Antti Pihlström

Antti Sakari Pihlström (born 22 October 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa. On 1 June 2007, Pihlström was signed by the Nashville Predators to a two-year contract.

In the 2007–08 season, his first in North America, Pihlström played primarily for the Predators affiliate the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL). He also made his NHL debut playing in one game for the Predators.

He then played at Färjestads BK of the Swedish Hockey League and at JYP in his native Finland, before heading to Russia. After four seasons with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Pihlström made a return to North America as free agent in agreeing to attend the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp for the 2015–16 season on a professional try-out contract on 6 September 2015. After being waived, the spent the 2015–16 season with KHL side CSKA Moscow.

On 5 September 2016, he signed a one-month contract with Fribourg-Gotteron of the National League A (NLA), before moving on to Jokerit Helsinki of the Kontinental Hockey League the following month.

International play

Pihlström debuted for Finland national team in the 2008 World Championships with five goals, which lead the Finnish team.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs 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 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