Ville Peltonen
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May 24, 1973 Vantaa, Finland |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
NHL San Jose Sharks Nashville Predators Florida Panthers SM-liiga Jokerit HIFK Elitserien Frölunda HC Nationalliga A HC Lugano KHL HC Dynamo Minsk |
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| National team |
 Finland
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| NHL Draft | 58th overall, 1993 San Jose Sharks |
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| Playing career | 1991–2014 | ||
 Peltonen at the 2008 IIHF World Championship |
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| Men's Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Finland
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2006 Turin | |
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1994 Lillehammer | |
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1998 Nagano | |
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2010 Vancouver | |
| World Championships | ||
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1995 Sweden | |
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1994 Italy | |
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1998 Switzerland | |
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1999 Norway | |
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2007 Russia | |
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2000 Russia | |
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2006 Latvia | |
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2008 Canada | |
| World Cup | ||
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2004 World Cup of Hockey | |
Ville Sakari Peltonen (born May 24, 1973) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey forward. He is serving as assistant to head coach Kari Jalonen at SC Bern.
Peltonen was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. During his professional career, he has played 382 NHL games for Sharks, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers.
Peltonen started playing hockey with Etelä-Vantaan Urheilijat (EVU), and moved to HIFK when he was ten years old. He debuted the Finnish SM-liiga in 1991–92 SM-liiga season, playing six games in regular season. The following year, Peltonen scored 13 goals and 37 points in 46 games with HIFK winning the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as the best rookie of the season. The NHL franchise San Jose Sharks drafted Peltonen as their third round pick, 58th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Peltonen decided to stay with HIFK for two more seasons before heading to the NHL.
In his rookie season in the NHL, Peltonen played 31 games with Sharks, scoring 13 points. He scored his first career NHL goal on February 26, 1996 against the Montreal Canadiens into an empty net in a Sharks 7-4 victory, San Jose's first ever over Montreal. He also played 29 regular season games for Sharks' IHL affiliate Kansas City Blades, scoring 18 points. However, San Jose did not make the playoffs. The next season Peltonen scored only five points in 28 NHL games, but with the Kentucky Thoroughblades he scored 22 goals and 52 points in 40 games. After two years in the NHL, Peltonen returned to Europe to play for Västra Frölunda HC of Swedish Elitserien. He was the best pointman of the league, scoring 51 points in 49 games. After a successful season with Frölunda, Peltonen returned to NHL to play for Nashville Predators. However, his returning season was short lived, when he injured after 14 games. Before the injury, Peltonen had scored 10 points with the team. He stayed with the Predators for two more seasons, but in 2000-2001 NHL season he played mostly for Milwaukee Admirals, and was chosen to AHL's All Star Game.
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