Teemu Aalto

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Teemu Aalto
Date of birth March 30, 1978
place of birth Kokkola , Finland
size 181 cm
Weight 87 kg
position defender
number # 38
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1996-1999 Hermes Kokkola
1999-2004 HPK Hämeenlinna
2004-2006 Timrå IK
2006-2008 Tappara Tampere
2008-2009 Linköpings HC
2009-2010 Kärpät Oulu
2010–2012 Lukko Rauma
2012-2016 Tappara Tampere
2016-2017 Tampereen Ilves

Teemu Aalto (born March 30, 1978 in Kokkola ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was last under contract with Tampereen Ilves in the Finnish Liiga .

Career

Teemu Aalto began his career as a hockey player with Hermes Kokkola , for which he was active in I divisioona from 1996 to 1999 . He then moved to HPK Hämeenlinna , for which he was on the ice for the following five seasons in the SM-liiga and took third place in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In addition, the defender completed two games for FPS Forssa from the second-rate Mestis in the 2000/01 season . In the summer of 2004 Aalto signed a contract for the first time in other European countries, where he joined Timrå IK , for which he spent the following two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien . The right-handed shooter also ended the 2005/06 season in Switzerland, where he played once for SC Bern from National League A and four times for HC Sierre-Anniviers from National League B in the playoffs .

Subsequently, Aalto returned to his Finnish homeland, where he was the following two seasons with Tappara Tampere under contract, with whom he was third in the 2007/08 season . Before the 2008/09 season he was obliged by Linköpings HC from the Elitserien, for which he played in all four group games of the newly founded Champions Hockey League this season, but remained unpunished.

In August 2011 he returned to Finland and was signed by Kärpät Oulu . For Kärpät he completed 62 games in the SM-liiga before he was signed by Lukko Rauma in May 2011 . At Lukko he was assistant captain and reached third place in the Finnish championship with the club in 2011. The following season he was obliged by his ex-club Tappara Tampere.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996-97 Hermes I-div 43 1 8th 9 18th 3 0 0 0 0
1997-98 Hermes I-div 41 7th 12 19th 14th 7th 0 2 2 8th
1998-99 Hermes I-div 48 14th 24 38 54 3 0 1 1 4th
1999-00 HPK SM-liiga 54 3 7th 10 12 8th 0 0 0 0
2000-01 HPK SM-liiga 53 3 9 12 34 - - - - -
2001-02 HPK SM-liiga 56 13 17th 30th 40 8th 0 1 1 4th
2002-03 HPK SM-liiga 54 9 15th 24 34 13 2 1 3 10
2003-04 HPK SM-liiga 56 13 13 26th 38 8th 1 2 3 10
2004-05 Timrå IK Elitserien 50 5 23 28 56 7th 1 1 2 6th
2005-06 Timrå IK Elitserien 49 3 17th 20th 52 - - - - -
2005-06 SC Bern NLA - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
2005-06 HC Sierre NLB - - - - - 4th 0 5 5 6th
2006-07 Tappara SM-liiga 56 7th 23 30th 84 5 1 0 1 6th
2007-08 Tappara SM-liiga 56 15th 25th 40 56 11 1 3 4th 14th
2008-09 Linköpings HC SEL 47 11 18th 29 36 7th 1 3 4th 4th
2009-10 Kärpät SM-liiga 52 13 13 26th 54 10 0 2 2 10
2010-11 Lukko SM-liiga 57 8th 19th 27 44 12 0 4th 4th 8th
2011-12 Lukko SM-liiga 54 9 21st 30th 54 3 0 1 1 4th
SM-liiga total 548 93 162 255 450 78 5 14th 19th 66

( 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 Aalto, Teemu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kokkola , Finland