Antti Pihlström
| Antti Pihlström | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
October 22, 1984 Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Jokerit Espoo Blues SaiPa HPK Nashville Predators Färjestads BK JYP Jyväskylä Salavat Yulaev Ufa HC CSKA Moscow Fribourg-Gotteron | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
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Antti Sakari Pihlström (born October 22, 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa. On June 1, 2007, Pihlström was signed by the Nashville Predators to a two-year contract.[1]
In the 2007–08 season, his first in North America, Pihlström played primarily for the Predators affiliate the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL). He also made his NHL debut playing in one game for the Predators.
He then played at Färjestads BK of the Swedish Hockey League and at JYP in his native Finland, before heading to Russia. After four seasons with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Pihlström made a return to North America as free agent in agreeing to attend the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp for the 2015–16 season on a professional try-out contract on September 6, 2015.[2] After being waived, the spent the 2015-16 season with KHL side CSKA Moscow.
On September 5, 2016, he signed a one-month contract with Fribourg-Gotteron of the National League A (NLA), before moving on to Jokerit Helsinki of the Kontinental Hockey League the following month.[3]
International play
Pihlström debuted for Finland national team in the 2008 World Championships with five goals, which lead the Finnish team.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | Espoo Blues | SM-l | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Espoo Blues | SM-l | 53 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | SaiPa | SM-l | 54 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | HPK | SM-l | 56 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 78 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 53 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Färjestads BK | SEL | 43 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | JYP Jyväskylä | SM-l | 19 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2010–11 | JYP Jyväskylä | SM-l | 59 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 2011–12 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 31 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 47 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2013–14 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 52 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 60 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 54 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 190 | 52 | 38 | 90 | 86 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 18 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Predators sign 6 European prospects". predators.nhl.com. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ↑ Columbus Blue Jackets (2015-09-06). "Blue Jackets sign Sheppard and Pihlstrom to P.T.O.'s". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "Antti Pihlström Jokereihin". Jokerit.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.