Petri Vehanen

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Petri Vehanen
Date of birth October 9, 1977
place of birth Rauma , Finland
size 186 cm
Weight 82 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 31
Catch hand Left
Career stations
until 1998 Lukko Rauma
1998-1999 Viking hockey
1999-2005 Lukko Rauma
2005-2006 Mora IK
2006-2007 Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2007-2009 Lukko Rauma
2009–2012 Ak Bars Kazan
2012-2013 Lukko Rauma
2013-2014 HC Lev Prague
2014-2018 Polar bears Berlin

Petri Vehanen (born October 9, 1977 in Rauma ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who was under contract with the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) during his playing career .

Career

Petri Vehanen began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth of Lukko Rauma , for whose professional team he was active in the SM-liiga from 1995 to 1998 . The goalkeeper then played for Viking Hockey in the Norwegian GET league for a year before he was between the posts for Lukko in Finland in another six years. During this period he also made four appearances for HC Pustertal in the Italian Serie A in the 2000/01 season . In the summer of 2005, the Finn signed with Mora IK from the Swedish Elitserien , for which he was also active for a season, as then for Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the Russian Super League . From 2006 to November 2009 Vehanen competed again with Rauma in the SM-liiga. Then he was given in exchange for the Swede Mikael Tellqvist to the reigning Russian champion Ak Bars Kazan from the Continental Hockey League .

After the 2011/12 season Vehanen returned from the KHL to his home club. Another year later he received another contract with the KHL, this time with HC Lev Prague . With Lev Prague he reached the KHL play-off final in 2014. After this success, however, the club withdrew from gaming.

From the 2014/15 season Vehanen was under contract in the DEL with the Eisbären Berlin , where he ended his career after the lost final of the 2017/2018 season.

International

For Finland Vehanen took part in the 2008 World Cup, where he finished third with his team. In Slovakia he won the world championship title in 2011 by beating Sweden 6-1 in the final.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2008 bronze medal at the world championship
  • 2011 gold medal at the world championship
  • 2011 Lowest goals against goals against in the World Cup
  • 2011 Highest catch quota in the World Cup

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockey-news.info, Lukko exchanges goalies with Ak Bars Kazan
  2. ↑ Eisbären goalkeeper Vehanen ends his career. In: world. April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Vehanen, Petri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauma , Finland