Ari Ahonen

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.

Ari Ahonen
Born (1981-02-06) February 6, 1981
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
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
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 27th overall, 1999
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1998–2018
Medal record
Representing  Finland
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1999Germany

Playing career

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.[1]

Career statistics

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

Awards and honours
Award Year
IIHF World U18 Championships All-Star Team 1999

References
  1. Askar Sultan. "Barys Hockey Club Returns to Action". The Astana Times. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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