Juhamatti Tapio Aaltonen (born 4 June 1985) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga. Known for his skill and skating speed, Aaltonen was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as the 248th selection overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
| Juhamatti Aaltonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Aaltonen in 2016 with HIFK | |||
| Born | 4 June 1985 Ii, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Czech Extraliga team Former teams | BK Mladá Boleslav Lahti Pelicans Metallurg Magnitogorsk Rögle BK Jokerit HIFK SC Bern Skellefteå AIK Oulun Kärpät | ||
| National team |  Finland | ||
| NHL draft | 284th overall, 2003 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
Playing career
editAaltonen 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.[1] 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.[2] After Jokerit he had a season with Helsinki IFK in Liiga moving to SHL with Rögle BK for the 2017–18 season. After the 2022–23 SHL season he left Scandinavia for a new experience and joined BK Mladá Boleslav playing the Czech Extraliga.[3]
International play
editFollowing 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.[4] 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.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | Kärpät | FIN U18 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | FIN U18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kärpät | FIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kärpät | FIN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | FIN U20 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kärpät | FIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kärpät | FIN | 50 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kärpät | FIN | 53 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kärpät | FIN | 44 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kärpät | FIN | 53 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Pelicans | FIN | 58 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 54 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 54 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rögle BK | SEL | 42 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Kärpät | FIN | 35 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Jokerit | KHL | 48 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 2015–16 | Jokerit | KHL | 45 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | HIFK | FIN | 52 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Rögle BK | SHL | 35 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | SC Bern | NL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Skellefteå AIK | SHL | 35 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Pelicans | FIN | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Pelicans | FIN | 48 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Kärpät | FIN | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Kärpät | FIN | 32 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Kärpät | FIN | 58 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| KHL totals | 201 | 67 | 65 | 132 | 90 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | ||||
| FIN totals | 521 | 151 | 201 | 352 | 312 | 96 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 24 | ||||
International
edit| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Finland | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
 | 2014 Sochi | |
| World Championships | ||
 | 2011 Slovakia | |
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Finland | WJC18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Finland | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Finland | WC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013 | Finland | WC | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Finland | OLY | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Finland | WC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Finland | WC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Senior totals | 43 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Magnitogorsk Metallurg's 2010-11 Roster". hockeydb.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Aaltonen agrees to contract with Jokerit" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Útočné řady Bruslařů rozšíří zkušený finský útočník Juhamatti Aaltonen" (in Czech). BK Mladá Boleslav. 29 May 2023.
- ^ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
External links
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