Peter Ahola

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FinlandFinland  Peter Ahola Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 14, 1968
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1989 Kiekko-Espoo
1989-1991 Boston University
1991-1992 Los Angeles Kings
1992-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins
1993 San Jose Sharks
1993-1994 Saint John Flames
1994-1995 Kiekko-Espoo
1995-1997 HIFK Helsinki
1997-1999 TPS Turku
1999-2001 Espoo Blues
2001-2003 Södertälje SK

Peter Kristian Ahola (born May 14, 1968 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and official as well as current scout , who in the course of his active career between and among others 129 games for the Los Angeles Kings , Pittsburgh Penguins , San Jose Sharks and Calgary Flames has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Further stations were Espoo Blues , HIFK Helsinki and TPS Turku in the Finnish SM-liiga and Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien . Since 2016 he has worked as a scout for the Vegas Golden Knights from the NHL.

Career

Ahola began his career in his hometown at Kiekko-Espoo , where he first went through the club's junior teams. In the 1987/88 season he was first used in the professional team, which at that time was third class and played in the II-divisioona . Likewise after the promotion to the I-divisioona , the second division, a year later. In the summer of 1989, the defender went to North America and began studying at Boston University , where he also played for the university team in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

After two years there, the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League signed the undrafted free agent . In his first year, in the 1991/92 season , the Finn made 71 games in the NHL, but was also used in seven games in the lower class International Hockey League with the Phoenix Roadrunners . Nevertheless, the Kings gave him in November 1992 at the beginning of the 1992/93 game year to the Pittsburgh Penguins . After only about four months they sent him back to California, this time to the San Jose Sharks , where Ahola ended the season. In the summer, the Sharks transferred him for Dave Capuano to the Tampa Bay Lightning , which in turn gave him over to the Calgary Flames in October without he had even played a game for them. So the Finn accomplished the feat of being signed to five different NHL franchises in eleven months . In the 1993/94 season he came only to two missions with the Calgary Flames and was mainly used in their farm team in the American Hockey League , the Saint John Flames . Also due to the lockout postponement of the start of the season of the NHL game year 1994/95 in the NHL, Ahola returned to his Finnish homeland.

There he initially ran again for his home club Kiekko-Espoo, before moving to HIFK Helsinki for the 1995/96 season within the league . After two years there followed two seasons each with TPS Turku , with whom he became Finnish champions in spring 1999 , and his home club, which had been renamed Espoo Blues . For the 2001/02 season , the defender moved again abroad. At Södertälje SK from the Swedish Elitserien , he let his career end, which he ended after the 2002/03 season at the age of 35.

After his active career, Ahola initially worked from 2004 to 2006 as a scout for the European player market with the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League. From 2012 to 2016, the Finn was again employed by the Espoo Blues and acted as the club's sports director in the 2015/16 season after previously working as assistant to the general manager . Since the summer of 2016, Ahola has been working again as a scout in the NHL, where he is responsible for the European scouting division of the Vegas Golden Knights .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Kiekko-Espoo U20 A-Jr.SM-liiga 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Kiekko-Espoo U20 A-Jr.SM-liiga 33 6th 12 18th 97 - - - - -
1987/88 Kiekko-Espoo U20 A-Jr.SM-liiga 7th 3 0 3 18th - - - - -
1987/88 Kiekko-Espoo II-divisioona 28 6th 10 16 44 - - - - -
1988/89 Kiekko-Espoo U20 A-Jr.SM-liiga 7th 2 1 3 8th 3 0 6th 6th 2
1988/89 Urheilukoulu U20 A-Jr.SM-liiga 5 2 6th 8th 6th - - - - -
1988/89 Kiekko-Espoo I-divisioona 44 5 10 15th 62 - - - - -
1989/90 Boston University Hockey East 43 3 20th 23 65
1990/91 Boston University Hockey East 39 12 24 36 88
1991/92 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 7th 3 3 6th 34 - - - - -
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 7th 12 19th 101 6th 0 0 0 2
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 8th 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
1992/93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 22nd 0 1 1 14th - - - - -
1992/93 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 9 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 20th 2 3 5 16 - - - - -
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1993/94 Saint John Flames AHL 66 9 29 28 59 6th 1 2 3 12
1994/95 Kiekko-Espoo SM-liiga 50 12 21st 33 96 4th 5 1 6th 10
1995/96 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 34 7th 7th 14th 58 3 1 0 1 2
1996/97 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 50 8th 12 20th 89 - - - - -
1997/98 TPS Turku SM-liiga 46 6th 17th 23 36 4th 0 0 0 6th
1998/99 TPS Turku SM-liiga 47 12 21st 33 93 10 3 7th 10 12
1999/00 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 50 12 24 36 110 4th 1 2 3 38
2000/01 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 51 8th 13 21st 112 - - - - -
2001/02 Södertälje SK Elitserien 49 4th 14th 18th 91 - - - - -
2002/03 Södertälje SK Elitserien 47 6th 4th 10 48 - - - - -
A-Juniors-SM-liiga total 57 13 19th 32 129 3 0 6th 6th 2
SM-liiga total 328 65 115 180 594 25th 10 10 20th 68
Hockey East overall 82 15th 44 59 153
IHL total 16 4th 3 7th 38 - - - - -
NHL overall 66 9 19th 28 59 6th 1 2 3 12
Elitserien total 96 10 18th 28 139 - - - - -

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Ahola, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahola, Peter Kristian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player, functional and scout
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo