Toni Sihvonen

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Toni Sihvonen
Date of birth 19th February 1971
place of birth Seinäjoki , Finland
size 185 cm
Weight 87 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1989 KooKoo
1989-1993 Reipas Lahti
1993-1995 TPS Turku
1995-2001 HIFK Helsinki
2001-2002 AIK Solna
2002-2003 Jokerit Helsinki
2004-2005 Kärpät Oulu
2005-2007 Pelicans Lahti
2007-2008 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2008-2010 Vaasan Sport

Toni Sihvonen (born February 19, 1971 in Seinäjoki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach .

Career

Toni Sihvonen started his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of KooKoo . From there he moved to Reipas Lahti , for whose professional team he made his debut in the second-rate I-divisioona in the 1989/90 season . With Reipas he rose straight away in his rookie year in the SM-liiga , in which he spent the following three seasons as a regular at Reipas. From 1993 to 1995 the center was active for TPS Turku in the SM-liiga, while it came in parallel to some assignments for its farm team Kiekko-67 in the I-divisioona. With TPS he won the Finnish championship title for the first time in his career in the 1994/95 season . Following this success, he moved within the top Finnish league to HIFK Helsinki , with whom he was also Finnish champion in the 1997/98 season .

For the 2001/02 season Sihvonen went abroad for the first time and joined AIK Solna from the Swedish Elitserien . For the team he scored 17 points scorer in the main round in 48 games, including four goals. In the Kvalserien , however, he and his team had to accept relegation to the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan , whereupon the former national player returned to his Finnish homeland, where he was on the ice for Jokerit Helsinki in the 2002/03 season. After a one-year break from ice hockey, he won the Finnish championship title with Kärpät Oulu in the 2004/05 season . He spent the following two years at his ex-club from Lahti, which in the meantime competed as a Pelicans in the SM-liiga. In the 2007/08 season he went to Alba Volán Székesfehérvár from the Austrian ice hockey league . At the end of the season he also took part in the game of the Hungarian ice hockey league with the team and won the national championship title with the team . The veteran last ran from 2008 to 2010 for Vaasan Sport in the Mestis , which was meanwhile the new second Finnish division. In the 2008/09 season he was with Vaasan Sport Mestis champion. Following the 2009/10 season , he ended his active career at the age of 39.

Since the 2010/11 season Sihvonen has worked as assistant coach for his former club Kärpät Oulu from the SM-liiga.

International

For Finland , Sihvonen took part in the junior division exclusively in the U18 European Junior Championship in 1989 , where he and his team won the bronze medal. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1999 , 2000 and 2001 World Championships . At the World Championships in 1999 and 2001 he won the silver medal with his country and the bronze medal at the 2000 World Championships.

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round 1 48 4th 13 17th 53
Kvalserien ES 1 10 1 2 3 2
SM liiga main round 15th 651 64 151 215 327
SM liiga playoffs 10 85 5 23 28 30th
SM liiga relegation 1 5 0 0 0 2

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personal data
SURNAME Sihvonen, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Seinäjoki , Finland