Tuomas Pihlman

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Tuomas Pihlman
Date of birth November 13, 1982
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
number # 49
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 2nd round, 48th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1999-2003 JYP Jyväskylä
2003-2007 Albany River Rats
Lowell Devils
2007-2010 JYP Jyväskylä
2010-2011 Jokerit Helsinki
2011–2012 JYP Jyväskylä
2012-2014 Ässät Pori
2014-2017 JYP Jyväskylä

Tuomas Pihlman (born November 13, 1982 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for JYP Jyväskylä , Jokerit Helsinki and Ässät Pori in the Finnish Liiga for many years and was three times Finnish champion .

Career

Tuomas Pihlman began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Hyvinkään Ahmat . When he was 13 years old, he moved to Jyväskylä with his parents and from then on played for the JYP Jyväskylä youth team . In the 1999/2000 season he made his debut for the club's professional team in the SM-liiga , but was mostly used by the U20 juniors. In the following season he was part of the professional squad of JYP and established himself within the team. During the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , Pihlmanin was selected by the New Jersey Devils as the 48th overall player in the second round .

In 2002 he received contract offers from several teams, but stayed with his home club at the urging of coach Matti Alatalo . In the 2002/03 season he achieved his breakthrough in the SM-liiga with 34 points scorer, while he benefited from his teammates Jarkko Immonen and Antti Virtanen , with whom he formed the so-called "VIP series". Due to the performances shown, the Devils brought him to North America, where he made his debut in the National Hockey League during the 2003/04 season , where he remained pointless in two games. The rest of the season, as well as during the lockout in the 2004/05 season , the Finn was on the ice for New Jersey's farm team from the American Hockey League , the Albany River Rats .

After two more seasons, in which Pihlman was only used sporadically for New Jersey, he returned to his Finnish homeland in the summer of 2007, where he was signed by his former club JYP Jyväskylä. There he met again Immonen and Virtanen, with whom he again formed a series and the JYP led to the Finnish Championship at the end of the 2008/09 season . Pihlman contributed a total of 67 scorer points to this success. During the following season he injured his knee in January 2010 and had to undergo an operation, so that he could only play in the playoffs again.

In October 2010 Pihlman received a contract with Jokerit Helsinki after he had not received a contract extension from his parent club in the summer of 2010. He returned to JYP Jyväskylä for the 2011/12 season.

Between April 2012 and January 2014 he was then under contract with Ässät Pori , before he returned to his hometown club. He ended his career in October 2017.

International

For Finland , Pihlman took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2000 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2001 and 2002 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 2009 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 JYP SM-liiga 17th 0 0 0 18th - - - - -
2000/01 JYP SM-liiga 47 3 6th 9 59 - - - - -
2001/02 JYP SM-liiga 44 9 2 11 93 - - - - -
2002/03 JYP SM-liiga 53 19th 15th 34 58 1 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Albany River Rats AHL 73 10 19th 29 59 - - - - -
2003/04 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2004/05 Albany River Rats AHL 68 9 13 22nd 48 - - - - -
2005/06 Albany River Rats AHL 63 12 15th 27 64 - - - - -
New Jersey Devils NHL 11 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
2006/07 Lowell Devils AHL 67 8th 18th 26th 34 - - - - -
2006/07 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 JYP SM-liiga 56 20th 29 49 58 6th 4th 0 4th 10
2008/09 JYP SM-liiga 58 24 32 56 54 15th 6th 5 11 16
2009/10 JYP SM-liiga 36 17th 24 41 30th 2 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 41 7th 10 17th 32 7th 0 0 0 0
2011/12 JYP SM-liiga 44 6th 8th 14th 22nd 14th 2 4th 6th 10
2011/12 JYP Akatemia Mestis 3 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Ässät SM-liiga 53 3 7th 10 43 16 2 1 3 10
2013/14 Ässät Liiga 35 6th 4th 10 24 - - - - -
2013/14 JYP Liiga 22nd 1 3 4th 20th 7th 1 2 3 4th
SM-liiga / Liiga total 506 115 140 255 511 68 15th 12 27 52
NHL overall 15th 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
AHL total 271 39 65 104 205 - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Finland U20 World Cup 7th 0 0 0 6th
2002 Finland U20 World Cup 7th 2 2 4th 2
2009 Finland WM 6th 2 1 3 4th

( 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 Pihlman, Tuomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland