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Tero Lehterä
Born (1972-04-21) 21 April 1972 (age 52)
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Tappara
Jokerit
HPK
Espoo Blues
Malmö IF
Fort Wayne Komets
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
EHC Basel
HC Ambri-Piotta
National team  Finland
NHL draft 232nd overall, 1994
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1992–2007

Tero Juhani Lehterä (born 21 April 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara, Jokerit, HPK, and Espoo Blues. He also had stints in Elitserien, the IHL, Russia, Switzerland and Germany. He also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics and World Championship with Finland's 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships team.[1]

Lehterä switched into coaching after retiring his hockey career. He has been the head coach of SaiPa of the Finnish Liiga. He has also coached several Espoo Blues junior teams and worked as an assistant coach for Blues' first team during the 2015-16 season. He was supposed to become the head coach of Blues, but the team went bankrupt in 2016.

He has also worked as a hockey analyst for tv channels MTV3 and Nelonen.

During the 2022/23 season in Hockeyallsvenskan he took over as headcoach for Västerås IK after the team had a rough start-mid season which hadn't met the high expectations that the somewhat high-end lineup had amassed. Tero succeeded in taking the team to the quarterfinals where they lost to Björklövens IF. Tero would become known as "Tero the hero" amongst the Västerås fanbase and many people still hope for his return. One of the main reasons for the instant improvement in play for Västerås was his finish style of trap play.

During the 2023/24 season in Hockeyallsvenskan he coached Östersunds IK and cemented his finish style of trap play in Hockeyallsvenskan.

His nephew, Jori Lehterä, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues and currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. His daughter, Nea Lehterä, was in the winning team in the cheerleading world championships in 2022.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 28 14 26 40 2 5 3 1 4 0
1989–90 Kiekko-Espoo FIN.2 7 2 2 4 0
1990–91 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 4 0 3 3 4
1990–91 Kiekko-Espoo FIN.2 34 17 14 31 2
1991–92 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 7 6 8 14 0
1991–92 Kiekko-Espoo FIN.2 41 23 33 56 10 5 2 2 4 0
1992–93 Kiekko-Espoo FIN U20 4 1 7 8 0
1992–93 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l 47 17 14 31 4
1993–94 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l 48 19 27 46 2
1994–95 Malmö IF SEL 37 12 11 23 10 9 0 0 0 0
1995–96 Jokerit SM-l 48 11 12 23 27 11 2 5 7 2
1996–97 Jokerit SM-l 47 11 10 21 4 9 2 3 5 0
1997–98 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l 47 9 13 22 4 8 1 1 2 0
1998–99 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 69 15 24 39 8 2 0 1 1 0
1999–2000 Jokerit SM-l 52 11 11 22 6 11 4 2 6 0
2000–01 Tappara SM-l 55 6 17 23 20 10 1 5 6 0
2001–02 Espoo Blues SM-l 50 6 13 19 6 2 0 0 0 0
2002–03 HPK SM-l 55 7 8 15 2 13 1 4 5 2
2003–04 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RSL 55 16 11 27 8 5 0 1 1 2
2004–05 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RSL 23 2 5 7 2
2004–05 HC Salamat FIN.2 3 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod VHL 17 3 3 6 0
2005–06 EHC Basel NLA 18 1 6 7 6
2005–06 Füchse Duisburg DEL 5 0 0 0 4
2006–07 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 3 0 1 1 0
2006–07 Odense Bulldogs DNK 13 1 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 0
SM-l totals 449 94 128 222 75 64 11 20 31 4

International

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Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1990 Finland EJC 6 3 3 6 0
1991 Finland WJC 6 0 3 3 2
1992 Finland WJC 6 2 0 2 0
1994 Finland OG 4 0 1 1 0
1995 Finland WC 8 1 0 1 0
Junior totals 18 5 6 11 2
Senior totals 12 1 1 2 0

References

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  1. ^ "Mitä kuuluu Suomi-kiekosta kadonneelle Tero Lehterälle, 50? "Olen nyt myös maailmanmestarin isä"". is.fi (in Finnish). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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