Tero Lehterä

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FinlandFinland  Tero Lehterä Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 21, 1972
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 183 cm
Weight 87 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 10th round, 235th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
1989-1994 Espoo Blues
1994-1995 Malmo Redhawks
1995-1997 Jokerite
1997-1998 Espoo Blues
1998-1999 Fort Wayne Comet
1999-2000 Jokerite
2000-2001 Tappara Tampere
2001-2002 Espoo Blues
2002-2003 HPK Hämeenlinna
2003-2005 Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2005 HC Salamat
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2005-2006 EHC Basel
Foxes Duisburg
2006-2007 HC Ambrì-Piotta
Odense IK
FinlandFinland  Tero Lehterä
Coaching stations
2011-2013 Espoo Blues (U18)
2013-2015 Espoo Blues (U20)
2015-2016 Espoo Blues (assistant coach)
since 2017 Saimaan Pallo

Tero Juhani Lehterä (born April 21, 1972 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach who has been the head coach of Saimaan Pallo from the Liiga since 2017 . During his active career from 1989 to 2007 he played for the Espoo Blues , Jokerit and HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM-liiga , the Malmö Redhawks in the Elitserien and the Füchse Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League . His nephew Jori is also a hockey player.

Career

Tero Lehterä began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Espoo Blues , for which he made his debut in the second-rate I divisioona in the 1989/90 season and with whom he rose to the SM-liiga in 1992 . In the 1994/95 season he played for the reigning Swedish champions Malmö Redhawks in the Elitserien . Previously, he was selected in the tenth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 235 players by the Florida Panthers , for whom he never played. From 1995 to 1997, the attacker played for Jokerit , with whom he was Finnish champion in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons , and won the European Cup in 1996 .

After a year with the Espoo Blues Lehterä was in the 1998/99 season for the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League on the ice. He then returned to his Finnish homeland, where he was runner-up in 2000 with his ex-club Jokerit and in 2001 with Tappara Tampere . This was followed by one season each at his home club Espoo Blues, as well as at HPK Hämeenlinna , with which the left-handed shooter took third place in the SM-liiga in 2003, before he played for Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the Russian super league from 2003 to 2005 , with Lehterä the season 2004/05 in the Mestis at HC Salamat , as well as in the Wysschaja Liga at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod .

During the 2005/06 season, the Finn played for EHC Basel in the Swiss National League A , and the Füchse Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League , with both teams only being promoted to the respective league in the previous year. After 18 years, he ended his career in 2007 in the Swiss National League A at HC Ambrì-Piotta , and in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen at Odense IK .

Between 2011 and 2013 Lehterä initially worked as the head coach of the U18 team at the Espoo Blues before coaching the U20 team in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons. In the 2015/16 season, the Finn was the assistant coach of the professional team in the Liiga behind the gang.

He has been the head coach of Saimaan Pallo from the Liiga since 2017 .

International

For Finland Lehterä took part in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1991 and 1992 . He was also in the squad for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and the 1995 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1997 Finnish champion with Jokerit
  • 2000 Finnish runner-up with Jokerit
  • 2001 Finnish runner-up with Tappara Tampere

International

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personal data
SURNAME Lehtera, Tero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehterä, Tero Juhani; Lethera, Tero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland