Tom Koivisto

Tom Koivisto
Born (1974-06-04) June 4, 1974
Turku, FIN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
SM-liiga team
Former teams
Jokerit
TPS
HPK
St. Louis Blues
Frölunda HC
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 253rd overall, 2002
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 19932010

Tomas Koivisto (born June 4, 1974 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as their eighth-round pick, 253rd overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He played parts of ten seasons in the SM-liiga before coming to North America in 2002. Koivisto spent most of two seasons in the American Hockey League but appeared in 22 National Hockey League games with the Blues in 2002–03. He returned to Europe in 2004, spending two seasons with Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and then two more with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss National League A before returning to Finland and Jokerit in 2008.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 Kiekko-67 SML-2 160444
1992–93 TPS SML 10000 10000
1993–94 Kiekko-67 SML-2 16412162
1993–94 TPS SML 182574 10112
1994–95 Kiekko-67 SML-2 1473106
1994–95 TPS SML 40004
1994–95 HPK SML 2533616
1995–96 HPK SML 508111952 91236
1996–97 HPK SML 4618173550 104266
1997–98 HPK SML 23661228
1998–99 HPK SML 5213263991 851614
1999–00 Jokerit SML 438202858 112132
2000–01 Jokerit SML 478152336 50002
2001–02 Jokerit SML 438142230 1238112
2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 2224610
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 474131732 30000
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 284131716
2003–04 Springfield Falcons AHL 1708812
2004–05 Frölunda HC SEL 509192866 1411214
2005–06 Frölunda HC SEL 406162276 1752730
2006–07 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 367172491 60448
2007–08 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 477101746 40114
2008–09 Jokerit SML 435172256 51012
2009–10 Jokerit SML 406131940 30332
SM-liiga totals 43585147232465 6516183438

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993 Finland Jr. WJC 70110
1994 Finland Jr. WJC 71016
2002 Finland WC 92134

Achievements

References

  1. 1 2 "Tom Koivisto player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-04-29.

External links

Preceded by
Jouni Loponen
Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy
2001–02
Succeeded by
Marko Tuulola


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