Ville Peltonen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ville Peltonen
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	May 24, 1973(1973-05-24)
Age	51
Birthplace	Vantaa
Country	Finland
Birth City	Vantaa
Horoscope	Gemini

Ville Peltonen Biography

Ville Peltonen is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on May 24, 1973 in Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland. Ville Sakari Peltonen (born May 24, 1973) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey forward. He is serving as head coach at Lausanne HC.

Peltonen has represented Finland in international play on several occasions since the 1994 Winter Olympics. After this, Finland has played 25 international tournaments, with Peltonen playing in the team for 19 times, being tied with Finnish hockey legend Raimo Helminen. He has also played as the captain of his team in IIHF World Championships for six times. Peltonen is by far the most successful Finnish hockey player with 13 medals from his 19 tournaments. The next-best individual medal record is nine.

In the 1998 Winter Olympics Peltonen was replaced with Finnish NHL-star Teemu Selänne on the first line of Finland. However, Selänne was injured before the bronze medal game, and Peltonen once again showed his skills with Koivu and Lehtinen, scoring the game-winning goal against Canada. The same year in the World Championships, Peltonen tied the game against Canada in second consolation round only ten seconds before the end of the game. The Finns once again played in the finals, but were defeated by Sweden.

After the years in Nashville, Peltonen returned to SM-liiga, signing a two- year contract with Jokerit, a local competitor of Peltonen’s former SM-liiga team HIFK. He was chosen as the captain of the team, but was injured and played only 30 games of the regular season scoring 29 points. However, Jokerit and Peltonen won the Kanada-malja championship. He continued with Jokerit in 2002–03 SM-liiga season, scoring 42 points in 49 games. He won the Raimo Kilpiö trophy as league’s “gentleman player”, and was chosen to the league’s All-Star lineup.

Peltonen was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. During his professional career, he has played 382 NHL games for Sharks, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers.

Ville Peltonen Net Worth

Ville Peltonen is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ville Peltonen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Peltonen started playing hockey with Etelä-Vantaan Urheilijat (EVU), and moved to HIFK when he was ten years old. He debuted the Finnish SM-liiga in 1991–92 SM-liiga season, playing six games in regular season. The following year, Peltonen scored 13 goals and 37 points in 46 games with HIFK winning the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as the best rookie of the season. The NHL franchise San Jose Sharks drafted Peltonen as their third round pick, 58th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Peltonen decided to stay with HIFK for two more seasons before heading to the NHL.

Peltonen debuted the national team in November 1993 in a game against Czech Republic. He was chosen to the Finnish olympic team to play for 1994 Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer. He played on the same line with Jere Lehtinen and Saku Koivu, and they formed team’s best line of the tournament. The Finns achieved a bronze medal and Peltonen, who scored 7 points in 8 games, was also chosen to the IIHF World Championships 1994, where the team gained a silver medal after a 3-2 loss to Canada in a shootout competition. However, the following year Peltonen established his place in the history of Finnish hockey; Peltonen scored a hat trick in the final game against Sweden, leading his team to 4-1 victory and taking their first World Championship victory. Peltonen once again formed a great line with Lehtinen and Koivu, and all three were named tournament All-Stars line.

In his rookie season in the NHL, Peltonen played 31 games with Sharks, scoring 13 points. He scored his first career NHL goal on February 26, 1996 against the Montreal Canadiens into an empty net in a Sharks 7-4 victory, San Jose’s first ever over Montreal. He also played 29 regular season games for Sharks’ IHL affiliate Kansas City Blades, scoring 18 points. However, San Jose did not make the playoffs. The next season Peltonen scored only five points in 28 NHL games, but with the Kentucky Thoroughblades he scored 22 goals and 52 points in 40 games. After two years in the NHL, Peltonen returned to Europe to play for Västra Frölunda HC of Swedish Elitserien. He was the best pointman of the league, scoring 51 points in 49 games. After a successful season with Frölunda, Peltonen returned to NHL to play for Nashville Predators. However, his returning season was short lived, when he injured after 14 games. Before the injury, Peltonen had scored 10 points with the team. He stayed with the Predators for two more seasons, but in 2000-2001 NHL season he played mostly for Milwaukee Admirals, and was chosen to AHL’s All Star Game.

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In April 2016, Peltonen signed with SC Bern of Switzerland, where he served as assistant coach, again under Jalonen. He helped Bern capture the 2017 Swiss national championship. Peltonen left the club at the conclusion of the 2017-18 campaign and took over the head coaching job at Lausanne HC in Switzerland.

Facts & Trivia

Ville Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Ville Peltonen celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.