Position Right Wing Name Juhamatti Aaltonen Shoots Right Role Ice hockey player | National team Finland Height 1.84 m Playing career Weight 89 kg | |
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Born 4 June 1985 (age 38)
Ii, Finland ( 1985-06-04 ) KHL team
Former teams Jokerit
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Karpat
Pelicans NHL Draft 284th overall, 2003
St. Louis Blues Current teams Finnish National Men's Ice Hockey Team (#50 / Forward), Oulun Karpat (#50 / Forward) Olympic medals Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's Ice Hockey Similar People Petri Kontiola, Antti Pihlstrom, Lasse Kukkonen, Jarkko Immonen, Ossi Vaananen | ||
Juhamatti aaltonen hd 2014 2015
Juhamatti Tapio Aaltonen (born 4 June 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for HIFK of the Liiga . Known for his skill and skating speed, Aaltonen was drafted to NHL by St. Louis Blues as the 248 overall in 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
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- Juhamatti aaltonen hd 2014 2015
- Great goal juhamatti aaltonen jokerit torpedo nn khl 2015 16
- Playing career
- International play
- References
Great goal juhamatti aaltonen jokerit torpedo nn khl 2015 16
Playing career
Aaltonen started his professional career with Oulun Kärpät, playing with the team from 2002 to 2009 winning Finnish championship twice. After the years he spent with Kärpät, Aaltonen moved to Lahti to play for Pelicans, where he played his breakthrough year scoring 28 goals and 49 points in 58 games in regular season. He signed a five-year contract with Pelicans, but the contract also gave Aaltonen a possibility to play in other leagues.
This option in his contract was exercised on 15 June 2010, when he was loaned from the Pelicans to Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL. Aaltonen was an integral part of Metallurg's offense in his two seasons in the KHL before he opted to sign with Swedish club, Rögle BK of the then Elitserien on 15 October 2012. He made his debut in Sweden two-days later and in the 2012–13 season, contributed with 31 points in 42 regular season games.
After a season's long return with his original Finnish club, Kärpät, Aaltonen signed for his third Finnish team, and only KHL participant, Jokerit on 1 August 2014.
International play
Following the season 2009–10 season, he was selected to join the Finland men's national ice hockey team and he played at the 2010 IIHF World Championship. He won the World Championship in 2011 IIHF World Championship. He also played in the 2014 Winter Olympics, scoring the game-tying goal against Russia in the quarterfinal and went on to win bronze.
