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Finland Pertti Lehtonen

a.k.a. "Pepe Lehtonen"

#23 HIFK / SM-liiga - 97/98

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Pertti Lehtonen Facts

Date of Birth
Oct 18, 1956
Position
D
Age
66
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
203 lbs / 92 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
HJK
Status
Retired
Highlights
2-time Liiga All-Star Team 2
1-time Liiga Best Defenseman (Pekka Rautakallio Award) 1
3-time Liiga Champion 3
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Pertti Lehtonen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1973-74 Karhu-Kissat SM-sarja 5 0 0 0 4 - |
1974-75 HIFK U20 Jr. A SM-sarja - - - - - - |
1975-76 PiTa U20 Jr. A SM-sarja - - - - 59 - |
PiTa I-divisioona 35 5 6 11 91 - |
1976-77 HIFK SM-liiga 36 3 4 7 42 - | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 6 -
1977-78 HIFK SM-liiga 34 5 6 11 56 -2 |
1978-79 HIFK SM-liiga 36 9 11 20 61 15 | Playoffs 6 3 1 4 6 -
1979-80 HIFK SM-liiga 36 12 14 26 39 39 | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 6 -
1980-81 HIFK SM-liiga 36 9 16 25 34 6 | Playoffs 7 3 2 5 2 -
Finland WC 8 0 2 2 8 - |
1981-82 HIFK SM-liiga 36 15 21 36 40 35 | Playoffs 8 4 2 6 10 -
Finland WC 7 0 4 4 0 0 |
1982-83 HIFK SM-liiga 35 10 14 24 36 23 | Playoffs 9 3 5 8 2 -
Finland WC 10 2 1 3 6 - |
1983-84 HIFK SM-liiga 37 19 25 44 18 20 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
Olympiajoukkue SM-liiga 8 2 1 3 6 4 |
Finland OG 6 0 1 1 6 0 |
1984-85 HIFK SM-liiga 36 14 16 30 20 9 |
1985-86 HIFK SM-liiga 36 17 9 26 28 9 | Playoffs 10 3 0 3 4 -8
1986-87 HIFK SM-liiga 44 17 14 31 24 3 | Playoffs 3 1 3 4 4 -
1987-88 HIFK SM-liiga 44 16 14 30 48 21 | Playoffs 6 1 5 6 10 1
1988-89 HIFK SM-liiga 44 16 18 34 36 4 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -1
Finland WC 9 0 2 2 0 2 |
1989-90 HIFK SM-liiga 40 7 13 20 34 1 | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -3
1990-91 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 43 5 25 30 30 -11 | Playoffs 3 1 1 2 0 1
1991-92 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 34 7 19 26 14 5 | Playoffs 9 2 1 3 12 -3
1992-93 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 48 9 12 21 30 12 | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 25 0
1993-94 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 46 10 15 25 32 0 | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 1
1994-95 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 46 15 21 36 34 4 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 -2
1995-96 HIFK SM-liiga 43 5 13 18 30 -8 | Playoffs 3 1 0 1 2 -1
1996-97 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 47 8 9 17 16 8 |
1997-98 HIFK SM-liiga 14 0 3 3 16 5 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 1
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Pertti Lehtonen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
I-divisioona 1 35 5 6 11 0.31 91 - | 0
Jr. A SM-sarja 2 - - - - - 59 - | 0
SM-liiga (Liiga) 22 859 230 313 543 0.63 724 202 | 19 97 24 23 47 0.48 93 -14
OG 1 6 0 1 1 0.17 6 0 | 0
SM-sarja 1 5 0 0 0 0.00 4 - | 0
WC 4 34 2 9 11 0.32 14 2 | 0
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Pertti Lehtonen Connections

Player Period Teams
Raimo Hirvonen (D) 1975-1992 17 Finland, HIFK, PiTa
Simo Saarinen (D) 1980-1996 14 Finland, Finland, HIFK, Olympiajoukkue
Sakari Lindfors (G) 1985-1998 13 Finland, HIFK
Mika Kortelainen (F) 1986-1998 11 HIFK

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Number 23 retired by HIFK

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