Petteri Lehto

Petteri Lehto
Born (1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 (age 63)
Turku, FIN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins
TPS
Lukko
KalPa
National team  Finland
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1980–1990

Mika Jukka Petteri Lehto (born 13 March 1961) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player and agent.

Career

He played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1984–85 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1990, was spent in the Finnish SM-liiga, where he played for TPS, and KalPa. Internationally, Lehto played for the Finnish national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Post-playing career

After his playing career, Lehto became an NHL agent.[1] His clientele as an agent includes Patrik Laine, Mikko Rantanen, Kaapo Kakko, Aron Kiviharju and Emil Hemming among others.[2]

Personal

His brother Joni is a scout for the Colorado Avalanche.[1][3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1977–78 TPS FIN U20 24 4 5 9 36 — — — — —
1978–79 TPS FIN U20 25 5 14 19 92 — — — — —
1978–79 TPS SM-l — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0
1979–80 Melville Millionaires SJHL 53 10 44 54 188 — — — — —
1980–81 TPS FIN U20 15 7 6 13 36 — — — — —
1980–81 TPS SM-l 31 0 2 2 16 — — — — —
1981–82 Lukko SM-l 34 3 8 11 24 — — — — —
1982–83 TPS SM-l 33 3 6 9 42 3 0 0 0 2
1983–84 TPS SM-l 36 8 10 18 32 10 2 1 3 8
1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1984–85 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 52 3 18 21 55 — — — — —
1985–86 TPS SM-l 33 2 8 10 60 7 0 2 2 10
1986–87 TPS SM-l 22 1 5 6 30 — — — — —
1987–88 KalPa SM-l 32 3 11 14 32 — — — — —
1988–89 TPS SM-l 40 2 9 11 20 10 0 0 0 4
1989–90 TPS SM-l 37 1 3 4 27 9 0 0 0 6
SM-l totals 298 23 62 85 283 41 2 3 5 30
NHL totals 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1979 Finland EJC 5 3 1 4 2
1984 Finland OLY 6 2 2 4 10
Junior totals 5 3 1 4 2
Senior totals 6 2 2 4 10

References

  1. ^ a b @jhitela (26 June 2015). "Sitting next to Rantanen - his Finnish agent Petteri Lehto whose brother Joni Lehto is Avs European scout" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ NYMAN, MARIANNE (6 November 2022). ""I want to be one of the best in the world"". Yle. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Interview with the Avs scout Joni Lehto". eurolanche.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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