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Tom Koivisto

#60 Tingsryds AIF / HockeyAllsvenskan - 11/12

1-time Liiga Best Defenseman (Pekka Rautakallio Award)

Date of Birth

May 04, 1974

Position

Age

Height

5'10" / 179 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

181 lbs / 82 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

TPS

Status

Retired

Drafted

2002 round 8 #253 overall by St. Louis Blues

Koivisto was skilled offensive defenseman. He excelled on the powerplay with his passing ability and fine shot. Would sometimes lose interest in playing defense, though. Also, he wasn't a speedy skater by any means.
- Elite Prospects (2013)

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Tom Koivisto Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1990-91	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
1991-92	TPS U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	36*	4*	9*	13*	40*	-*	\|	Playoffs	8	1	3	4	12	-
	Finland U18	EJC-18	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-*	\|
1992-93	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	21*	10*	8*	18*	30*	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	6	-
	TPS	SM-liiga	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	16*	0*	4*	4*	4*	-1*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	0*	1*	1*	0*	2*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17*	1*	2*	3*	10*	-*	\|
1993-94	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	10*	4*	5*	9*	16*	4*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	5	5	8	-1
	TPS	SM-liiga	18*	2*	5*	7*	4*	8*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	1	1	2	1
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	16*	4*	12*	16*	2*	9*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	1*	0*	1*	6*	-3*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	15*	1*	2*	3*	8*	-*	\|
1994-95	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	5*	0*	2*	2*	8*	-*	\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	4*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-2*	\|
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	14*	7*	3*	10*	6*	-*	\|
	HPK	SM-liiga	25*	3*	3*	6*	16*	-5*	\|
1995-96	HPK	SM-liiga	50*	8*	11*	19*	52*	-7*	\|	Playoffs	9	1	2	3	6	-8
1996-97	HPK	SM-liiga	46*	18*	17*	35*	50*	10*	\|	Playoffs	10	4	2	6	6	-3
	Finland (all)	International	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
1997-98	HPK	SM-liiga	23*	6*	6*	12*	28*	-6*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	7*	1*	2*	3*	2*	-*	\|
1998-99	HPK	SM-liiga	52*	13*	26*	39*	91*	1*	\|	Playoffs	8	5	1	6	14	4
1999-00	Jokerit	SM-liiga	43*	8*	20*	28*	58*	4*	\|	Playoffs	11	2	1	3	2	1
2000-01	Jokerit	SM-liiga	47*	8*	15*	23*	34*	13*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	2	-1
2001-02	Jokerit	SM-liiga	43*	8*	14*	22*	30*	22*	\|	Playoffs	12	3	8	11	2	8
	Finland	WC	9*	2*	1*	3*	4*	2*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	15*	5*	5*	10*	4*	7*	\|
2002-03	St. Louis Blues	NHL	22*	2*	4*	6*	10*	1*	\|
	Worcester IceCats	AHL	47*	4*	13*	17*	32*	4*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-3
2003-04	Worcester IceCats	AHL	28*	4*	13*	17*	16*	4*	\|
	Springfield Falcons	AHL	17*	0*	8*	8*	12*	-6*	\|
2004-05	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	50*	9*	19*	28*	66*	22*	\|	Playoffs	14	1	1	2	14	10
2005-06	Frölunda HC	Elitserien	40*	6*	16*	22*	76*	12*	\|	Playoffs	17	5	2	7	30	0
2006-07	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	36*	7*	17*	24*	91*	-*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	4	4	8	-
2007-08	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	NLA	47*	7*	10*	17*	46*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	4	-
2008-09	Jokerit	SM-liiga	43*	5*	17*	22*	56*	5*	\|	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	2	-4
2009-10	Jokerit	SM-liiga	40*	6*	13*	19*	40*	0*	\|	Playoffs	3	0	3	3	2	0
2010-11	Tingsryds AIF	HockeyAllsvenskan	52*	13*	15*	28*	86*	-11*	\|	Kvalserien AS	10	5	4	9	6	6
2011-12	Tingsryds AIF	HockeyAllsvenskan	46*	6*	20*	26*	52*	2*	\|

Tom Koivisto Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1997-98	HPK	Euro HL	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2000-01	Jokerit	Spengler Cup	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
2004-05	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
2005-06	Frölunda HC	ECC	2*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-1*	\|

Tom Koivisto Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	92*	8*	34*	42*	0.46*	60*	2*	\|	1	3	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	-3 *
ECC	1	2*	0*	1*	1*	0.50*	2*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EJC-18	1	5*	0*	2*	2*	0.40*	2*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Euro HL	1	3*	1*	0*	1*	0.33*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
HockeyAllsvenskan	2	98*	19*	35*	54*	0.55*	138*	-9*	\|	1	10	5 *	4 *	9 *	0.90 *	6 *	6 *
I-divisioona	3	46*	11*	19*	30*	0.65*	12*	8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	3	22*	6*	7*	13*	0.59*	6*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	2	32*	2*	4*	6*	0.19*	18*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Jr. A SM-sarja	2	37*	4*	9*	13*	0.35*	40*	-*	\|	1	8	1 *	3 *	4 *	0.50 *	12 *	- *
SM-liiga (Liiga)	12	435*	85*	147*	232*	0.53*	463*	43*	\|	10	65	16 *	18 *	34 *	0.52 *	38 *	-2 *
NHL	1	22*	2*	4*	6*	0.27*	10*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NLA (NL)	2	83*	14*	27*	41*	0.49*	137*	-*	\|	2	10	0 *	5 *	5 *	0.50 *	12 *	- *
Elitserien (SHL)	2	90*	15*	35*	50*	0.56*	142*	34*	\|	2	31	6 *	3 *	9 *	0.29 *	44 *	10 *
Spengler Cup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	3	36*	14*	15*	29*	0.81*	54*	4*	\|	2	12	1 *	6 *	7 *	0.58 *	14 *	-1 *
WC	1	9*	2*	1*	3*	0.33*	4*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	14*	1*	1*	2*	0.14*	6*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tom Koivisto Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1992-1993
- SM-liiga Champion
- U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
1993-1994
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
- U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
1996-1997
1998-1999
- SM-liiga Bronze Medal
- Liiga Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5)
1999-2000
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2001-2002
2004-2005
- Elitserien Champion
2005-2006
- Elitserien SM Silver Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
04/30/2011
04/30/2011	Extension	Tingsryds AIF	Tingsryds AIF
05/27/2010
05/27/2010	Confirmed	Jokerit	Tingsryds AIF

Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC

Cult/Star player for HPK

Cult/Star player for Jokerit

Cult/Star player for Springfield Falcons

Career transactions
- 2011-04-30 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by Tingsryd
- 2010-05-27 • Signed to a one-year contract by Tingsryd
- 2008-04-21 • Signed to a two-year contract by Jokerit
- 2006-04-20 • Signed to a two-year contract by Rapperswil
- 2004-04-15 • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda
- 2003-07-17 • Signed to a one-year contract by the St. Louis Blues
- 2003-05-26 • Signed to a one-year contract by Langnau
- 2002-07-10 • Signed to a one-year contract by the St. Louis Blues
- 2002-04-17 • Signed to a two-year contract by Frölunda