Toni Koivisto

Toni Koivisto
Medal record
Representing Finland
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
IIHF U18 Championships

Toni Koivisto
Toni Koivisto
Born	5 November 1982 (age 42); Ylitornio, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Liiga team; Former teams	Lukko; Ilves; Kärpät; Metallurg Magnitogorsk; Frölunda HC; Luleå HF
National team	Finland
NHL draft	200th overall, 2001; Florida Panthers
Playing career	1999–present

Toni Koivisto (born 5 November 1982 in Ylitornio) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

A native of Ylitornio, Finland, Koivisto moved to Rauma as a teenager in 1998 to play for Lukko, as northern Finland lacked an SM-liiga team at that time. After one year spent with the Lukko junior A team, Koivisto debuted in the SM-liiga in the 1999–2000 season, although he still split his time between the adult and the junior teams. In 2000, Koivisto appeared in the U18 World Championships and won the gold medal with Team Finland. He also represented Finland in the 2001 and 2002 World Junior Championships, coming home with silver and bronze, respectively.

After six mediocre seasons with Lukko, Koivisto moved to Tampere to play for Ilves. In his first season there he reached for the first time the 30 points mark, and the 40 points mark in the two following seasons.

In 2008, Koivisto returned to the north to play for Kärpät, the closest major club to Ylitornio, which had been promoted to SM-liiga in his absence. In Oulu, Koivisto rose to stardom, scoring 62 points in 58 games during both of his two seasons with Kärpät.

Koivisto signed a two-year contract with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL on 26 May 2009.^[1] In his first season with Metallurg in 2009–10, Koivisto struggled offensively scoring only 19 points in 51 games, he forwent his final year and signed a new two-year contract with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien (SEL) on 20 May 2010.^[2]

After scoring only 1 goal in the 2011–12 season's first 17 games, Frölunda and Koivisto decided to split apart on 31 October 2011. He subsequently signed a one-season contract with Luleå HF of the same league (Elitserien) on 6 November 2011, expiring after the end of the 2011–12 season.^[3]^[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999–00	Lukko	SM-l	11	1	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Lukko	SM-l	47	5	1	6	6	2	0	0	0	0
2001–02	Lukko	SM-l	52	4	10	14	8	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Lukko	SM-l	56	7	6	13	16	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Lukko	SM-l	54	4	8	12	57	4	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Lukko	SM-l	56	17	10	27	16	9	1	2	3	2
2005–06	Ilves	SM-l	56	19	13	32	28	1	0	0	0	0
2006–07	Ilves	SM-l	56	21	20	41	16	7	4	4	8	0
2007–08	Ilves	SM-l	45	14	26	40	12	5	0	0	0	2
2008–09	Kärpät	SM-l	58	23	39	62	12	14	6	5	11	2
2009–10	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	51	11	8	19	16	8	1	1	2	2
2010–11	Frölunda HC	SEL	54	14	9	23	12	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Frölunda HC	ET	8	4	6	10	4	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Frölunda HC	SEL	17	1	0	1	6	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Frölunda HC	ET	8	4	2	6	4	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Luleå HF	SEL
2011–12	Luleå HF	ET	—	—	—	—	—
SM-l Totals			491	115	133	248	173	42	11	11	22	6
KHL Totals			51	11	8	19	16	8	1	1	2	2
SEL Totals			71	15	9	24	18	—	—	—	—	—
ET Totals			16	8	8	16	8	—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000	Finland	WJC18	7	0	3	3	0
2001	Finland	WJC	7	0	1	1	0
2002	Finland	WJC	7	3	4	7	2
Junior international totals			21	3	8	11	2

References

^ Pettersson, Robert (26 May 2009). "Finnish offensive star for Magnitogorsk" (in Swedish). hockeysverige.se. Retrieved 25 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Gyllander, Peter (20 May 2010). "Mäenpää, Koivisto, Wallén och Hedman klara". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). frolundaindians.com. Retrieved 20 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Gyllander, Peter (31 October 2011). "Frölunda och Koivisto överens". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). frolundaindians.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Hedlund, Robert (6 November 2011). "Luleå Hockey värvar finskt". Luleå HF (in Swedish). luleahockey.se. Retrieved 6 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] Pettersson, Robert (26 May 2009). "Finnish offensive star for Magnitogorsk" (in Swedish). hockeysverige.se. Retrieved 25 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] Gyllander, Peter (20 May 2010). "Mäenpää, Koivisto, Wallén och Hedman klara". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). frolundaindians.com. Retrieved 20 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Gyllander, Peter (31 October 2011). "Frölunda och Koivisto överens". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). frolundaindians.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] Hedlund, Robert (6 November 2011). "Luleå Hockey värvar finskt". Luleå HF (in Swedish). luleahockey.se. Retrieved 6 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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