Pekka Peltola

Pekka Peltola (born April 24, 1965, in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish former ice hockey left winger. He played in the SM-liiga for HPK, Lukko, HIFK and Ässät.

In the 1988–89 season, Peltola won the Jarmo Wasama Memorial Trophy as the SM-liiga's Rookie of the Year after scoring 58 points including 28 goals in just 43 games. He was then drafted 130th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1989 NHL entry draft, though he never played in North America and remained with HPK.

Peltola also played in the French Élite Ligue for Brest Albatros Hockey, the Austrian Hockey League for EC KAC and the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Kassel Huskies.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 Karhu-Kissat I-Divisioona 22 13 7 20 16 — — — — — 1985–86 HPK I-Divisioona 44 20 15 35 47 — — — — — 1986–87 HPK I-Divisioona 43 30 21 51 42 — — — — — 1987–88 HPK I-Divisioona 39 37 30 67 60 — — — — — 1988–89 HPK Liiga 43 28 30 58 62 — — — — — 1989–90 HPK Liiga 44 25 24 49 42 — — — — — 1990–91 HPK Liiga 41 23 18 41 66 8 3 2 5 10 1991–92 HPK Liiga 37 22 20 42 91 — — — — — 1992–93 Lukko Liiga 48 26 24 50 42 3 0 0 0 4 1993–94 HIFK Liiga 44 9 18 27 42 — — — — — 1994–95 HIFK Liiga 49 15 18 33 26 3 0 1 1 4 1995–96 Ässät Liiga 18 3 2 5 22 — — — — — 1995–96 Albatros de Brest France 11 5 8 13 2 12 1 3 4 4 1990–91 Klagenfurter AC Austria 29 9 11 20 33 — — — — — 1996–97 Kassel Huskies DEL 20 4 4 8 4 10 1 3 4 2 1997–98 Ahmat Hyvinkää I-Divisioona 10 2 2 4 32 — — — — — 1997–98 Vimmerby HC Division 2 9 6 6 12 — — — — — — 1999–00 Kiekko-Vantaa Suomi-sarja 11 11 11 22 22 7 2 12 14 48 Liiga totals 324 151 154 305 393 14 3 3 6 18