media related to Juhamatti Aaltonen at Wikimedia Commons
- Juhamatti Aaltonen profile at Eurohockey.com
- Juhamatti Aaltonen career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Juhamatti Aaltonen career statistics at EliteProspects.com
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- 1985 births
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- Lahti Pelicans players
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
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- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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- St. Louis Blues draft picks
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