Erkki Lehtonen

Erkki Lehtonen
Born (1957-01-09) January 9, 1957 (age 67)
Tampere, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Tappara
National team  Finland
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1977–1991

Erkki Tapani Lehtonen (born January 9, 1957, in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for Tappara in the SM-liiga. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997 and his jersey was retired by Tappara in 2018.[1] He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Lehtonen scored the winning goal to help Finland win their first medal.[2][1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 Tappara FIN Jr. 15 10 10 20 6 — — — — —
1975–76 Tappara FIN Jr. 26 25 18 43 6 — — — — —
1976–77 Bellingham Blazers BCHL 68 32 85 117 13 — — — — —
1977–78 Tappara Liiga 36 8 7 15 10 7 2 2 4 7
1978–79 Tappara Liiga 34 8 10 18 17 10 2 0 2 2
1979–80 Tappara Liiga 36 17 26 43 22 — — — — —
1980–81 Tappara Liiga 36 13 28 41 22 8 2 5 7 0
1981–82 Tappara Liiga 36 19 22 41 8 11 4 4 8 2
1982–83 Tappara Liiga 36 17 18 35 0 8 5 4 9 2
1983–84 Tappara Liiga 35 18 30 48 22 9 8 3 11 0
1984–85 Tappara Liiga 36 17 31 48 6 — — — — —
1985–86 Tappara Liiga 36 22 26 48 4 8 5 6 11 0
1986–87 Tappara Liiga 37 18 28 46 12 — — — — —
1987–88 Tappara Liiga 44 17 33 50 25 10 7 12 19 4
1988–89 Berlin Capitals 1.GBun 27 8 25 33 4 — — — — —
1989–90 Tappara Liiga 44 18 40 58 10 7 1 6 7 0
1990–91 Tappara Liiga 31 10 7 17 2 3 1 0 1 0
Liiga totals 477 206 302 508 160 81 37 42 79 17

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1986 Finland WC 10 3 4 7 2
1988 Finland OG 8 4 6 10 2
Senior totals 18 7 10 17 4

References

  1. ^ a b "Tapparan ja Leijonien legenda Erkki Lehtonen häkeltyi suuresta kunnianosoituksesta: "Tällä kaudella en ole vielä hallissa käynyt, mutta nyt täytyy mennä"". aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). 10 May 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Suomi teki ihmeen Calgaryssa 30 vuotta sitten - Neuvostoliitto kaatui 2-1: "Ajattelin, että syöttääköhän se vielä"". iltalehti.fi. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.


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