Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1994)

Mikko Lehtonen
Born (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994
Turku, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams		 Tappara
TPS
TuTo Hockey
KooKoo
HV71
National team  Finland
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Mikko Lehtonen (born 16 January 1994) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga.

International play

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2014 Sweden

Lehtonen made his SM-liiga debut playing with HC TPS during the 2011–12 season.[1] For the season 2015–2016, Lehtonen moved to the team KooKoo for a two-year contract. He made his breakthrough in the league and made all the 60 regular rounds 12 + 10 = 22. Lehtonen ranked Juha Leimu of Pelicans in the second round of the SM Liiga defender's goal. In the 2016–2017 season he was KooKoo's second best point-keeper and the most powerful defender with power 6 + 19 = 25 until the threshold of the SM-Liiga move, in February 2017 Lehtonen spent the rest of the season for the Swedish SHL League in HV71 and he won the Swedish Championship at the end of the season. Lehtonen moved to Tappara for a period of 2017–2018 with a two-year contract.

References

  1. ↑ Eliteprospects.com – 2011–12 TPS player statistics


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