Ville Peltonen

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FinlandFinland  Ville Peltonen Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2016
Ville Peltonen
Date of birth May 24, 1973
place of birth Vantaa , Finland
size 178 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Left wing
number # 18
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 3rd lap, 58th position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
until 1995 Helsingfors IFK
1995-1997 San Jose Sharks
1997-1998 Västra Frölunda HC
1998-2000 Nashville Predators
2000-2001 Milwaukee Admirals
2001-2003 Jokerit Helsinki
2003-2006 HC Lugano
2006-2009 Florida panthers
2009-2010 HK Dinamo Minsk
2010-2014 Helsingfors IFK

Ville Sakari Peltonen (born May 24, 1973 in Vantaa ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and current coach, who most recently worked as head coach at Lausanne HC . Peltonen was active as a player for the San Jose Sharks , Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League . He also played very successfully for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A and for Helsingfors IFK and Jokerit Helsinki in the Finnish Liiga .

Player career

Peltonen started his professional career at the Finnish ice hockey club HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga . In 1995 he moved to the USA to play in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks , who had drafted him in the third round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in 58th place. After two seasons he returned to Europe for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien for a year . In 1998 there was another attempt in North America, where he was in action for the Nashville Predators . In 2001 Peltonen was transferred back to Europe, where he played for Jokerit Helsinki in the SM-liiga for two years . After three successful seasons and a Swiss championship title with HC Lugano , Peltonen tried again in the NHL, this time with the Florida Panthers .

Peltons in the jersey of the Finnish national team

In the 2009/10 season he played at HK Dinamo Minsk in the Continental Hockey League before returning to his hometown club HIFK in July 2010. With this he won the Finnish championship in the 2010/11 season before ending his career in March 2014, after three more seasons with the HIFK.

International

Peltonen played regularly on the Finnish national ice hockey team . A particular success for him was his hat trick in the 1995 World Ice Hockey Championship final against Sweden. Finland won 4-1 and became world champions for the first time. In 2006 he won the silver medal with the Finnish team at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin. Four years later, at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he won the bronze medal.

Coaching career

Immediately after the end of his playing career in 2014, Peltonen took over the post of head coach of the U20 team at his home club HIFK. He was also appointed assistant coach of the Finnish national team in 2014 and worked in this role under Kari Jalonen at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships as well as the 2014/15 and 2015/16 Euro Hockey Tour .

In April 2016, Peltonen moved to SC Bern together with Jalonen and was again employed there as an assistant coach. In 2017 he was involved in winning the Swiss championship as an assistant coach. After the end of the 2017/18 season, he left the SCB and took up the post of head coach at the national league team Lausanne HC . Under his leadership, Lausanne reached the semi-finals of the championship round in spring 2019, and at the end of February 2020 he was dismissed from the LHC for sporting reasons.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991-92 HIFK SM-liiga 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992-93 HIFK SM-liiga 46 13 24 37 16 - - - - -
1993-94 HIFK SM-liiga 43 16 22nd 38 14th 3 0 0 0 2
1994-95 HIFK SM-liiga 45 20th 16 36 16 3 0 0 0 0
1995-96 Kansas City Blades IHL 29 5 13 18th 8th - - - - -
1995-96 San Jose Sharks NHL 31 2 11 13 14th - - - - -
1996-97 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 40 22nd 30th 52 21st - - - - -
1996-97 San Jose Sharks NHL 28 2 3 5 0 - - - - -
1997-98 Västra Frölunda HC SEL 45 22nd 29 51 44 - - - - -
1998-99 Nashville Predators NHL 14th 5 5 10 2 - - - - -
1999-00 Nashville Predators NHL 79 6th 22nd 28 22nd - - - - -
2000-01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 53 27 33 60 26th 5 2 1 3 6th
2001-02 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 30th 11 18th 29 8th - - - - -
2002-03 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 49 23 19th 42 14th 10 4th 6th 10 0
2003-04 HC Lugano NLA 48 28 44 72 16 16 4th 10 14th 8th
2004-05 HC Lugano NLA 44 24 32 56 16 5 0 3 3 2
2005-06 HC Lugano NLA 39 23 25th 48 22nd 17th 12 16 28 8th
2006-07 Florida panthers NHL 72 17th 20th 37 28 - - - - -
2007-08 Florida panthers NHL 56 5 15th 20th 20th - - - - -
2008-09 Florida panthers NHL 79 12 19th 31 31 - - - - -
2009-10 HK Dynamo Minsk KHL 51 6th 20th 26th 54 - - - - -
2010-11 HIFK SM-liiga 54 28 37 65 16 16 6th 6th 12 6th
2011-12 HIFK SM-liiga 49 24 24 48 36 4th 0 1 1 0
2012–13 HIFK SM-liiga 43 13 16 29 40 - - - - -
NHL overall 382 52 96 148 119 - - - - -

( 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

Commons : Ville Peltonen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NEWS SINGLEVIEW world U20 IA CHANNEL. In: www.iihf.com. Retrieved March 11, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Teams - 2015 World Cup - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. In: www.iihfworlds2015.com. Retrieved March 11, 2016 .
  3. ^ Euro Hockey Tour, Rosters. Retrieved March 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ message. In: SCB Eishockey AG. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ http://www.lausannehc.ch/15285-2/
  6. ↑ The success story between Lausanne and Ville Peltonen seems to be continued. In: sport.ch. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Two rounds before the end of qualification: Lausanne is separating from the coach and head of sport with immediate effect. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
Lausanne HC logo
Squad Lausanne HC in the season 2020/21
personal data
SURNAME Peltonen, Ville
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peltonen, Ville Sakari
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Vantaa , Finland