Position Right WingGraz 99ers Name Toni Dahlman Career start 1998 Playing career Weight 88 kg | Height 1.81 m Shoots Right | |
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POL teamFormer teams KH SanokJokeritIlvesOttawa SenatorsBinghampton SenatorsLukko RaumaMora IKKarpatHIFKKalPaHK JeseniceWolfsburg Grizzly AdamsGraz 99ersArystan TemirtauSputnik Nizhny Tagil NHL Draft 286th overall, 2001Ottawa Senators | ||
Toni dahlman
Toni Dahlman (born 3 September 1979) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok in the Polska Hokej Liga, the top-tier level in Poland. He formerly played for Arystan Temirtau in Kazakhstan He played 22 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators.
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Playing career
Dahlman began playing hockey in the first division Kiekko-Kissat in the 1996–97 season, and moved on to the Jokerit junior team, and eventually to Jokerit for the 1998–99 season. In 2000 Dahlman transferred to Ilves and went on to win the bronze medal and the 2001 Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as best rookie.
He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League as their 9th round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 286th overall.
Dahlman played two seasons in North America firstly in 2001–02 with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League and ten games with the Ottawa Senators. In the 2002–03 season, Dahlman played briefly for Ottawa before returning to the AHL with affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. Over his 22 NHL games Dahlman only scored one goal and assist.
Dahlman returned to Finland for the 2003–04 season and represented Ilves in a total of 41 games, scoring 9 goals and 18 assists. He returned to Jokerit for the 2004–05 season, where he scored 16 goals and 7 assists, sharing the top goal scorer spot on his team with Glen Metropolit and Marko Jantunen. Jokerit won the silver medal that season.
On 20 April 2011, Dahlman left the Grizzly Adams after a finals appearance in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, and returned to Austria on a one-year contract to play with Graz.
After a two-year stint in Kazakhstan with Arystan Temirtau and a one-year stint with the VHL's Sputnik Nizhny Tagil, he signed with Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok in Poland for the 2015-16 season.
International play
Dahlman represented Finland in the IIHF 1998 under-20's world championships where they won the gold medal. He played in six games and scored two goals.