Juhamatti Aaltonen

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Juhamatti Aaltonen
Juhamatti Aaltonen
Born	4 June 1985 (age 38); Ii, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
SHL team; Former teams	Skellefteå AIK; Oulun Kärpät; Lahti Pelicans; Metallurg Magnitogorsk; Rögle BK; Jokerit; Helsinki IFK
National team	Finland
NHL draft	284th overall, 2003; St. Louis Blues
Playing career	2004–present

Juhamatti Tapio Aaltonen (born 4 June 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. Known for his skill and skating speed, Aaltonen was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as the 248th selection overall in the 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 15 June 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 15 October 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 1 August 2014.^[2] After Jokerit he had a season with Helsinki IFK in Liiga moving to SHL and Rögle for 2017-18.

International play

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. He also played in the 2014 Winter Olympics, scoring the game-tying goal against Russia in the quarterfinal and went on to win bronze.

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. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Aaltonen agrees to contract with Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014. {{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.

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[1] "Magnitogorsk Metallurg's 2010-11 Roster". hockeydb.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Aaltonen agrees to contract with Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.

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