Toni Koivisto

Toni Koivisto
Date of birth	5th November 1982
place of birth	Ylitornio , Finland
size	184 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 7th round, 200th position Florida Panthers
Career stations
1999-2005	Lukko Rauma
2005-2008	Ilves Tampere
2008-2009	Kärpät Oulu
2009-2010	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2010-2011	Frölunda HC
2011-2013	Luleå HF
since 2013	Lukko Rauma

Toni Petteri Koivisto (born November 5, 1982 in Ylitornio ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lukko Rauma from the SM-liiga since May 2013 .

Career

Toni Koivisto began his career as an ice hockey player with Lukko Rauma , for which he was active in the SM-liiga from 1999 to 2005 . During this time he was selected in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round as a total of 200th player by the Florida Panthers , for which he never played. After six years with Lukko Rauma, Koivisto moved within the highest Finnish ice hockey league to Ilves Tampere , for whom he was on the ice for three years before he received a contract with the reigning Finnish champions Kärpät Oulu before the 2008/09 season , for which he then ran up in the Champions Hockey League in all four group games. In these games he posted two scorer points, including a goal. He was also runner-up with Kärpät this season.

After this success Koivisto was obliged by HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the Continental Hockey League , for which he scored 21 scorer points in 59 games. In 2010 he left the Russian team again and was signed by Frölunda HC from the Elitserien . Koivisto played for Frölunda until the end of October 2011, before his contract was terminated and he found a new club at Luleå HF . In February 2012 he signed a contract extension until 2014, but it did not come into effect as Koivisto returned to his hometown club in Rauma in May 2013.

International

For Finland , Koivisto took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2000 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2001 and 2002 . Koivisto was world champion with the U18, while he won a silver and a bronze medal with the U20 national team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Finnish runner-up with Kärpät Oulu

International

• 2000 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2001 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2002 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	1	51	11	8th	19th	16
KHL playoffs	1	8th	1	1	2	2
Elitserien main round	1	54	14th	9	23	12
Elitserien Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
SM liiga main round	10	491	115	133	248	173
SM liiga playoffs	7th	42	11	11	22nd	6th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Toni Koivisto at eliteprospects.com (English)