Sebastian Aho (ice hockey player, 1997)

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Sebastian Aho
Date of birth July 26, 1997
place of birth Rauma , Finland
size 181 cm
Weight 78 kg
position center
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2014 , 2nd round, 62nd position
Severstal Tscherepowez
NHL Entry Draft 2015 , 2nd round, 35th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2011-2016 Oulun Kärpät
since 2016 Carolina Hurricanes

Sebastian Antero Aho (born July 26, 1997 in Rauma ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League (NHL) since June 2016 and plays there on the position of the center . With the Finnish U20 national team , he became world champion in this age group in 2016 .

Career

Sebastian Aho has played for Oulun Kärpät since the beginning of his career . At the club from the northernmost city in the European Union, he first went through all junior classes. In 2014 he received the Yrjö Hakala Award as Rookie of the Year of the A-Junior Liiga and was also elected to the Second All-Star Team. On February 14, 2014, at the age of 16, he played for the first time against Porin Ässät in the men's team of Kärpät in the Liiga , Finland's top division, and was then 62 in the KHL Junior Draft by Severstal Tscherepowez in the second round . Player selected. In the following year he was used in 37 games (27 in the main round and ten in the playoffs) of the Liiga and won the Finnish championship with his team . In the NHL Entry Draft 2015 he was drawn in the second round as the 35th player by the Carolina Hurricanes , but remained - as after the KHL Draft the year before - with his home club. In 2016 he achieved the best plus / minus balance of the main Liiga round and was awarded the Matti Keinonen Trophy for this.

In June 2016, the Carolina Hurricanes provided him with an entry-level contract . In his first NHL season, Aho got 49 points, completing all 82 games, placing him fifth on the rookie scorer list . In the following year he increased his offensive statistics significantly to 65 points and thus became the best scorer on his team. He achieved the same in the following year 2018/19, with 83 scorer points from 82 games reaching 1.0 points per game for the first time. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019 he reached the conference finals with the Hurricanes and also led their scorer list in the post-season . He was also called up for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game .

The Finn's contract then expired, so that he was granted the status of a restricted free agent in July 2019 . This resulted in the rare event that Aho actually received an offer sheet , when the Canadiens de Montréal offered him a five-year contract with a total salary of $ 42.27 million. Carolina decided, however, to catch up with this offer, so that he was bound to the Hurricanes with immediate effect on these terms.

International

Internationally, Aho first appeared at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Brașov , Romania , which he won with the Finnish U17 selection. He then took part in the U18 World Championships in 2014 and 2015 , winning the silver medal with the Finnish team in 2015. With the Finnish U20 team , he took part in the 2015 and 2016 World Championships in this age group and became world champion in 2016, to which he made a significant contribution as the second best scorer and goal setter.

He made his debut in the Finnish men's national team at the Euro Hockey Tour 2015/16 and won the silver medal at the 2016 World Cup with it . He also played for Finland at the 2017 and 2018 World Championships , leading the 2018 tournament in goals (9) and being named the best striker and elected to the All-Star team. He also represented his home country at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2018 World Cup top scorer
  • 2018 Best plus / minus rating of the world championship
  • 2018 World Cup best striker
  • 2018 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: End of the regular 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2012/13 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors-SM-liiga 5 2 2 4th 0 5 0 1 1 2
2013/14 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors-SM-liiga 44 25th 34 59 18th 12 4th 8th 12 10
2013/14 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2014/15 Oulun Kärpät A-Juniors-SM-liiga 10 1 9 10 4th 5 1 4th 5 2
2014/15 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 27 4th 7th 11 10 10 1 2 3 2
2014/15 Porin Ässät Liiga 3 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
2015/16 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 45 20th 25th 45 2 14th 4th 11 15th 8th
2016/17 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 24 25th 49 26th - - - - -
2017/18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 29 36 65 24 - - - - -
2018/19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 30th 53 83 26th 15th 5 7th 12 2
2019/20 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 68 38 28 66 26th
A-Juniors-SM-liiga total 59 28 45 73 22nd 22nd 5 13 18th 14th
Liiga overall 78 24 35 59 12 24 5 13 18th 10
NHL overall 310 121 142 263 102 15th 5 7th 12 2

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2013 Finland EOWYF 1st place, gold 2 5 0 5 0
2013 Finland HIMT 5th place 4th 0 0 0 2
2014 Finland U18 World Cup 6th place 5 2 1 3 4th
2014 Finland HIMT 5th place 4th 5 2 7th 0
2015 Finland U20 World Cup 7th place 5 0 0 0 2
2015 Finland U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 1 0 1 1 0
2016 Finland U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 5 9 14th 4th
2016 Finland WM 2nd place, silver 10 3 4th 7th 4th
2016 Finland World cup 8th place 3 0 0 0 0
2017 Finland WM 4th Place 10 2 9 11 4th
2018 Finland WM 5th place 8th 9 9 18th 2
Juniors overall 28 20th 17th 37 16
Men overall 31 14th 22nd 36 10

( 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

Commons : Sebastian Aho  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terrell Williams: Canes Agree to Terms with Sebastian Aho. hurricanes.nhl.com, June 13, 2016, accessed June 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Canes Will Match Offer Sheet for Aho. nhl.com, July 2, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
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Squad of the Carolina Hurricanes in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Ahoy, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aho, Sebastian Antero (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauma , Finland