Petri Kontiola

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Petri Kontiola
Born (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984
Seinajoki, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams 		Traktor Chelyabinsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Chicago Blackhawks
Tappara
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 196th overall, 2004
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2003–present

Petri Kontiola (born 4 October 1984) is a professional ice hockey player for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing career

Kontiola was drafted 196th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks from Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga. Kontiola played professional for four years in his native Finland before making his North American debut in the 2007–08 season.

Kontiola started out with the Blackhawks affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL, before he played his first NHL game for the Chicago Blackhawks on 25 November 2007 against the Vancouver Canucks.

On 4 March 2009, Kontiola was traded by the Blackhawks along with James Wisniewski to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Samuel Pahlsson and Logan Stephenson and a conditional 2009 draft pick.[1] He was immediately sent down to the Ducks' AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops, and played out the remainder of the season.

On 26 May 2009, Kontiola was signed by Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL to a two-year deal.[2]

On 3 May 2011, Petri Kontiola has been announced as the new player of KHL's Traktor Chelyabinsk.[3]

International play

Kontiola made his international debut for Finland at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Helsinki scoring 2 points in 7 games to help earn a Bronze medal. Kontiola was named to the men's 2007 IIHF World Championship team in Russia to make his senior debut. He finished among the Finnish leaders with 7 points in 9 games as Finland lost in the Final to Canada to earn Silver.[4]

Petri returned to the Finnish team three year later when he was selected in the 2010 IIHF World Championship team at Germany. In seven games he scored 3 goals before suffering elimination on 20 May 2010, when he missed a penalty-shot in the quarterfinal shoot-out against the Czech Republic.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Tappara Tampere SM-l 39 4 9 13 29 3 1 1 2 0
2004–05 Tappara Tampere SM-l 54 8 17 25 24 8 2 2 4 4
2005–06 Tappara Tampere SM-l 56 9 35 44 55 6 1 3 4 0
2006–07 Tappara Tampere SM-l 51 12 35 47 50 5 1 3 4 8
2007–08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 66 18 50 68 32 12 5 5 10 4
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 0 5 5 6 — — — — —
2008–09 Rockford IceHogs AHL 61 15 38 53 22 — — — — —
2008–09 Iowa Chops AHL 20 4 5 9 8 — — — — —
2009–10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 54 7 15 22 24 10 2 2 4 0
2010–11 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 54 14 34 48 36 16 2 6 8 14
2011–12 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 53 15 22 37 34 16 3 5 8 37
2012–13 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 44 12 19 31 51 25 10 9 19 12
SM-l totals 200 33 96 129 158 22 5 9 14 12
NHL totals 12 0 5 5 6 — — — — —
KHL totals 205 48 90 138 145 67 17 23 40 63

International

Petri Kontiola
Medal record
Competitor for  Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver 2007 Moscow Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze 2004 Helsinki Ice hockey
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Finland WJC 7 1 1 2 2
2007 Finland WC 9 2 5 7 2
2010 Finland WC 7 3 0 3 2
Junior int'l totals 7 1 1 2 2
Senior int'l totals 16 5 5 10 4

References

  1. ↑ "'Hawks get veteran center Pahlsson". nhl.com. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  2. ↑ "Kontiola leaves NHL for Russia" (in Finnish). iltasanomat.fi. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
  3. ↑ "Petri Kontiola moves from Metallurg Magnitogorsk to Traktor Chelyabinsk | Sports.ru in English".
  4. ↑ "Canada wins World Hockey Championship". CBC.ca. 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2010-07-13. 
  5. ↑ "Czechs send Finns packing after a penalty shootout, 2-1". IIHF. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2010-07-13. 

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