Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1987)

Mikko Lehtonen
Born (1987-04-01) April 1, 1987
Espoo, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
SHL team
Former teams
Örebro HK
Skellefteå AIK
Blues
Boston Bruins
Severstal Cherepovets
HC Lugano
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 83rd overall, 2005
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2005present

Mikko Kristian Lehtonen (born April 1, 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey winger currently playing for Örebro HK in the Swedish Hockey League.

Playing career

Lehtonen was drafted by Boston Bruins in the 3rd round (83rd selection) of 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Mikko was drafted from Finnish team, Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga. On May 31, 2007, the Boston Bruins signed Lehtonen to an entry-level contract.[1]

Lehtonen made his North American debut in the 2008–09 season with Boston's American Hockey League affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Lehtonen made his NHL debut in the Bruins penultimate regular season game in a 6-1 defeat to the Buffalo Sabres on April 11, 2009.[2]

While with Skellefteå on February 28, 2011, Lehtonen's NHL rights were traded by the Bruins along with Jeff Penner to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Anton Khudobin.[3]

On May 4, 2011, Lehtonen was announced as the new player of KHL's Severstal Cherepovets.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and Playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Blues SM-l 1 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Blues SM-l 25 4 0 4 0
2006–07 Blues SM-l 39 6 9 15 24 9 1 1 2 4
2007–08 Blues SM-l 42 8 12 20 12 17 1 8 9 4
2008–09 Providence Bruins AHL 72 28 25 53 39 14 2 5 7 4
2008–09 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Providence Bruins AHL 78 23 27 50 58
2009–10 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Skellefteå SEL 55 30 28 58 34 18 3 5 8 2
2011–12 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 48 11 10 21 24
SM-l totals 107 18 21 39 36 26 2 9 11 8
NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0

International

Mikko Lehtonen
Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
World Junior Championships
2006 Vancouver Ice hockey
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Finland WJC18 6 2 3 5 2
2006 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 2
2007 Finland WJC 6 4 6 10 0
Junior int'l totals 19 6 10 16 4

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