Petri Kontiola

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Petri Kontiola
Petri Kontiola 2016.jpg
Kontiola in 2013
Born (1984-10-04) October 4, 1984 (age 39)
Seinäjoki, Finland
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 Ilves
Tappara
Chicago Blackhawks
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Toronto Marlies
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Jokerit
HPK
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
NHL Draft 196th overall, 2004
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2003–present

Petri Kontiola (born October 4, 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Ilves of the Liiga. Kontiola has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, the organization that drafted him 196th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

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Playing career

Kontiola was drafted 196th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks while playing for Tappara in the Finnish SM-liiga. He played professionally for four years with Tappara before making his North American debut for Chicago during the 2007–08 season.

Kontiola started out with the Blackhawks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, before playing in his first career NHL game on November 25, 2007, against the Vancouver Canucks.

On March 4, 2009, Kontiola was traded by the Blackhawks, along with James Wisniewski, to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Samuel Påhlsson, Logan Stephenson and a conditional draft pick in 2009. [1] He was immediately sent down to the Ducks' AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops, where he played for the remainder of the 2008–09 season.

On May 26, 2009, Kontiola left North America after signing with Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on a two-year contract. [2]

On May 3, 2011, Kontiola signed a two-year contract with KHL rival Traktor Chelyabinsk. [3]

On July 3, 2014, Kontiola bought his release from Traktor and signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs. [4] He attended Toronto's training camp but failed to make an impression and on September 29, was assigned to the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate. [5] In the 2014–15 season, after 11 scoreless games with the Marlies, Kontiola was placed on unconditional waivers in order to terminate his contract and return to the KHL on November 20. [6] Three days later, Kontiola's KHL rights were traded by Traktor to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in exchange for Alexei Kruchinin and Yegor Martynov. [7] Kontiola then signed a two-year contract with Yaroslavl on November 28. [8]

After five seasons with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Kontiola left as a free agent following the 2018–19 season. He signed a one-year contract to continue in the KHL, returning to Finland to join Jokerit on May 1, 2019. [9]

International play

Medal record
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Russia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Belarus
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Latvia
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Finland

Kontiola made his international debut for Finland's junior team at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Helsinki, scoring 2 points in 7 games to help earn a bronze medal. He was later 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. [10]

Kontiola returned to the Finnish team three year later when he was selected for the 2010 IIHF World Championship tournament held in Germany. In seven games, he scored three goals before Finland was eliminated on May 20, 2010, after Kontiola missed a penalty-shot in the quarterfinal shootout against the Czech Republic. [11]

Kontiola was named to Finnish roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship. [12]

Kontiola played in the 2021 IIHF World Championship, where he won his third silver medal. His mistake during the overtime period of the gold medal game led to Nick Paul scoring the tournament-winning goal for team Canada.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2000–01S–KiekkoFIN.2 U18141312254—————
2001–02 Tappara FIN U1822538821012
2002–03Tappara FIN U20 36710171283360
2003–04TapparaFIN U20123121581044810
2003–04 Tappara SM-l 3949132931120
2003–04 Suomi U20 Mestis 61124—————
2004–05TapparaFIN U2011010—————
2004–05 TapparaSM-l54817252482244
2005–06 TapparaSM-l56935445561340
2006–07 TapparaSM-l511235475051348
2007–08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 66185068321255104
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 120556—————
2008–09 Rockford IceHogsAHL6115385322—————
2008–09 Iowa Chops AHL204598—————
2009–10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 547152224102240
2010–11 Metallurg MagnitogorskKHL54143448361626814
2011–12 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL53152237341635837
2012–13 Traktor ChelyabinskKHL4412193151251091912
2013–14 Traktor ChelyabinskKHL5315223734—————
2014–15 Toronto Marlies AHL110006—————
2014–15 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL26110111260000
2015–16 Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL487253224—————
2016–17 Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL59182240341526814
2017–18 Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL521116272491454
2018–19 Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL419122110—————
2019–20 Jokerit KHL611124353641010
2020–21 HPK Liiga5514415554—————
2021–22 Ilves Liiga528303840131676
Liiga totals30755167222252356152116
NHL totals120556—————
KHL totals54512022134131910121335481

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2004 Finland WJC Bronze medal icon.svg71122
2007 Finland WC Silver medal icon.svg92572
2010 FinlandWC6th73032
2012 FinlandWC4th100224
2013 FinlandWC4th1088168
2014 Finland OG Bronze medal icon.svg61450
2014 FinlandWCSilver medal icon.svg1036920
2015 FinlandWC6th81122
2018 FinlandOG6th52466
2021 FinlandWCSilver medal icon.svg100332
Junior totals71122
Senior totals7520335346

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