Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey b. 1987)

Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey b. 1987)
For the former Nashville Predators player of the same name, see Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey b. 1978).
Mikko Lehtonen
Born April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) (age 24)
Espoo, FIN
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Severstal Cherepovets
Skellefteå AIK
Blues
Boston Bruins
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 83rd overall, 2005
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2005–present

Mikko Kristian Lehtonen (born April 1, 1987 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey winger currently playing for Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League.

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Playing career

Lehtonen was drafted by Boston Bruins in the 3rd round (83rd selection) of 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Mikko was drafted from Finnish team, Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga. On May 31, 2007, the Boston Bruins signed Lehtonen to an entry-level contract.[1]

Lehtonen made his North American debut in the 2008–09 season with Boston's American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Lehtonen made his NHL debut in the Bruins penultimate regular season game in a 6-1 defeat to the Buffalo Sabres on April 11, 2009.[2]

While with Skellefteå on February 28, 2011, Lehtonen's NHL rights were traded by the Bruins along with Jeff Penner to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Anton Khudobin.[3]

On May 4, 2011, Lehtonen was announced as the new player of KHL's Severstal Cherepovets.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and Playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Blues SM-l 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Blues SM-l 25 4 0 4 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Blues SM-l 39 6 9 15 24 9 1 1 2 4
2007–08 Blues SM-l 42 8 12 20 12 17 1 8 9 4
2008–09 Providence Bruins AHL 72 28 25 53 39 14 2 5 7 4
2008–09 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Providence Bruins AHL 78 23 27 50 58 — — — — —
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Skellefteå SEL 55 30 28 58 34 18 3 5 8 2
SM-l totals 107 18 21 39 36 26 2 9 11 8
NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International

Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
World Junior Championships
Bronze 2006 Vancouver Ice hockey
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Finland WJC18 6 2 3 5 2
2006 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 2
2007 Finland WJC 6 4 6 10 0
Junior int'l totals 19 6 10 16 4

References

  1. ^ "Bruins sign draft pick Lehtonen". Boston Bruins. 2007-05-31. http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=314758&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 
  2. ^ "Bruins loss gives San Jose NHL's best mark". Yahoo! Sports. 2009-04-11. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap?gid=2009041102. Retrieved 2011-02-28. 
  3. ^ "Bruins acquire Khudobin from Wild for Penner, Lehtonen rights". The Sports Network. 2011-02-28. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=355885. Retrieved 2011-02-28. 
  4. ^ "Mikko Lehtonen joins Severstal Cherepovets | Sports.ru in English".

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