Toni Lydman

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Toni Lydman (pronounced "LEWD-MIN"), born September 25, 1977 in Lahti, Finland, is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He has played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and currently the Buffalo Sabres. Lydman was drafted by Calgary in the 4th round, 89th overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent 4 seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga for Tappara in Tampere and HIFK in Helsinki before making his NHL debut for the Flames in the 2000-01 NHL season. His best season came in the 2001-02 NHL season when he scored 28 points with 6 goals and 22 assists, he was tied-5th for his team in assists and 6th in points scoring. In the 2002-03 NHL season, Lydman led his defence in points with 26 and managed to remain injury free the whole season, only missing one game due to illness. Calgary made it to the Stanley Cup finals in the 2003-04 NHL season, but Lydman missed most of their playoff campaign due to injury. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, which wiped out the entire 2004-05 NHL season, Lydman returned to Helsinki for HIFK but only managed to play 8 games. On August 25, 2005, Lydman was traded from Calgary to the Buffalo Sabres for a 3rd round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Awards

• Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenseman in the SM-liiga - 2000

External links

• Toni Lydman on nhlfinns.com