Ville Vahalahti

Ville Vahalahti ( born November 7, 1977 in Parainen ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since May 2013 2008 Lukko Rauma in the SM- liiga under contract.

Career

Ville Vahalahti began his career as a hockey player in the junior section of TPS Turku. Even as a junior player, he was on loan between 1995 and 1997 to six missions in which he scored a goal for Kiekko -67 in the I divisioona, the Finnish second division. In the 1998/99 season the winger made ​​his debut for the first team of TPS in the SM- liiga and was in his rookie year at first Finnish Champion with his team. A large part of the season he spent as Players out on loan at second division TuTo Hockey, for whom he scored 33 points scorer in 21 games, including 15 goals. For this reason, he was named rookie of the year I divisioona. In the seasons 1999/2000 and 2000/ 01 he won again with TPS the Finnish championship. In the following years he was one of the leading players in TPS, did not come with his team, however, a runner-up in the 2003/04 season also. In the season 2006/ 07 he was appointed captain of TPS and graduated with 44 points scorer in a total of 56 SM- liiga inserts the point best game of his career.

In the 2007 /08 season Vahalahti ran for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Elitserien, with whom he only failed in the play-off final on HV71. Then he returned to TPS Turku, where he again became team captain in the 2008/ 09 first assistant captain and in the following season. In the second year after his return to Turku, he was with his old club for the fourth time in his career Finnish Champion.

In May 2013 Vahalahti changed from TPS to Lukko Rauma, after leading the team of TPS for four years as team captain.

Internationally

For Vahalahti Finland took part in the 2009 World Cup. In addition, it was 2003 and 2009 in the squad of his country at the Euro Hockey Tour.

Awards and achievements

  • 2004 Finnish runner with TPS Turku
  • 2008 Swedish Vice Champion with Linköpings HC
  • 2010 Finnish Champion with TPS Turku
  • 2012 Raimo - Kilpiö Trophy ( Gentleman Player) of the SM - liiga

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

1998–99 SM-liiga season 1999–2000 SM-liiga season 2000–01 SM-liiga season 2003–04 SM-liiga season 2006–07 SM-liiga season 2007–08 Elitserien season Swedish Hockey League 2008–09 SM-liiga season 2009–10 SM-liiga season Finland men's national ice hockey team 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 1995–96 I-Divisioona season I-divisioona 1996–97 I-Divisioona season 1998–99 I-Divisioona season Turun Toverit 2001–02 SM-liiga season 2002–03 SM-liiga season 2004–05 SM-liiga season 2005–06 SM-liiga season 2010–11 SM-liiga season 2011–12 SM-liiga season 2012–13 SM-liiga season Point (ice hockey) Plus/Minus Tommi Kovanen Ilkka Mikkola Petteri Nummelin Toni Koivisto Filip Riska Lauri Tukonen Steven Zalewski
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