Who is Ville Peltonen?

Ville Peltonen is a retired forward from Finland.

What was the last team Ville Peltonen played for?

The last team Ville played for was HIFK in the Liiga.

How tall is Ville Peltonen?

Ville Peltonen is 181 cm (5'11") tall.

How much does Ville Peltonen weigh?

Ville Peltonen weighs 85 kg (187 lbs).

When was Ville Peltonen born?

Ville Peltonen was born on 1973-03-24 in Vantaa, FIN.

How old is Ville Peltonen?

Ville Peltonen is 53 years old.

What is Ville Peltonen's nationality?

Ville Peltonen is from Finland.

Ville Peltonen

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Ville Peltonen Facts

Date of Birth: Mar 24, 1973
Age: 53
Place of Birth: Vantaa, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Kurra
Position: LW
Height: 181 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Player Type: Leader
Playmaker
Sniper
Drafted: 1993 round 3 #58 overall by San Jose Sharks
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Scouting report
During his playing career Peltonen was known as a very skilled offensive player. A good combination of speed, technical skills and hockey sense. A high-scoring player, especially at minor league level. Poised and creative. Brought valuable experience to any team and contributed not only offensively, but also in his own end.

Family relations
Father: Esa Peltonen
Sons: Aleksi Peltonen & Jesper Peltonen

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
90-91	HIFK U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	36	21	16	37	16	-	Playoffs	7	2	3	5	10	-
	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	4	4	8	2	-
91-92	HIFK U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	37	28	23	51	28	-	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	2	-
	HIFK	SM-liiga	6	0	0	0	0	-1
92-93	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	4	2	6	4	-
	HIFK	SM-liiga	46	13	24	37	16	20	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	2	-1
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	5	6	11	20	11
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	9	6	15	28	-
	Finland II (all)	International	4	0	0	0	2	-
93-94	HIFK	SM-liiga	43	16	22	38	14	14	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-3
	Finland Olympics"A"	OG	8	4	3	7	0	3
	Finland	WC	8	4	1	5	4	13
	Finland (all)	International	35	14	8	22	10	-
94-95	HIFK"A"	SM-liiga	45	20	16	36	16	9	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland	WC	8	6	5	11	4	12
95-96	San Jose Sharks	NHL	31	2	11	13	14	-7
	Kansas City Blades	IHL	29	5	13	18	8	-3
	Finland"A"	WC	6	3	2	5	6	1
96-97	San Jose Sharks	NHL	28	2	3	5	0	-8
	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	40	22	30	52	21	16
	Finland	WCup	4	1	3	4	0	1
	Finland"A"	WC	7	2	2	4	0	3
97-98	Västra Frölunda HC	Elitserien	45	22	29	51	44	11	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	0	2
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	2	1	3	6	-1
	Finland"C"	WC	10	4	6	10	8	0
	Finland (all)	International	32	10	15	25	24	-
98-99	Nashville Predators	NHL	14	5	5	10	2	1
	Finland	WC	12	2	3	5	2	0
99-00	Nashville Predators	NHL	79	6	22	28	22	-1
	Finland"A"	WC	9	0	4	4	2	-2
00-01	Nashville Predators	NHL	23	3	1	4	2	-7
	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL	53	27	33	60	26	12	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	6	0
01-02	Jokerit"C"	SM-liiga	30	11	18	29	8	15
	Finland (all)	International	4	0	1	1	0	0
02-03	Jokerit"C"	SM-liiga	49	23	19	42	14	15	Playoffs	10	4	6	10	0	4
	Finland	WC	7	3	4	7	2	2
03-04	HC Lugano"A"	NLA	48	28	44	72	16	-	Playoffs	16	4	10	14	8	-
	Finland"C"	WC	7	4	6	10	2	6
04-05	HC Lugano"C"	NLA	44	24	32	56	16	-	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	2	-
	Finland	WCup	6	1	2	3	2	-
	Finland"C"	WC	6	1	2	3	4	-3
05-06	HC Lugano"C"	NLA	39	23	25	48	22	-	Playoffs	17	12	14	26	8	-
	Finland Olympics	OG	8	4	5	9	6	4
	Finland"C"	WC	9	2	2	4	8	-1
06-07	Florida Panthers	NHL	72	17	20	37	28	7
	Finland"C"	WC	9	2	7	9	4	2
07-08	Florida Panthers	NHL	56	5	15	20	20	-2
	Finland"C"	WC	9	1	3	4	2	-4
08-09	Florida Panthers	NHL	79	12	19	31	31	6
09-10	Dynamo Minsk"C"	KHL	51	6	20	26	54	1
	Finland Olympics	OG	6	0	1	1	2	3
10-11	HIFK"C"	SM-liiga	54	28	37	65	16	21	Playoffs	16	6	6	12	6	-1
11-12	HIFK"C"	SM-liiga	49	24	24	48	36	27	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	-2
	Finland (all)	International	9	2	0	2	4	-1
12-13	HIFK"C"	SM-liiga	43	13	16	29	40	17
13-14	HIFK"C"	Liiga	55	13	29	42	16	-5	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	0

