Antero Lehtonen
Date of birth | April 12, 1954 |
place of birth | Tampere , Finland |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 84 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1971-1976 | Tappara Tampere |
1976-1988 | TPS Turku |
1978-1979 | Tappara Tampere |
1979-1980 | Washington Capitals |
1980-1981 | Tappara Tampere |
1981-1984 | TPS Turku |
1984-1987 | JYP HT |
Antero Lehtonen (born April 12, 1954 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League from 1971 to 1987 . His brother Erkki Lehtonen was also a professional ice hockey player.
Career
Antero Lehtonen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at Tappara Tampere , for whose professional team he was active from 1971 to 1976, first in the SM-sarja and from 1975 in their successor league SM-liiga . With Tappara he won the Finnish championship in the 1974/75 season and was runner-up in 1974 and 1976 with his team. The winger then moved to Tappara's league rivals TPS Turku , with whom he was defeated by his ex-club Tappara in the playoff final in the 1976/77 season. After he had spent the 1978/79 season again in Tampere with Tappara, with whom he was champion for the second time, he signed on September 16, 1979 a contract as a free agent with the Washington Capitals from the National Hockey League . For this he came in the 1979/80 season to nine goals and twelve templates in 65 NHL games. In addition, he was in four games for their farm team , the Hershey Bears from the American Hockey League , on the ice.
After a year in North America, Lehtonen returned to his home club Tappara Tampere, with whom he was runner-up again in 1981. This was followed by another three years at TPS Turku and another runner-up in the 1981/82 season. Finally, the former Finnish international joined the second division JYP HT , with whom he rose straight away in 1985 to the SM-liiga. At JYP he ended his career at the age of 33 following the 1986/87 season.
International
For Finland Lehtonen took part in the Junior World Championships 1974 , as well as the A-World Championships in 1977 , 1979 and 1981 . At world championships he scored four goals in 25 games in the senior division and gave seven assists.
Achievements and Awards
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statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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NHL Regular Season | 1 | 65 | 9 | 12 | 21st | 14th |
NHL playoffs | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SM liiga main round | 10 | 347 | 182 | 113 | 295 | 239 |
SM liiga playoffs | 8th | 57 | 29 | 18th | 47 | 38 |
Web links
- Antero Lehtonen at hockeydb.com (English)
- Antero Lehtonen at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Antero Lehtonen at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lehtonen, Antero |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampere , Finland |