Antti Aalto (ice hockey player)
 Antti Aalto 
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| Date of birth | March 4th 1975 |
| place of birth | Lappeenranta , Finland |
| size | 186 cm |
| Weight | 92 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1993 , 6th round, 134th position Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Career stations | |
| 1991-1993 | SaiPa Lappeenranta |
| 1993-1997 | TPS Turku |
| 1997-2001 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| 2001-2003 | Jokerit Helsinki |
| 2003-2006 | TPS Turku |
Antti Sami Aalto (born March 4, 1975 in Lappeenranta ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League from 1991 to 2006 .
Career
Antti Aalto began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with SaiPa Lappeenranta , for which he was active in the I Divisioona from 1991 to 1993 . He was then selected in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round as a total of 134 players by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . First, however, he played for four years for TPS Turku in the SM-liiga , with which he was Finnish champion for the first time in 1995 and runner-up in 1994, 1996 and 1997. In addition, the attacker and his team won the European Cup in 1994 and the European Hockey League in 1997 .
In the 1997/98 season , Aalto finally made his debut for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League , for which he was on the ice in the following four seasons as well as for their farm team , the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks from American Hockey League . In the summer of 2001, the left-shooter returned to his Finnish homeland, where he received a contract with Jokerit Helsinki , with whom he became champion in the 2001/02 season and won the IIHF Continental Cup in 2003 . After two years at Jokerit, Aalto was signed by his ex-club TPS Turku, with whom he was runner-up again in the 2003/04 season and where he ended his career in the summer of 2006.
International
For Finland , Aalto took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1994 and 1995 , as well as the World Championships in 1997 , 2000 and 2002 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 2000 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1991/92 | Saimaan Pallo U20 | Jr. A I-divisioona | 13 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 38 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 6th | ||
| 1991/92 | Saimaan Pallo | I-divisioona | 20th | 6th | 6th | 12 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992/93 | Saimaan Pallo U18 | Jr. B SM-sarja | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992/93 | Saimaan Pallo U20 | Jr. A I-divisioona | 3 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992/93 | Saimaan Pallo | I-divisioona | 23 | 6th | 8th | 14th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992/93 | Turun Palloseura U20 | Jr. A SM liiga | 14th | 6th | 8th | 14th | 18th | 6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 8th | ||
| 1992/93 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | Turun Palloseura U20 | Jr. A SM liiga | 10 | 3 | 8th | 11 | 14th | 5 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1993/94 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 33 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
| 1993/94 | Kiekko-67 Turku | I-divisioona | 4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Turun Palloseura U20 | Jr. A SM liiga | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 44 | 11 | 7th | 18th | 18th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1994/95 | Kiekko-67 Turku | I-divisioona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 40 | 15th | 16 | 31 | 22nd | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 14th | ||
| 1995/96 | Kiekko-67 Turku | I-divisioona | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 44 | 15th | 19th | 34 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 6th | 11 | 31 | ||
| 1997/98 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 29 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 73 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 24 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1999/00 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 63 | 7th | 11 | 18th | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 40 | 14th | 26th | 40 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2001/02 | Jokerite | SM-liiga | 48 | 8th | 21st | 29 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 8th | 9 | 12 | ||
| 2002/03 | Jokerite | SM-liiga | 44 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26th | ||
| 2003/04 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 50 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2004/05 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 37 | 9 | 18th | 27 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Turun Palloseura | SM-liiga | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| AHL total | 69 | 18th | 35 | 53 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| I-divisioona total | 50 | 14th | 19th | 33 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| SM-liiga total | 345 | 87 | 134 | 221 | 329 | 72 | 14th | 31 | 45 | 99 | ||||
| NHL overall | 151 | 11 | 17th | 28 | 52 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Antti Aalto at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Antti Aalto at hockeydb.com (English)
- Antti Aalto at eurohockey.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aalto, Antti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aalto, Antti Sami (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lappeenranta , Finland |