Ari Ahonen

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Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg/13 st 5 lb)
SEL Team	Frölunda HC
Nationality	Finland
Born	February 6, 1981 (1981-02-06) (age 27), Jyväskylä, FIN
NHL Draft	27th overall, 1999 New Jersey Devils
Pro career	2001 – present

Ari Pekka Ahonen (born February 6, 1981, in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Frölunda Indians of the SEL. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

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.

Ahonen is the only goaltender in SM-liiga history to have represented all three teams in the greater Helsinki area: HIFK, Jokerit and Blues.

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Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	Sv%
1998-99	JYP	SM-liiga	5
1999-00	HIFK	SM-liiga	38
2000-01	HIFK	SM-liiga	37	18	13	4	2101	97	2	2.77	0.000
2001-02	Albany River Rats	AHL	36	6	22	6	2106	106	0	3.02	0.914
2002-03	Albany River Rats	AHL	38	13	20	3	2071	110	1	3.04	0.898
2003-04	Albany River Rats	AHL	50	13	30	6	3012	150	2	2.99	0.902
2004-05	Albany River Rats	AHL	38	16	20	1	2195	114	4	3.12	0.910
2005-06	Albany River Rats	AHL	16	3	13	0	949	63	0	3.98	0.892
2006-07	Blues	SM-liiga	5	1	2	2	308.17	13	0	2.53	0.921
2006-07	Jokerit	SM-liiga	19	8	6	5	1152.17	51	1	2.56
2007-08	Frölunda Indians	SEL	47	20	18	9	2737:27	116	4	2,47	0.896