Petteri Lehto

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FinlandFinland  Petteri Lehto Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 13, 1961
place of birth Turku , Finland
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1979 TPS Turku
1979-1980 Melville Millionaires
1980-1981 TPS Turku
1981-1982 Lukko Rauma
1982-1984 TPS Turku
1984-1985 Baltimore Skipjacks
1985-1987 TPS Turku
1987-1988 KalPa Kuopio
1988-1990 TPS Turku

Petteri Lehto (born March 13, 1961 in Turku ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League from 1978 to 1990 .

Career

Petteri Lehto began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of TPS Turku , for whose professional team he made his debut in the SM-liiga in the playoffs of the 1978/79 season . He then played for a year for the Canadian junior team Melville Millionaires in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League . The defender then returned to Finland, where he was on the ice for one year each for his hometown club TPS Turku and Lukko Rauma in the SM-liiga. From 1982 to 1984 he ran again for TPS Turku, where he came in the 1983/84 season parallel to some missions for the Finnish national team, which was in preparation for the Olympic Games in Sarajevo in the SM-liiga.

In July 1984 Lehto signed a contract as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins , for which he was on the ice in six games in the National Hockey League in the 1984/85 season . Most of the season, however, he spent with their farm team Baltimore Skipjacks in the American Hockey League . From 1985 to 1987, the left shooter played again for TPS Turku before joining its league rivals KalPa Kuopio for the 1987/88 season. In the seasons 1988/89 and 1989/90 he was each Finnish champion with TPS Turku . He then ended his career at the age of 29 and was a scout in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche .

International

For Finland , Lehto took part in the junior division of the U18 European Junior Championship in 1979 . in the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , where he scored two goals and two assists in six games.

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 1 6th 0 0 0 4th
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
AHL regular season 1 52 3 18th 21st 55
AHL playoffs - - - - - -
SM liiga main round 9 303 23 62 85 295
SM liiga playoffs 6th 41 2 3 5 30th

Personal

His brother Joni was also a professional ice hockey player. His son Leo, played soccer in Kolmonen for FC Kiffen 08 Helsinki and in the USA, soccer at Northeastern University in Boston .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with the Avs scout Joni Lehto , accessed on January 28, 2016
  2. ↑ Haastattelussa NHL agentti Petteri Lehto , accessed on January 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Leo Lehto - 2014 Men's Soccer: Norheastern Huskies - Father Petteri played professional hockey in Finland and Sweden and competed with the Finnish National team in the 1984 Olympics , accessed on January 28, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Lehto, Petteri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku , Finland