Jori Lehterä

Jori Lehterä ( born December 23, 1987 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is under contract with Sibir Novosibirsk HK in the Kontinental Hockey League since May 2011. His uncle Tero was also a professional hockey player.

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Career

Jori Lehterä began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Jokerit Helsinki, for the first team, he was active in the 2006/07 season in the SM- liiga, having already during the previous year his debut for the Finnish U20 national team had given in the sub-prime Mestis. With Jokerit of the center in his rookie year was runner-up. He then moved to the league rivals Tappara Tampere, where he spent the next three seasons. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 in the third round than a total of 65 players from the St. Louis Blues, for which he, however, never played. Only for their farm team the Peoria Rivermen of the national team came at the end of the season 2008/ 09 to a total of 14 missions in the American Hockey League, where he scored one goal and two more prepared.

In the 2009/10 season Lehterä could draw attention to himself when he was in 66 games scored 20 goals for Tappara and gave 59 templates. He was then elected to the All-Star team of the SM - liiga and received both the Lasse Oksanen trophy as - best player in the main round, as well as the Veli -Pekka Ketola trophy as - scorer. With 50 templates, he was also best assist provider of the Main Round. After this successful for him personally play time of the Left shooter for the season 2010/11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League was committed. In May 2011, the Finn has signed a contract with the HK Sibir Novosibirsk.

Internationally

For Finland Lehterä participated in the World Cup 2010 in Germany, as well as in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, at the Euro Hockey Tour in part. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.

Awards and achievements

  • 2007 Finnish runner with Jokerit Helsinki
  • 2010 SM liiga All-Star Team
  • 2010 Kultainen kypärä
  • Lasse Oksanen trophy - 2010
  • 2010 Veli -Pekka Ketola trophy -
  • 2010 Most assists in the SM- liiga

Internationally

  • 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics

Statistics

(End of season 2010/11)

2008 NHL Entry Draft Peoria Rivermen (AHL) 2006–07 SM-liiga season Finland men's national ice hockey team Farmteam 2008–09 AHL season 2010–11 KHL season 2010 IIHF World Championship Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament 2013–14 KHL season Mikko Koskinen Igor Ozhiganov Vitaly Karamnov Alexander Nesterov Alexander Romanov (ice hockey) Stepan Sannikov Nikita Tochitsky
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