Erkki Lehtonen

Erkki Tapani Lehtonen (born January 9, 1957, in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for Tappara in the SM-liiga. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997 and his jersey was retired by Tappara in 2018. He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Lehtonen scored the winning goal to help Finland win their first medal.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1974–75 Tappara FIN Jr. 15 10 10 20 6 — — — — — 1975–76 Tappara FIN Jr. 26 25 18 43 6 — — — — — 1976–77 Bellingham Blazers BCHL 68 32 85 117 13 — — — — — 1977–78 Tappara Liiga 36 8 7 15 10 7 2 2 4 7 1978–79 Tappara Liiga 34 8 10 18 17 10 2 0 2 2 1979–80 Tappara Liiga 36 17 26 43 22 — — — — — 1980–81 Tappara Liiga 36 13 28 41 22 8 2 5 7 0 1981–82 Tappara Liiga 36 19 22 41 8 11 4 4 8 2 1982–83 Tappara Liiga 36 17 18 35 0 8 5 4 9 2 1983–84 Tappara Liiga 35 18 30 48 22 9 8 3 11 0 1984–85 Tappara Liiga 36 17 31 48 6 — — — — — 1985–86 Tappara Liiga 36 22 26 48 4 8 5 6 11 0 1986–87 Tappara Liiga 37 18 28 46 12 — — — — — 1987–88 Tappara Liiga 44 17 33 50 25 10 7 12 19 4 1988–89 Berlin Capitals 1.GBun 27 8 25 33 4 — — — — — 1989–90 Tappara Liiga 44 18 40 58 10 7 1 6 7 0 1990–91 Tappara Liiga 31 10 7 17 2 3 1 0 1 0 Liiga totals 477 206 302 508 160 81 37 42 79 17

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1986 Finland WC 10 3 4 7 2 1988 Finland OG 8 4 6 10 2 Senior totals 18 7 10 17 4