Tero Lehterä
Date of birth | April 21, 1972 |
place of birth | Espoo , Finland |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 87 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1994 , 10th round, 235th position Florida Panthers |
Career stations | |
1989-1994 | Espoo Blues |
1994-1995 | Malmo Redhawks |
1995-1997 | Jokerite |
1997-1998 | Espoo Blues |
1998-1999 | Fort Wayne Comet |
1999-2000 | Jokerite |
2000-2001 | Tappara Tampere |
2001-2002 | Espoo Blues |
2002-2003 | HPK Hämeenlinna |
2003-2005 | Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk |
2005 |
HC Salamat Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
2005-2006 |
EHC Basel Foxes Duisburg |
2006-2007 |
HC Ambrì-Piotta Odense IK |
Coaching stations | |
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2011-2013 | Espoo Blues (U18) |
2013-2015 | Espoo Blues (U20) |
2015-2016 | Espoo Blues (assistant coach) |
since 2017 | Saimaan Pallo |
Tero Juhani Lehterä (born April 21, 1972 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach who has been the head coach of Saimaan Pallo from the Liiga since 2017 . During his active career from 1989 to 2007 he played for the Espoo Blues , Jokerit and HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM-liiga , the Malmö Redhawks in the Elitserien and the Füchse Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League . His nephew Jori is also a hockey player.
Career
Tero Lehterä began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Espoo Blues , for which he made his debut in the second-rate I divisioona in the 1989/90 season and with whom he rose to the SM-liiga in 1992 . In the 1994/95 season he played for the reigning Swedish champions Malmö Redhawks in the Elitserien . Previously, he was selected in the tenth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 235 players by the Florida Panthers , for whom he never played. From 1995 to 1997, the attacker played for Jokerit , with whom he was Finnish champion in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons , and won the European Cup in 1996 .
After a year with the Espoo Blues Lehterä was in the 1998/99 season for the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League on the ice. He then returned to his Finnish homeland, where he was runner-up in 2000 with his ex-club Jokerit and in 2001 with Tappara Tampere . This was followed by one season each at his home club Espoo Blues, as well as at HPK Hämeenlinna , with which the left-handed shooter took third place in the SM-liiga in 2003, before he played for Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the Russian super league from 2003 to 2005 , with Lehterä the season 2004/05 in the Mestis at HC Salamat , as well as in the Wysschaja Liga at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod .
During the 2005/06 season, the Finn played for EHC Basel in the Swiss National League A , and the Füchse Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League , with both teams only being promoted to the respective league in the previous year. After 18 years, he ended his career in 2007 in the Swiss National League A at HC Ambrì-Piotta , and in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen at Odense IK .
Between 2011 and 2013 Lehterä initially worked as the head coach of the U18 team at the Espoo Blues before coaching the U20 team in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons. In the 2015/16 season, the Finn was the assistant coach of the professional team in the Liiga behind the gang.
He has been the head coach of Saimaan Pallo from the Liiga since 2017 .
International
For Finland Lehterä took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1991 and 1992 . He was also in the squad for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and the 1995 World Cup .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1994 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1995 gold medal at the world championship
Web links
- Tero Lehterä at hockeydb.com (English)
- Tero Lehterä at eurohockey.com
- Tero Lehterä in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lehtera, Tero |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehterä, Tero Juhani; Lethera, Tero |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Espoo , Finland |