Seppo Ahokainen

Date of Birth: Jan 19, 1952
Age: Deceased
Place of Birth: Lauritsala, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: LauTP
Position: LW
Height: 178 cm / 5'10"
Weight: 82 kg / 181 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: -

Seppo Ahokainen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1967-1968	LauTP	Perussarja	-	10	3	13	-	-
1969-1970	SaiPa	Suomen sarja	14	4	7	11	14	-
1969-1970	Finland U19	EJC-19	5	0	2	2	0	-
1970-1971	SaiPa U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	5	3	13	16	12	-
1970-1971	SaiPa	Suomen sarja	13	10	6	16	8	-	Qualification	5	0	5	5	4	-
1970-1971	Finland U19	EJC-19	5	0	3	3	4	-
1971-1972	Ilves U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	5	-	-	-	-	-
1971-1972	Ilves	SM-sarja	32	13	13	26	24	-
1971-1972	Finland	WC	7	0	3	3	2	-
1972-1973	Ilves	SM-sarja	34	14	11	25	34	-
1972-1973	Finland	WC	10	2	0	2	20	-
1973-1974	Ilves	SM-sarja	36	25	18	43	44	-
1973-1974	Finland	WC	10	6	3	9	2	-
1974-1975	Ilves	SM-sarja	35	19	18	37	48	-
1975-1976	Ilves "C"	SM-liiga	34	19	15	34	41	-
1975-1976	Finland Olympics	OG	6	1	5	6	6	-
1976-1977	Ilves	SM-liiga	22	9	14	23	16	-
1976-1977	Finland	WC	10	1	3	4	6	-
1977-1978	Klagenfurter AC	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977-1978	Finland	WC	10	3	0	3	0	-
1978-1979	Klagenfurter AC	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978-1979	Finland	WC	8	1	0	1	0	-
1979-1980	Klagenfurter AC	Austria	38	34	50	84	43	-
1980-1981	Tappara	SM-liiga	36	16	20	36	28	28	Playoffs	8	1	4	5	8	-
1980-1981	Finland	WC	5	2	2	4	2	-
1981-1982	Tappara	SM-liiga	28	10	16	26	20	26	Playoffs	11	3	3	6	0	-
1981-1982	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	4	-5
1982-1983	Tappara	SM-liiga	33	12	17	29	44	11	Playoffs	8	3	1	4	0	-
1983-1984	Tappara "C"	SM-liiga	37	15	16	31	44	13	Playoffs	8	3	0	3	6	-
1983-1984	Olympiajoukkue Loan	SM-liiga	4	0	2	2	2	2
1984-1985	Tappara "C"	SM-liiga	33	10	7	17	28	-12
1985-1986	Tappara	SM-liiga	35	11	16	27	29	13	Playoffs	3	2	2	4	2	2
1986-1987	Tappara	SM-liiga	40	6	6	12	17	9	Playoffs	9	0	0	0	2	-

Seppo Ahokainen Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Austria	3	38*	34*	50*	84*	2.21*	43*	-	0
EJC-19	2	10	0	5	5	0.50	4	-	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	2	10	3*	13*	16*	1.60*	12*	-	0
OG	1	6	1	5	6	1.00	6	-	0
Perussarja	1	-	10	3	13	-	-	-	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	9	302	108	129	237	0.78	269	90*	6	47	12	10	22	0.47	18	2*
SM-sarja	4	137	71	60	131	0.96	150	-	0
Suomen sarja	2	27	14	13	27	1.00	22	-	1	5	0	5	5	1.00	4	-
WC	8	67	15	11	26	0.39	36	-5*	0

Seppo Ahokainen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1971-1972	SM-sarja Champion SM-sarja Rookie of the Year
1978-1979	Austrian Champion
1979-1980	Austrian Champion
1980-1981	SM-liiga Silver Medal
1981-1982	SM-liiga Champion
1983-1984	SM-liiga Champion
1985-1986	SM-liiga Champion
1986-1987	SM-liiga Champion
1992-1993	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#90)

Seppo Ahokainen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EC-KAC
Cult/Star player for Ilves
Cult/Star player for Tappara

In his 16 years as a professional, Seppo Ahokainen played for three clubs only. He won the Finnsh SM-Liiga five times in his career and added two championship titles with Austrian Klagenfurter AC. Furthermore, he played 162 international games for Team Finland, including seven world championships and the Olympics in 1976. In his three seasons in the Austrian league, Ahokainen scored 204 points (92 goals, 112 assists) in 103 matches, his overall record in the SM-Liiga are 366 points in 434 games for Ilves and Tappara from Tampere. Seppo Ahokainen was introduced to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.
(by Hannes Biedermann)