Ville Vahalahti

Ville Vahalahti
Ville Vahalahti (2012)
Born	(1977-11-07) 7 November 1977 Pargas, Finland
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Liiga team Former teams	Lukko TPS Linköpings HC
National team	Finland
Playing career	1995–present

Ville Vahalahti (born 7 November 1977 in Pargas, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career

Vahalahti started his professional career in the second highest division of hockey in Finland. There he played for the team Kiekko-67 Turku. After two seasons, he advanced to the SM-liiga team TPS.

He spent the 2007–08 season with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien, but upon completion of the year returned to TPS signing a two-year contract. After a strong return with TPS, Vahalahti was named to represent Finland at the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland.

During the 2009–10 season on 19 March 2010, Vahalahti signed a two-year contract extension to remain with TPS.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Kiekko-67	FIN U20		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	TPS	FIN U20		33	12	8	20	37		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Kiekko-67	FIN.2		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	TPS	FIN U20		33	14	10	24	14		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Kiekko-67	FIN.2		4	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	TPS	FIN U20		36	18	14	32	4		7	5	4	9	4
1998–99	TUTO Hockey	FIN.2		21	15	18	33	8		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	TPS	SM-l		31	8	5	13	4		10	2	2	4	4
1999–2000	TPS	SM-l		53	15	15	30	22		10	3	1	4	0
2000–01	TPS	SM-l		53	12	15	27	8		10	3	4	7	4
2001–02	TPS	SM-l		56	11	24	35	12		8	1	3	4	2
2002–03	TPS	SM-l		54	15	24	39	34		7	1	2	3	0
2003–04	TPS	SM-l		50	18	22	40	10		4	0	0	0	0
2004–05	TPS	SM-l		46	11	19	30	10		6	1	0	1	2
2005–06	TPS	SM-l		56	15	10	25	28		2	0	1	1	6
2006–07	TPS	SM-l		54	21	23	44	14		2	0	0	0	0
2007–08	Linköpings HC	SEL		53	4	8	12	8		16	0	0	0	2
2008–09	TPS	SM-l		58	15	19	34	20		8	3	3	6	12
2009–10	TPS	SM-l		57	21	26	47	24		15	4	8	12	6
2010–11	TPS	SM-l		27	5	19	24	10		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	TPS	SM-l		59	21	28	49	8		2	0	0	0	0
2012–13	TPS	SM-l		52	8	24	32	18		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Lukko	Liiga		59	20	32	52	20		15	6	7	13	6
2014–15	Lukko	Liiga		57	10	38	48	22		3	2	1	3	0
2015–16	Lukko	Liiga		55	14	33	47	16		5	2	1	3	0
2016–17	Lukko	Liiga		60	14	33	47	14		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Lukko	Liiga		40	6	17	23	8		—	—	—	—	—
Liiga totals				977	260	427	687	300		107	27	34	61	42

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009	Finland	WC		4	0	0	0	2

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database