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Ville Vahalahti

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Ville Vahalahti
Ville Vahalahti (2012)
Born (1977-11-07) 7 November 1977 (age 46)
Pargas, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
Lukko
TPS
Linköpings HC
National team  Finland
Playing career 1995–present

Ville Vahalahti (born 7 November 1977 in Pargas, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

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Vahalahti started his professional career in the second highest division of hockey in Finland. There he played for the team Kiekko-67 Turku. After two seasons, he advanced to the SM-liiga team TPS.

He spent the 2007–08 season with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien, but upon completion of the year returned to TPS signing a two-year contract. After a strong return with TPS, Vahalahti was named to represent Finland at the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland.

During the 2009–10 season on 19 March 2010, Vahalahti signed a two-year contract extension to remain with TPS.[1]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Kiekko-67 FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0
1995–96 TPS FIN U20 33 12 8 20 37
1995–96 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 2 0 0 0 0
1996–97 TPS FIN U20 33 14 10 24 14
1996–97 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 4 1 0 1 0
1997–98 TPS FIN U20 36 18 14 32 4 7 5 4 9 4
1998–99 TUTO Hockey FIN.2 21 15 18 33 8
1998–99 TPS SM-l 31 8 5 13 4 10 2 2 4 4
1999–2000 TPS SM-l 53 15 15 30 22 10 3 1 4 0
2000–01 TPS SM-l 53 12 15 27 8 10 3 4 7 4
2001–02 TPS SM-l 56 11 24 35 12 8 1 3 4 2
2002–03 TPS SM-l 54 15 24 39 34 7 1 2 3 0
2003–04 TPS SM-l 50 18 22 40 10 4 0 0 0 0
2004–05 TPS SM-l 46 11 19 30 10 6 1 0 1 2
2005–06 TPS SM-l 56 15 10 25 28 2 0 1 1 6
2006–07 TPS SM-l 54 21 23 44 14 2 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Linköpings HC SEL 53 4 8 12 8 16 0 0 0 2
2008–09 TPS SM-l 58 15 19 34 20 8 3 3 6 12
2009–10 TPS SM-l 57 21 26 47 24 15 4 8 12 6
2010–11 TPS SM-l 27 5 19 24 10
2011–12 TPS SM-l 59 21 28 49 8 2 0 0 0 0
2012–13 TPS SM-l 52 8 24 32 18
2013–14 Lukko Liiga 59 20 32 52 20 15 6 7 13 6
2014–15 Lukko Liiga 57 10 38 48 22 3 2 1 3 0
2015–16 Lukko Liiga 55 14 33 47 16 5 2 1 3 0
2016–17 Lukko Liiga 60 14 33 47 14
2017–18 Lukko Liiga 40 6 17 23 8
Liiga totals 977 260 427 687 300 107 27 34 61 42

International

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Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Finland WC 4 0 0 0 2

References

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  1. ^ "TPS extension agreement with Ville". TPS. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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