Antti Pihlström

Antti Sakari Pihlström (born 22 October 1984) is a Finnish professionalice hockey left winger who is currently playing withHPK of the FinnishLiiga.

Antti Pihlström

Born	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (age 40) Vantaa,Finland
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
Liiga team Former teams	HPK Espoo Blues SaiPa Nashville Predators Färjestads BK JYP Jyväskylä Salavat Yulaev Ufa HC CSKA Moscow Fribourg-Gotteron Jokerit
National team	Finland
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2003–present

Playing career

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Pihlström played in Finland'sSM-liiga for theEspoo Blues,HPK, andSaiPa. On 1 June 2007, Pihlström was signed by theNashville Predators to a two-year contract.^[1]

In the2007–08 season, his first in North America, Pihlström played primarily for the Predators affiliate theMilwaukee Admirals of theAmerican Hockey League (AHL). He also made his NHL debut playing in one game for the Predators.

He then played atFärjestads BK of theSwedish Hockey League and atJYP in his native Finland, before heading to Russia. After four seasons withSalavat Yulaev Ufa of theKontinental Hockey League (KHL), Pihlström made a return to North America as free agent in agreeing to attend theColumbus Blue Jackets training camp for the2015–16 season on a professional try-out contract on 6 September 2015.^[2] After being waived, the spent the 2015–16 season with KHL sideCSKA Moscow.

On 5 September 2016, he signed a one-month contract withFribourg-Gotteron of theNational League A (NLA), before moving on toJokerit Helsinki of the Kontinental Hockey League the following month.^[3]

International play

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Medal record
Representing Finland
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi
World Championships
	2011 Slovakia
	2007 Russia
	2016 Russia
	2008 Canada

Pihlström debuted forFinland national team in the 2008 World Championships with five goals, which lead the Finnish team.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999–2000	Kiekko–Vantaa	FIN U16	14	6	2	8	12	3	0	1	1	0
2000–01	Jokerit	FIN U16	12	9	11	20	14	2	2	0	2	4
2001–02	Jokerit	FIN U18	26	15	14	29	41	8	0	5	5	18
2001–02	Jokerit	Jr. A	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Blues	Jr. A	36	10	16	26	38	10	1	1	2	8
2003–04	Blues	Jr. A	23	9	19	28	42	1	0	2	2	0
2003–04	Blues	SM-l	49	1	3	4	18	9	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Blues	Jr. A	11	7	3	10	36	7	0	2	2	26
2004–05	Blues	SM-l	53	4	3	7	30	7	0	2	2	26
2005–06	SaiPa	SM-l	54	10	11	21	60	8	1	0	1	2
2006–07	HPK	SM-l	56	16	23	39	63	9	3	5	8	4
2007–08	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	78	27	18	45	62	6	1	0	1	8
2007–08	Nashville Predators	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	15	8	4	12	10	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Nashville Predators	NHL	53	2	5	7	7	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Färjestads BK	SEL	43	4	6	10	44	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	JYP	SM-l	19	7	14	21	14	14	4	4	8	18
2010–11	JYP	SM-l	59	30	23	53	51	10	1	3	4	26
2011–12	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	31	8	7	15	16	6	1	0	1	4
2012–13	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	47	14	8	22	14	14	5	1	6	10
2013–14	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	52	14	11	25	34	18	5	2	7	4
2014–15	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	60	16	12	28	22	5	2	0	2	0
2015–16	CSKA Moscow	KHL	29	1	1	2	8	20	2	2	4	8
2016–17	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NLA	10	3	1	4	2	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Jokerit	KHL	27	3	5	8	10	4	1	0	1	14
2017–18	Jokerit	KHL	37	7	5	12	20	2	0	0	0	0
2018–19	Jokerit	KHL	41	1	3	4	10	6	0	0	0	2
2019–20	Jokerit	KHL	46	3	8	11	16	6	3	2	5	0
2020–21	Jokerit	KHL	45	5	2	7	8	4	0	0	0	2
Liiga totals			310	71	84	155	242	50	9	12	21	50
NHL totals			54	2	5	7	7	—	—	—	—	—
KHL totals			415	72	62	134	158	85	19	7	26	44

International

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Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008	Finland	WC		9	5	2	7	0
2010	Finland	WC	6th	7	0	1	1	4
2011	Finland	WC		9	2	1	3	0
2012	Finland	WC	4th	9	1	1	2	0
2013	Finland	WC	4th	10	2	1	3	4
2014	Finland	OG		5	0	0	0	0
2015	Finland	WC	6th	7	0	0	0	2
2016	Finland	WC		10	3	0	3	12
2017	Finland	WC	4th	10	0	2	2	6
Senior totals				76	13	8	21	28