Joonas Lehtivuori

{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = 2022-04-20 Eisbären Berlin gegen Adler Mannheim (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2021-22, Playoff-Halbfinale) by Sandro Halank–093.jpg

| caption = Lehtivuori playing for Adler Mannheim in April 2022

| image_size = 230px

| team = KooKoo

| league = Liiga

| former_teams = Ilves
Adirondack Phantoms
KalPa
Modo Hockey
HPK
Adler Mannheim

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 167

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|7|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tampere, Finland

| draft = 101st overall

| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers

| draft_year = 2006

| career_start = 2006

}}

Joonas Lehtivuori (born July 19, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for KooKoo of the Liiga. Lehtivuori was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Lehtivuori began his professional career with Ilves.[http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospect/joonas_lehtivouri Prospect Info Joonas Lehtivuori signed to ATO] on www.hockeysfuture.com He left Ilves on April 27, 2009, and joined the National Hockey League (NHL) club Philadelphia Flyers.[http://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/urheilu/joonas-lehtivuori-solmi-nhl-sopimuksen/141118 Joonas Lehtivuori solmi NHL-sopimuksen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428191913/http://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/urheilu/joonas-lehtivuori-solmi-nhl-sopimuksen/141118 |date=2009-04-28 }} on www.aamulehti.fi

Lehtivuori did not play any games for the Philadelphia Flyers organization in the 2008–09 season. However, in the 2009–10 season, Lehtivuori was assigned to the Adirondack Phantoms, the Flyers' relocated team affiliate, of the American Hockey League (AHL). Playing in 66 games, he scored 5 goals and 23 points. Halfway through his second season with the Phantoms, Lehtivuori was loaned out to KalPa of the SM-liiga.{{cite news | url = http://poststar.com/app/blogs/?p=60517&cat=784 | author = Tim McManus | title = Lehtivuori back to Finland | newspaper = The Post-Star | date = 2011-01-15 | accessdate = 2011-01-16}} On August 18, 2011, Lehtivuori signed a one-week try-out contract with the Modo Hockey of the Elitserien (SEL).{{cite web|url=http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=6099&rows=5 |title=Finländsk back på tryout |publisher=Modo Hockey |author=Patrick Edlund |language=Swedish |date=2011-08-18 |accessdate=2011-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081111/http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=6099&rows=5 |archivedate=2011-09-27 }}

Lehtivuori played three seasons with HPK in the Liiga, before opting to leave as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with German outfit, Adler Mannheim of the DEL, on April 13, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.adler-mannheim.de/aktuelles/adler-verpflichten-zwei-finnen/ | title = Eagles commit with two Finns | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = 2018-04-13 | accessdate = 2018-04-13 | language = German}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2004–05

| Ilves

| FIN U18

| 25

| 5

| 11

| 16

| 12

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Ilves

| FIN U18

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 6

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 4

2005–06

| Ilves

| FIN U20

| 39

| 9

| 16

| 25

| 22

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Ilves

| SM-liiga

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2006–07

| Ilves

| FIN U20

| 15

| 3

| 8

| 11

| 51

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Ilves

| SM-liiga

| 40

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 18

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2006–07

| Suomi U20

| Mestis

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Ilves

| SM-liiga

| 48

| 8

| 13

| 21

| 10

| 9

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

2007–08

| Suomi U20

| Mestis

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Ilves

| SM-liiga

| 44

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 16

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2009–10

| Adirondack Phantoms

| AHL

| 66

| 5

| 18

| 23

| 18

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Adirondack Phantoms

| AHL

| 32

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2010–11

| KalPa

| SM-liiga

| 19

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 14

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Modo Hockey

| SEL

| 54

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 18

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

2012–13

| Modo Hockey

| SEL

| 55

| 3

| 15

| 18

| 16

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| Modo Hockey

| SHL

| 38

| 5

| 1

| 6

| 18

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

2014–15

| Modo Hockey

| SHL

| 52

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 40

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| HPK

| Liiga

| 27

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 28

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2016–17

| HPK

| Liiga

| 56

| 7

| 18

| 25

| 22

| 7

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 16

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| HPK

| Liiga

| 52

| 8

| 26

| 34

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2018–19

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 41

| 8

| 23

| 31

| 26

| 14

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 12

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 45

| 3

| 17

| 20

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2020–21

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 28

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 46

| 2

| 20

| 22

| 32

| 9

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 0

2022–23

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 17

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 8

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 12

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Liiga totals

! 287

! 29

! 71

! 100

! 134

! 27

! 3

! 6

! 9

! 20

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SHL totals

! 199

! 14

! 29

! 43

! 92

! 13

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 6

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | DEL totals

! 177

! 18

! 77

! 95

! 102

! 33

! 0

! 8

! 8

! 24

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005

| Finland

| WHC17

| 6th

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| Finland

| U18

| {{bronze3}}

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

2006

| Finland

| WJC18

| {{silver2}}

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 12

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| Finland

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

2008

| Finland

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 6

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Junior totals

! 28

! 1

! 6

! 7

! 26

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

!

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | DEL

Defenseman of the Year

| 2019

|

Champion (Adler Mannheim)

| 2019

| {{cite web| url = https://www.iihf.com/en/news/10501/adler-mannheim-wins-del | title = Adler Mannheim wins DEL | publisher = IIHF | date = 2019-04-27 | accessdate = 2019-04-27}}

References

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