Antero Lehtonen

Antero Lehtonen (born 12 April 1954) is a Finnish former ice hockey player.

He played 65 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 1979–80 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1971 to 1987, was spent in the Finnish SM-liiga. Internationally Lehtonen played for the Finnish national team at the 1977, 1979 and 1981 World Championships, as well as at junior tournaments.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1970–71 Tappara U20 FIN U20 — — — — — — — — — — 1971–72 Tappara U20 FIN U20 14 21 15 36 18 — — — — — 1971–72 Tappara FIN 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1972–73 Tappara U20 FIN U20 6 — — — — — — — — — 1972–73 Tappara FIN 36 20 5 25 23 — — — — — 1973–74 Tappara FIN 36 9 7 16 10 — — — — — 1974–75 Tappara FIN 36 26 7 33 26 — — — — — 1975–76 Tappara SM-l 36 19 11 30 21 4 0 2 2 8 1976–77 HC TPS SM-l 36 26 12 38 12 8 4 1 5 4 1977–78 HC TPS SM-l 35 23 13 36 38 8 3 5 8 4 1978–79 Tappara SM-l 36 35 19 54 43 10 8 5 13 6 1979–80 Washington Capitals NHL 65 9 12 21 14 — — — — — 1979–80 Hershey Bears AHL 4 3 0 3 2 — — — — — 1980–81 Tappara SM-l 27 13 7 20 24 8 7 3 10 6 1981–82 HC TPS SM-l 36 14 8 22 35 7 2 1 3 6 1982–83 HC TPS SM-l 36 11 10 21 16 3 4 0 4 0 1983–84 HC TPS SM-l 30 8 13 21 14 9 1 1 2 4 1984–85 Jyp HT FIN-2 35 35 25 60 16 — — — — — 1985–86 Jyp HT SM-l 36 23 12 35 14 — — — — — 1986–87 Jyp HT SM-l 39 10 8 18 20 — — — — — SM-l totals 347 182 113 295 237 57 29 18 47 38 NHL totals 65 9 12 21 14 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1973 Finland EJC 5 1 0 1 12 1974 Finland WJC 5 1 2 3 6 1977 Finland WC 9 1 1 2 6 1979 Finland WC 8 3 3 6 0 1981 Finland WC 8 0 3 3 0 Junior totals 10 2 2 4 18 Senior totals 25 4 7 11 6