Ari Ahonen

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Ahonen1 (50471516181) (1).jpg

| caption = Ahonen playing for the Albany River Rats in December 2003

| alt =

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 187

| played_for = SM-liiga:
JYP
HIFK
Espoo Blues
Jokerit
KalPa
Ässät
SHL:
Frölunda HC
AHL:
Albany River Rats
KHL:
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Barys Astana
Admiral Vladivostok

| league = KHL

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|2|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Jyväskylä, Finland

| ntl_team = FIN

| draft = 27th overall

| draft_year = 1999

| draft_team = New Jersey Devils

| name = Ari Ahonen

| image_size =

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2018|

}}

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Ari Ahonen (born February 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Ahonen is the only goaltender in SM-liiga history to have represented all three teams in the greater Helsinki area: HIFK, Jokerit and Blues.

Playing career

File:Ari Ahonen.jpg

After playing three seasons in Finland's SM-liiga, representing JYP and HIFK, Ahonen joined the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. After five seasons with the River Rats, Ahonen returned to Finland in 2006 to represent Blues, but when he found himself serving as backup to Bernd Brückler, Ahonen signed with Jokerit when no less than three of their goaltenders were injured. With Jokerit Ahonen have won silver medals in 2007.

During the 2011–12 season Ahonen signed a two-year deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Ahonen later continued in the KHL, joining Kazakhstan based, Barys Astana, for the 2013–14 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.astanatimes.kz/index.php?uin=1290953792&pg=1374464633 |title=Barys Hockey Club Returns to Action|publisher=The Astana Times |author= Askar Sultan |accessdate=August 7, 2013}}

Career statistics

=Regular season=

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style="background:#e0e0e0; text-align:center;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! W ! L ! OTL ! MIN ! GA ! SO ! GAA ! SV%
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1998–99 \| JYP \| SM-l \| 5 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
style="text-align:center;" \| 1999–00 \| HIFK \| SM-l \| 38 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2000–01 \| HIFK \| SM-l \| 37 \| 18 \| 13 \| 4 \| 2101 \| 97 \| 2 \| 2.77 \| .920
style="text-align:center;" \| 2001–02 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 36 \| 6 \| 22 \| 6 \| 2106 \| 106 \| 0 \| 3.02 \| .914
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2002–03 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 38 \| 13 \| 20 \| 3 \| 2171 \| 110 \| 1 \| 3.04 \| .898
style="text-align:center;" \| 2003–04 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 50 \| 13 \| 30 \| 6 \| 3012 \| 150 \| 2 \| 2.99 \| .902
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2004–05 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 38 \| 16 \| 20 \| 1 \| 2195 \| 114 \| 4 \| 3.12 \| .910
style="text-align:center;" \| 2005–06 \| Albany River Rats \| AHL \| 16 \| 3 \| 13 \| 0 \| 949 \| 63 \| 0 \| 3.98 \| .892
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2006–07 \| Espoo Blues \| SM-l \| 5 \| 1 \| 2 \| 2 \| 308.17 \| 13 \| 0 \| 2.53 \| .922
style="text-align:center;" \| 2006–07 \| Jokerit \| SM-l \| 20 \| 9 \| 6 \| 5 \| 1152.17 \| 51 \| 1 \| 2.67 \|.914
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2007–08 \| Frölunda HC \| SHL \| 47 \| 20 \| 18 \| 9 \| 2737:27 \| 116 \| 4 \| 2.47 \| .896
style="text-align:center;" \| 2008–09 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 14 \|4 \|4 \|0 \| 503 \| 24 \| 1 \| 2.86 \| .885
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2009–10 \| KalPa \| SM-l \| 43 \| 21 \| 10 \| 9 \| 2479:04 \| 94 \| 6 \| 2.28 \| .903
style="text-align:center;" \| 2010–11 \| KalPa \| SM-l \| 51 \| 23 \| 15 \| 11 \| 2986 \| 106 \| 5 \| 2.13 \| .916
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2011–12 \| KalPa \| SM-l \| 18 \| 13 \| 2 \| 3 \| 1092:09 \| 27 \| 2 \| 1.48 \| .945
style="text-align:center;" \| 2011–12 \| Metallurg Magnitogorsk \| KHL \| 28 \| 19 \| 8 \| 1 \| 1581 \| 57 \| 3 \| 2.16 \| .929
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \|2012–13 \|Metallurg Magnitogorsk \|KHL \|40 \|20 \|13 \|6 \|2386 \|81 \|4 \|2.04 \|.924
style="text-align:center;" \|2013–14 \|Barys Astana \|KHL \|36 \|19 \|12 \|5 \|2085 \|88 \|2 \|2.53 \|.914
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \|2014–15 \|Admiral Vladivostok \|KHL \|5 \|1 \|4 \|0 \|254 \|21 \|0 \|4.96 \|.838
style="text-align:center;" \|2015–16 \|Ässät \|SM-I \|21 \|8 \|8 \|3 \|1123 \|49 \|1 \|2.62 \|.906
style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" \|2016–17 \|Ässät \|SM-I \|18 \|8 \|8 \|0 \|1005 \|41 \|1 \|2.45 \|.910
style="text-align:center;" \|2017–18 \|Herning Blue Fox \|Metal \|32 \| \| \| \|1831 \| \| \|2.33 \|.911

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