Aki-Petteri Mountain

Aki-Petteri Mountain
Aki-Petteri Berg (right), 2009
Date of birth	July 28, 1977
place of birth	Raisio , Finland
size	192 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	defender
number	# 5
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1995 , 1st round, 3rd position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1993-1995	TPS Turku
1995-1998	Los Angeles Kings
1998-1999	TPS Turku
1999-2001	Los Angeles Kings
2001-2006	Toronto Maple Leafs
2004-2005	Timrå IK
2006-2011	TPS Turku

Aki-Petteri Arvid Berg (born July 28, 1977 in Raisio ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with TPS Turku in the Finnish SM-liiga .

Career

Aki-Petteri Berg began his career as an ice hockey player at TPS Turku , for which he was active in the SM-liiga from 1993 to 1995 . During this time he was once runner-up and once champion with his team. Then the defender was selected in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the third player overall by the Los Angeles Kings . For the Lings he initially ran from 1995 to 1998 in the National Hockey League , as well as from 1995 to 1997 for their farm team , the Phoenix Roadrunners , in the International Hockey League . For the 1998/99 season , the defender returned to his Finnish homeland, where he was again champion with Turku. Then Berg played another year and a half in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings, who gave him to their league rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs , during the 2000/01 season .

For the Canadians, Berg was on the ice for the next five seasons. Only during the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season did the left-shooter play for Timrå IK from the Swedish Elitserien . In the summer of 2006, the Finn finally returned to Turku for the third time, for which he was active in the SM-liiga until the end of the 2010/11 season . The defender, who was temporarily active as team captain of TPS, declared his playing career ended on July 28, 2011 due to a knee injury.

International

For Finland Berg took part in the U18 Junior European Championship in 1995 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 1997 , as well as the World Cup of Hockey 2004 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2006 and 2007 World Championships , as well as at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , 2002 in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin .

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 European Cup win with TPS Turku
• 1994 Finnish runner-up with TPS Turku
• 1995 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 1999 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 2010 Finnish champion with TPS Turku
• 2012 admission to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

International

1995 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship in 1995 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1999 silver medal at the world championship 2000 bronze medal at the world championship 2001 silver medal at the world championship

2004 2nd place at the World Cup of Hockey 2006 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 bronze medal at the world championship 2007 silver medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	9	606	15th	70	85	374
Playoffs	6th	54	1	7th	8th	47

Web links

• Aki-Petteri Berg at hockeydb.com (English)
• Aki-Petteri Berg at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Aki-Petteri Berg at eurohockey.com