Toni Dahlman
Toni Dahlman (born September 3 1979, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators as their 9th round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 286th overall.
Playing career
Dahlman began playing hockey in the first division Kiekko-Kissat in the 1996-97 season, and moved on to the Jokerit junior team, and eventually to Jokerit for the 1998-99 season. In 2000 Dahlman transferred to Ilves and went on to win the bronze medal and the 2001 Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as best rookie.
Dahlman returned to Finland for the 2003-04 season and represented Ilves in a total of 41 games, scoring 9 goals and 18 assists. He returned to Jokerit for the 2004-05 season, where he scored 16 goals and 7 assists, sharing the top goal scorer spot on his team with Glen Metropolit and Marko Jantunen. Jokerit won the silver medal that season.
Dahlman played two seasons in North America, 2001-02 with the Grand Rapids Griffins and ten games with the Ottawa Senators. In the 2002-03 season, Dahlman played for the Ottawa and Binghamton Senators. Over his 22 NHL games Dahlman only scored one goal and assist.
Awards
- 2001 - Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as best rookie in the SM-liiga
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Ilves | SM-liiga | 56 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2001-02 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 59 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2002-03 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Ilves | SM-liiga | 41 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 56 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2005-06 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 54 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
International play
Dahlman represented Finland in the IIHF 1998 under-20's world championships where they won the gold medal. He played in six games and scored two goals.
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