Toni Dahlman

Toni Dahlman
Toni Dahlman playing for KH Sanok (2015)
Born	(1979-09-03) 3 September 1979 (age 46) Helsinki, Finland
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Jokerit Ilves Ottawa Senators Lukko Rauma Mora IK Kärpät HIFK KalPa HK Jesenice Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg Graz 99ers Arystan Temirtau Sputnik Nizhny Tagil KH Sanok Braehead Clan
NHL draft	286th overall, 2001 Ottawa Senators
Playing career	1998–2016

Toni Dahlman (born 3 September 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played 22 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators.

Playing career

Dahlman began playing hockey in the first division Kiekko-Kissat in the 1996–97 season and moved on to the Jokerit junior team, and eventually to Jokerit for the 1998–99 season. In 2000 Dahlman transferred to Ilves and went on to win the bronze medal and the 2001 Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as best rookie.

He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) as their 9th round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 286th overall.

Dahlman played two seasons in North America firstly in 2001–02 with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League and ten games with the Ottawa Senators. In the 2002–03 season, Dahlman played briefly for Ottawa before returning to the AHL with affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. Over his 22 NHL games, Dahlman only scored one goal and one assist.

Dahlman returned to Finland for the 2003–04 season and represented Ilves in a total of 41 games, scoring 9 goals and 18 assists. He returned to Jokerit for the 2004–05 season, where he scored 16 goals and 7 assists, sharing the top goal scorer spot on his team with Glen Metropolit and Marko Jantunen. Jokerit won the silver medal that season.

On 20 April 2011, Dahlman left the Grizzly Adams after a finals appearance in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, and returned to Austria on a one-year contract to play with Graz. ^[1]

After a two-year stint in Kazakhstan with Arystan Temirtau ^{[2] [3]} and a one-year stint with the VHL's Sputnik Nizhny Tagil, he signed with Ciarko PBS Bank STS Sanok in Poland for the 2015–16 season.

International play

Medal record
Representing   Finland
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	1998 Helsinki

Dahlman represented Finland in the IIHF 1998 under-20's world championships where they won the gold medal. He played in six games and scored two goals.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994–95	Grankulla IFK	FIN U16		10	3	2	5	6		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Karhu–Kissat	FIN U18		10	4	5	9	4		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Karhu–Kissat	FIN-2 U20		22	11	18	29	6		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Karhu–Kissat	FIN-3		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Jokerit	FIN U20		21	13	11	24	14		7	2	2	4	0
1998–99	Jokerit	FIN U20		33	10	22	32	6		9	4	3	7	2
1998–99	Jokerit	SM-l		5	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	1	0
1999–2000	Jokerit	FIN U20		12	6	8	14	4		12	7	7	14	4
1999–2000	Jokerit	SM-l		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Hermes	FIN-2		23	6	3	9	4		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Ilves	SM-l		56	10	18	28	16		9	3	2	5	2
2001–02	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		50	6	8	14	25		4	0	0	0	0
2001–02	Ottawa Senators	NHL		10	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Binghamton Senators	AHL		59	6	18	24	14		5	0	0	0	14
2002–03	Ottawa Senators	NHL		12	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Ilves	SM-l		41	9	18	27	43		7	0	3	3	2
2004–05	Jokerit	SM-l		56	16	7	23	43		12	3	2	5	4
2005–06	Jokerit	SM-l		54	10	11	21	37		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Lukko	SM-l		53	15	25	40	26		3	0	0	0	0
2007–08	Mora IK	SEL		50	8	16	24	14		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Mora IK	Allsv		6	1	2	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Kärpät	SM-l		26	2	11	13	8		8	0	0	0	0
2009–10	HIFK	SM-l		7	1	2	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	KalPa	SM-l		20	3	4	7	4		13	1	1	2	6
2010–11	HK Acroni Jesenice	AUT		20	9	12	21	20		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	DEL		12	0	5	5	0		7	0	2	2	0
2011–12	Graz 99ers	AUT		46	8	20	28	16		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Arystan Temirtau	KAZ		30	7	17	24	12		13	0	3	3	6
2013–14	Arystan Temirtau	KAZ		45	16	29	45	70		15	5	6	11	16
2014–15	Sputnik Nizhny Tagil	VHL		44	5	9	14	45		7	1	3	4	4
2015–16	STS Sanok	POL		22	4	13	17	12		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Braehead Clan	EIHL		13	1	8	9	0		—	—	—	—	—
SM-l totals				319	66	96	162	179		55	7	9	16	14
NHL totals				22	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998	Finland	WJC		6	2	0	2	0
Junior totals				6	2	0	2	0

Awards

• 2001 -Awarded the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as the best rookie in the SM-liiga.

References

1. "Toni Dahlman signs in Graz". Graz 99ers . 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
2. Состав команды [Line-up] (in Russian). HC Arystan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013. (English translation via Google)
3. "Team Roster: Arystan Temirtau". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Antero Niittymäki

Winner of the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy 2000–01

Succeeded by Joonas Vihko