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
93-94	Finland	Deutschland Cup	3	0	0	0	0	0
	Finland	Izvestia Trophy	3	1	1	2	0	2
02-03	Finland	EHT	6	2	0	2	0	-
03-04	JokeritLoan	Spengler Cup	4	1	3	4	0	0
	Finland	EHT	8	1	4	5	0	-
04-05	Finland	EHT	8	3	8	11	6	-
05-06	Finland	EHT	6	5	0	5	2	-
06-07	Finland	EHT	1	0	1	1	0	1
09-10	Dynamo Minsk	Spengler Cup	4	0	4	4	2	-
	Finland	EHT	6	4	5	9	4	4
10-11	HIFK	ET	3	3	0	3	25	-
	Finland"C"	EHT	3	1	0	1	2	2
11-12	HIFK	ET	7	2	4	6	8	-
	Finland"C"	EHT	5	1	0	1	4	0
12-13	HIFK"C"	ET	6	2	2	4	6	-

Ville Peltonen Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	40	22	30	52	1.30	21	16	0
Deutschland Cup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
EHT	8	43	17	18	35	0.81	18	7*	0
EJC-18	1	6	4	4	8	1.33	2	-	0
ET	3	16	7	6	13	0.81	39	-	0
Elitserien (SHL)	1	45	22	29	51	1.13	44	11	1	7	4	2	6	0.86	0	2
IHL	2	82	32	46	78	0.95	34	9	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	6	0
International	5	84	26	24	50	0.60	40	-1*	0
International-Jr	1	17	9	6	15	0.88	28	-	0
Izvestia Trophy	1	3	1	1	2	0.67	0	2	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	2	73	49	39	88	1.21	44	-	2	11	2	5	7	0.64	12	-
KHL	1	51	6	20	26	0.51	54	1	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	10	420	161	205	366	0.87	176	132	7	42	10	16	26	0.62	10	-3
NHL	8	382	52	96	148	0.39	119	-11	0
NLA (NL)	3	131	75	101	176	1.34	54	-	3	38	16	27	43	1.13	18	-
OG	4	28	10	10	20	0.71	14	9	0
Spengler Cup	2	8	1	7	8	1.00	2	0	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	2	4	2	6	3.00	4	-	0
WC	13	107	34	47	81	0.76	48	29	0
WCup	2	10	2	5	7	0.70	2	1*	0
WJC-20	1	7	5	6	11	1.57	20	11	0

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Ville Peltonen Career Totals

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AHL

Deutschland Cup

EHT

EJC-18

Elitserien

IHL

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Izvestia Trophy

Jr. A SM-sarja

KHL

Liiga

420

161

205

NHL

382

NLA

131

101

Spengler Cup

U20 SM-liiga

107

WCup

WJC-20

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Ville Peltonen Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1990-1991	U18 EJC Bronze Medal U20 SM-sarja Silver Medal
1992-1993	SM-liiga Most Assists by Rookie (24) SM-liiga Most Points by Junior (37) SM-liiga Most Points by Rookie (37) SM-liiga Rookie of the Year
1993-1994	Liiga Most Game-Winning Goals (5) Olympic Bronze Medal World Championship Silver Medal
1994-1995	World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Gold Medal World Championship Scorer of the CWG
1996-1997	AHL Player of the Week (Mar. 2)
1997-1998	Olympic Bronze Medal Elitserien Most Points (51) World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999	World Championship Silver Medal
1999-2000	World Championship Bronze Medal
2001-2002	SM-liiga Champion
2002-2003	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Gentleman of the Year
2003-2004	NLA Forward of the Year NL Media All-Star Team (Lugano) NL Media Most Valuable Player NLA Most Points (72) World Championship All-Star Team World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2004-2005	NL Media All-Star Team (Lugano) NL Media Best Forward World Cup Runner Up
2005-2006	NLA Champion (Lugano) NLA Most Goals Playoffs (12) Olympic Silver Medal World Championship Bronze Medal
2006-2007	World Championship Silver Medal
2007-2008	World Championship Bronze Medal
2009-2010	KHL All-Star Game Olympic Bronze Medal Spengler Cup Winner (Dinamo Minsk)
2010-2011	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) SM-liiga Champion SM-liiga Gentleman of the Year SM-liiga Golden Helmet SM-liiga Player of the Month (February) SM-liiga Player of the Month (September)
2014-2015	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#226)
2015-2016	IIHF Hall of Fame

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03/07/2014

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HIFK

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07/29/2013

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05/03/2012

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05/04/2010

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Dynamo Minsk

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07/31/2009

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Florida Panthers

Dynamo Minsk

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Ville Peltonen Biography and Trivia

Number 16 retired by Finland
Number 16 retired by Finland Olympics
Number 16 retired by Finland
Cult/Star player for Finland
Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC
Cult/Star player for HC Lugano
Cult/Star player for HIFK
Cult/Star player for HIFK U20

Career transactions
- 2010-05-04 • Signed to a two-year contract by HIFK
- 2009-07-31 • Signed to a one-year contract by Dynamo Minsk
- 2007-04-25 • Signed to a two-year contract extension by the Florida Panthers
- 2006-06-15 • Signed to a one-year contract by the Florida Panthers
- 2003-04-09 • Signed to a contract by Lugano
- 2001-04-26 • Signed to a two-year contract by Jokerit
- 1998-06-26 • Traded to the Nashville Predators for a 1998 5th round pick (later traded to Phoenix - J. Blackburn)
- 1997-05-20 • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda

Total international games for Team Finland: 251 (as of 2010-11-15)