Joonas Lehtivuori

Joonas Lehtivuori
Lehtivuori playing for Ilves in February 2008.
Born (1988-07-19) July 19, 1988
Tampere, Finland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Adler Mannheim
Ilves
Adirondack Phantoms
KalPa
Modo Hockey
HPK
NHL Draft 101st overall, 2006
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2006–present

Joonas Lehtivuori (born July 19, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Lehtivuori was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Lehtivuori began his professional career with Ilves.[1] He left Ilves on April 27, 2009 and joined the National Hockey League (NHL) club Philadelphia Flyers.[2]

Lehtivuori did not play any games for the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the 2008–09 season. However, in the 2009–10 season, Lehtivuori was assigned to the Adirondack Phantoms, the Flyers' relocated team affiliate, of the American Hockey League (AHL). Playing in 66 games, he scored 5 goals and 23 points. Halfway through his second season with the Phantoms, Lehtivuori was loaned out to KalPa of the SM-liiga.[3] On August 18, 2011, Lehtivuori signed a one-week try-out contract with the Modo Hockey of the Elitserien (SEL).[4]

Lehtivuori played three seasons with HPK in the Liiga, before opting to leave as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with German outfit, Adler Mannheim of the DEL, on April 13, 2018.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Ilves Tampere SM-l 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Ilves Tampere SM-l 40 0 0 0 18 4 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Ilves Tampere SM-l 48 8 13 21 10 9 1 1 2 2
2008–09 Ilves Tampere SM-l 44 4 8 12 16 3 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 66 5 18 23 18 — — — — —
2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 32 2 7 9 24 — — — — —
2010–11 KalPa SM-l 19 0 2 2 14 4 0 1 1 2
2011–12 Modo Hockey SEL 54 3 9 12 18 6 0 0 0 4
2012–13 Modo Hockey SEL 55 3 15 18 16 5 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 38 5 1 6 18 2 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Modo Hockey SHL 52 3 4 7 40 — — — — —
2015–16 HPK Liiga 27 2 4 6 28 — — — — —
2016–17 HPK Liiga 56 7 18 25 22 7 2 4 6 16
2017–18 HPK Liiga 52 8 26 34 26 — — — — —
SHL totals 199 14 29 43 92 13 0 0 0 6
Liiga totals 287 29 71 100 134 27 3 6 9 20
AHL totals 98 7 25 32 42 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Finland WHC17 6th 5 0 2 2 0
2006 Finland WJC18 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 1 2 3 12
2007 Finland WJC 6th 6 0 0 0 4
2008 Finland WJC 6th 6 0 1 1 6
Junior totals 23 1 5 6 22

References

  1. ↑ Prospect Info Joonas Lehtivuori signed to ATO on www.hockeysfuture.com
  2. ↑ Joonas Lehtivuori solmi NHL-sopimuksen Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine. on www.aamulehti.fi
  3. ↑ Tim McManus (2011-01-15). "Lehtivuori back to Finland". The Post-Star. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  4. ↑ Patrick Edlund (2011-08-18). "Finländsk back på tryout" (in Swedish). Modo Hockey. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  5. ↑ "Eagles commit with two Finns" (in German). Adler Mannheim. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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