Vesa Ponto

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FinlandFinland  Vesa Ponto Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 27, 1971
place of birth Oulu , Finland
size 190 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1991-1993 Kärpät Oulu
1993-1997 JYP Jyväskylä
1997-1999 Viennese EV
1999-2000 JYP Jyväskylä
2000-2001 Iserlohn Roosters
2001-2004 Vienna Capitals
2004-2005 Anyang Halla
2005-2007 Rouen Hockey Elite 76

Vesa Ponto (born March 27, 1971 in Oulu ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who has spent five seasons in the SM-liiga and one in the German ice hockey league .

Career

Vesa Ponto began his career in 1991 in Oulu , the city ​​of his birth , where he spent two years for Kärpät Oulu in the second highest Finnish league, Division 1 . The Finn then moved to the SM-liiga to JYP Jyväskylä . The 22-year-old defender established himself as a regular player straight away. He stayed in Jyväskylä for four years and reached the play-offs three times with his team . In 1997 Ponto signed with Wiener EV , where he was active for two seasons.

For the 1999/00 season he returned to JYP Jyväskylä. In 2000 the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League signed him. Ponto only stayed with the DEL promoted team for a year and went back to Vienna , but this time played for the Vienna Capitals . In three years he was one of the most constant players and moved to the Asia League Ice Hockey for the South Korean club Anyang Halla in the 2004/05 season . His last station was from 2005 to 2007 Rouen Hockey Elite 76 , who play in the French Ligue Magnus . There he was French champion in his first year , in the second year they reached the play-offs, but could not move into the final. Then Ponto ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1991/92 Kärpät Oulu Div 1 38 1 10 11 14th 30th 4th 0 1 1 2 –7
1992/93 Kärpät Oulu Div 1 44 2 22nd 24 16 1 - - - - - -
1993/94 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 42 2 7th 9 26th 0 4th 0 0 0 2 -3
1994/95 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 49 3 10 13 28 -3 4th 1 1 2 2 -3
1995/96 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 46 1 6th 7th 34 -13 - - - - - -
1996/97 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 47 4th 6th 10 20th -5 4th 0 0 0 2 0
1997/98 Viennese EV OIL 41 7th 18th 25th 24 - - - - - -
1998/99 Viennese EV OIL 45 6th 15th 21st 26th - - - - - -
1999/00 JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 54 2 10 12 48 1 - - - - - -
2000/01 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 55 5 9 14th 83 –11 - - - - - -
2001/02 Vienna Capitals OIL 32 5 17th 22nd 30th 13 8th 3 2 5 2 1
2002/03 Vienna Capitals OIL 42 6th 10 16 30th -10 5 0 5 5 4th -2
2003/04 Vienna Capitals OIL 48 2 15th 17th 56 –6 - - - - - -
2004/05 Anyang Halla ALIH 41 10 16 26th 36 22nd - - - - - -
2005/06 Rouen Hockey Elite 76 LM 21st 5 13 18th 35 26th 9 0 4th 4th 6th 7th
2006/07 Rouen Hockey Elite 76 LM 20th 1 7th 8th 20th 8th 0 1 1 14th
Total oil 208 26th 75 101 166 -3 13 3 7th 10 6th -1
SM-liiga total 238 12 39 51 156 -20 12 1 1 2 6th –6

( 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 Ponto, Vesa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu , Finland