Toni Söderholm

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Toni Söderholm in the 2008 Finnish national shirt

Toni Söderholm in the 2008 Finnish national shirt
Date of birth April 14, 1978
place of birth Kauniainen , Finland
size 187 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1998 HIFK Helsinki
1998-2002 University of Massachusetts Amherst
2002-2005 HIFK Helsinki
2005-2007 SC Bern
2007-2009 Frölunda HC
2009-2015 HIFK Helsinki
2015-2016 EHC Red Bull Munich

Toni Söderholm (born April 14, 1978 in Kauniainen ) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player who became vice world champion with Finland in 2007 and played for HIFK , SC Bern and EHC Munich , among others . Since January 1, 2019, he has been the national coach of the German national team.

Player career

Toni Söderholm began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of HIFK Helsinki , where he was active until 1998. He then attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst for four years , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . From 2002 to 2005 the defender ran for the professional team of HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga , where he was team captain in the 2004/05 season . During his time at HIFK, he was awarded the Jarmo Wasama commemorative trophy in 2003 as rookie of the year in the SM liiga and a year later with the Pekka Rautakallio trophy as best defender. In 2004 he was also elected to the All-Star Team of the top Finnish league. From 2005 to 2007 he was on the ice for SC Bern in the Swiss National League A. In the 2006/07 season he reached the playoff final with the team, but failed there with Bern at the record champions HC Davos .

For the 2007/08 season Söderholm was obliged by Frölunda HC from the Swedish Elitserien . There he also spent most of the following season before returning to HIFK Helsinki in January 2009. With the team he won the Finnish championship title in the 2010/11 season . He himself was particularly convincing in the playoffs, when he scored four goals and six assists in 16 games. For this he received the Jari Kurri trophy as the best player in the SM liiga playoffs.

In April 2015, the Finnish defender was signed by EHC Red Bull Munich from the German Ice Hockey League . In his only season in Germany, he won the championship title with Munich and announced the end of his playing career a few weeks later.

International

For Finland , Söderholm took part in the 2004 , 2005 and 2007 World Championships . In addition, he was in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour from 2003 to 2008 . At the 2007 World Cup, he and his team won the silver medal.

Coaching career

A few weeks after the end of his time as a professional ice hockey player, he was accepted into the coaching staff of EHC Munich in June 2016 and entrusted with the task of taking care of the individual development of the players.

On May 10, 2017 it was announced that Söderholm would take up the post of head coach at the German second division club SC Riessersee , a cooperation partner of the Munich team, on August 1, 2017 . In March 2018 he was awarded the title of best trainer in the 2017/18 DEL2 season. Under his leadership, the SCR became runner-up in the DEL2 in April 2018. After the team went bankrupt, he trained the SCR in the major league at the beginning of the 2018/19 season.

In December 2018, the media reported that Söderholm should become the new national coach of the German national team, which the German Ice Hockey Federation initially did not comment on. On December 20, 2018, Söderholm, who had already worked as an assistant coach of the U20 national team, was introduced as the new national coach of the German men's national team with the start of duty on January 1, 2019.

Achievements and Awards

As a player:

International

As a trainer:

  • 2018 Best coach of the 2017/18 DEL2 season

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 University of Massachusetts Amherst H-East 35 1 8th 9 64
1999/00 University of Massachusetts Amherst H-East 34 3 12 15th 32
2000/01 University of Massachusetts Amherst H-East 24 1 7th 8th 23
2001/02 University of Massachusetts Amherst H-East 33 2 15th 17th 28
2002/03 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 52 8th 15th 23 49 4th 0 2 2 4th
2003/04 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 56 16 21st 37 72 11 1 1 2 4th
2004/05 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 51 5 19th 24 30th 5 0 1 1 2
2005/06 Bern NLA 44 12 12 24 38 6th 0 1 1 8th
2006/07 Bern NLA 40 7th 14th 21st 44
2007/08 Frölunda HC Elitserien 53 6th 14th 20th 66 7th 0 2 2 0
2008/09 Frölunda HC Elitserien 36 3 7th 10 53 - - - - -
2008/09 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 10 2 1 3 31 2 0 0 0 0
2009/10 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 55 5 16 21st 34 6th 1 3 4th 2
2010/11 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 55 5 20th 25th 62
2011/12 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 60 8th 39 47 66 4th 2 0 2 2
2012/13 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 53 4th 23 27 84 8th 2 3 5 4th
2013/14 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 49 6th 22nd 28 32
2014/15 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 25th 1 12 13 24 8th 1 3 4th
H-East overall 126 7th 42 49 147 - - - - -
SM-liiga total 466 60 188 248 484 48 7th 13 20th 18th
NLA total 84 19th 26th 45 82 6th 0 1 1 8th
Elitserien total 89 9 21st 30th 119 7th 0 2 2 0

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abendzeitung München , EHC newcomer enjoys Munich; Soederholm: "Simply beautiful here" , April 20, 2015, accessed on June 6, 2015
  2. ↑ HBL: Toni Söderholm avslutar spelarkarriären - fuck nytt jobb i Tyskland. In: svenska.yle.fi. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Toni Söderholm moves into the coaching staff. In: ehcrb. Retrieved June 16, 2016 .
  4. ↑ EHC Red Bull Munich. Retrieved May 10, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Andreas Driendl is player of the year in the DEL2. March 13, 2018, accessed December 17, 2018 .
  6. ^ Söderholm and the runner-up championship: "Holy shit". April 23, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
  7. ↑ 26 September 2018 5:30 p.m .: The Oberliga curiosity SC Riessersee. Retrieved December 20, 2018 .
  8. ↑ DEB search ended: Toni Söderholm is to become the new national ice hockey coach. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Ice hockey: Still no DEB comment on coach favorite Söderholm. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
  10. ↑ German Ice Hockey Federation eV: DEB restructuring: Toni Söderholm becomes new national coach | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund eV. Accessed December 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Söderholm, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soderholm, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kauniainen , Finland