Antti Aalto

{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player (born 1975)}}

{{for|the Finnish Olympic ski jumper|Antti Aalto (ski jumper)}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Antti Aalto & Jani Hurme 2002.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Annti Aalto

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lappeenranta, Finland

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 210

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL)
TPS (SM-liiga)
Jokerit (SM-liiga)

| ntl_team = FIN

| draft = 134th overall

| draft_year = 1993

| draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2006

}}

Antti Sami Aalto (born March 4, 1975) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Aalto was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the 6th round, 134th overall. He continued to play in Finland for TPS until the 1997–98 season when he joined the Ducks. He was assigned to their minor hockey team, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for 29 games and played for the Ducks for three games. He continued to play in the NHL until the 2000–01 season. The next season, 2001–02, saw Aalto return to Finland, which is where he continued to play until 2006 when he was forced to retire due to a shoulder injury.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1991–92

| SaiPa

| FIN.2 U20

| 13

791638

| 6

3146
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| SaiPa

| FIN.2

| 20

661220

| —

1992–93

| SaiPa

| FIN U18

| 3

0112

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| SaiPa

| FIN.2 U20

| 3

4262

| —

1992–93

| SaiPa

| FIN.2

| 23

681414

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| TPS

| FIN U20

| 14

681418

| 6

2248
1992–93

| TPS

| SM-l

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| TPS

| FIN U20

| 10

381114

| 5

1450
1993–94

| TPS

| SM-l

| 33

591416

| 10

1124
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Kiekko-67

| FIN.2

| 4

22427

| —

1994–95

| TPS

| FIN U20

| 2

1232

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| TPS

| SM-l

| 44

1171818

| 5

0112
1994–95

| Kiekko-67

| FIN.2

| 1

01129

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| TPS

| SM-l

| 40

15163122

| 11

35814
1995–96

| Kiekko-67

| FIN.2

| 2

0222

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| TPS

| SM-l

| 44

15193460

| 11

561131
1997–98

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 3

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 29

491330

| —

1998–99

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 73

35824

| 4

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 63

7111826

| —

2000–01

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 12

1122

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

| AHL

| 40

14264039

| 3

2132
2001–02

| Jokerit

| SM-l

| 48

8212987

| 12

18912
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Jokerit

| SM-l

| 44

7162336

| 10

21326
2003–04

| TPS

| SM-l

| 50

16284446

| 13

291110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| TPS

| SM-l

| 37

9182740

| —

2005–06

| TPS

| SM-l

| 4

1014

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3"| SM-l totals

! 345 !! 87 !! 134 !! 221 !! 329

! 72 !! 14 !! 31 !! 45 !! 99

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! colspan="3"| NHL totals

! 151 !! 11 !! 17 !! 28 !! 52

! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1992

| Finland

| U17

| —

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| 1992

| Finland

| EJC

| 6

21316
1993

| Finland

| EJC

| 6

13418
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994

| Finland

| WJC

| 7

0228
1995

| Finland

| WJC

| 7

23518
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997

| Finland

| WC

| 5

2020
2000

| Finland

| WC

| 8

0006
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002

| Finland

| OG

| 4

0004
2002

| Finland

| WC

| 9

10116
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4"| Junior totals

! 26 !! 5 !! 9 !! 14 !! 60

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4"| Senior totals

! 26 !! 3 !! 0 !! 3 !! 26

References