Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1987)

Mikko Kristian Lehtonen (born 1 April 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger currently playing for Fehérvár AV19 in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Not to be confused with Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1994).

Mikko Lehtonen
Mikko Lehtonen in September 2008
Born (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
EBEL team
Former teams		 Fehérvár AV19
Espoo Blues
Boston Bruins
Skellefteå AIK
Severstal Cherepovets
ZSC Lions
SC Bern
HC Lugano
Örebro HK
Djurgårdens IF
Oulun Kärpät
HPK
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
NHL Draft 83rd overall, 2005
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2005–present

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 31 May 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 11 April 2009.[2]

While with Skellefteå on 28 February 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 4 May 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
2003–04 Blues Jr. A 19 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Blues Jr. A 37 6 9 15 38 6 3 1 4 0
2004–05 Blues SM-l 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Blues Jr. A 15 3 4 7 12 10 5 2 7 6
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 AIK SEL 55 30 28 58 34 18 3 5 8 2
2011–12 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 48 11 10 21 24 6 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 23 3 6 9 8 — — — — —
2012–13 ZSC Lions NLA 6 1 3 4 2 11 4 3 7 4
2013–14 SC Bern NLA 32 4 9 13 12 — — — — —
2013–14 HC Lugano NLA 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
2014–15 Skellefteå AIK SHL 25 5 4 9 6 — — — — —
2014–15 Örebro HK SHL 19 5 7 12 8 6 2 1 3 0
2015–16 Örebro HK SHL 32 3 7 10 16 — — — — —
2015–16 Djurgårdens IF SHL 18 3 6 9 4 8 0 2 2 4
2016–17 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 56 12 13 25 50 1 0 0 0 0
2017–18 HPK Liiga 33 3 4 7 8 — — — — —
2017–18 KHL Medveščak Zagreb EBEL 10 1 6 7 10 6 2 1 3 12
2018–19 KHL Medveščak Zagreb EBEL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
Liiga totals 193 33 38 71 94 27 2 9 11 8
NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
SHL totals 149 46 52 98 68 32 5 8 13 6
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
World Junior Championships
2006 Vancouver

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Finland WJC18 7th 6 2 3 5 2
2006 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 2
2007 Finland WJC 6th 6 4 6 10 0
Junior totals 19 6 10 16 4

References
  1. "Bruins sign draft pick Lehtonen". Boston Bruins. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  2. "Bruins loss gives San Jose NHL's best mark". Yahoo! Sports. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  3. "Bruins acquire Khudobin from Wild for Penner, Lehtonen rights". The Sports Network. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  4. "Mikko Lehtonen joins Severstal Cherepovets | Sports.ru in English".
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