| Peter Ahola | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 14, 1968 Espoo, FIN |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | Los Angeles Kings Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Calgary Flames HIFK (SM-liiga) TPS (SM-liiga) Espoo Blues (SM-liiga) Sodertalje SK (Elitserien) |
| Playing career | 1987–2003 |
Peter Kristian Ahola (born May 14, 1968 in Espoo, Finland) is a former ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, and the San Jose Sharks.
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In his rookie year in Los Angeles, Ahola led the Kings in +/- with a +12 in the 1991–92 NHL season. He also scored 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points in 71 games. He was then traded to Pittsburgh for Jeff Chychrun during the next season. In Pittsburgh, he played 22 games and didn't register a goal and only scored one assist. Ahola was then traded a third time in that season to the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks traded him to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the offseason, but then got traded to the Calgary Flames before the start of the next regular season. This was his fifth trade in eleven months.[1] He only played two games on the Flames before he got sent down to the minor league team, the Saint John Flames. In total, Ahola played 123 regular season games, scoring 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points and collecting 137 penalty minutes. He also played six playoff games during his rookie season with the Kings but didn't register a point. Ahola went back to Finland's SM-liiga in 1994 and then to Sweden's Elitserien in 2001 before retiring in 2003.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1987–88 | Kiekko-Espoo | 2. Divisioona | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Kiekko-Espoo | 1. Divisioona | 44 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Boston University | ECAC | 43 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Boston University | ECAC | 39 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 71 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 66 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1994–95 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-liiga | 50 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 96 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1995–96 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 34 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 50 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | TPS | SM-liiga | 46 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | TPS | SM-liiga | 47 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1999–00 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 50 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 110 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | ||
| 2000–01 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 51 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Södertälje SK | Elitserien | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Södertälje SK | Elitserien | 47 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 123 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||