Tomi Pettinen

Tomi Pettinen (born June 17, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 24 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders between 2002 and 2006. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2012, was mainly spent in the SM-liiga. He was drafted by the New York Islanders as their ninth-round pick, #267 overall, in the 2000 NHL entry draft.

Pettinen came to North America in 2002 to play for Islanders minor league club, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. While in his native Finland, he has played for Ilves, HIFK, and Lukko.

Career statistics Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Ilves FIN U16 31 2 2 4 4 — — — — — 1994–95 Ilves FIN U18 31 1 6 7 46 4 0 0 0 2 1994–95 Ilves FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 KOOVEE FIN U20 21 0 0 0 64 — — — — — 1996–97 Ilves FIN U20 14 2 4 6 18 — — — — — 1996–97 Ilves SM-l 16 1 0 1 12 — — — — — 1997–98 Ilves SM-l 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Lukko FIN U20 4 2 2 4 2 — — — — — 1997–98 Lukko SM-l 27 0 2 2 16 — — — — — 1998–99 HIFK SM-l 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Hermes FIN-2 42 8 6 14 76 3 0 0 0 6 1999–00 Ilves SM-l 51 1 6 7 78 3 1 2 3 2 2000–01 Ilves SM-l 56 2 2 4 86 9 0 0 0 4 2001–02 Ilves SM-l 48 5 4 9 51 3 0 0 0 4 2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL — — — — — 9 0 1 1 0 2002–03 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 75 1 8 9 56 9 0 0 0 17 2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 71 1 8 9 37 7 1 0 1 0 2004–05 Lukko SM-l 56 6 14 20 49 9 0 2 2 33 2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 18 0 0 0 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 29 0 6 6 38 7 0 1 1 14 2006–07 Frölunda HC SEL 27 0 0 0 14 — — — — — 2006–07 Leksands IF Allsv 19 5 6 11 18 — — — — — 2007–08 Leksands IF Allsv 44 7 17 24 34 — — — — — 2008–09 Lukko SM-l 46 6 7 13 34 — — — — — 2009–10 Lukko SM-l 43 6 21 27 22 — — — — — 2010–11 Lukko SM-l 49 6 4 10 36 6 1 1 2 2 2011–12 Lukko SM-l 38 1 1 2 34 3 0 1 1 0 SM-l totals 437 34 55 89 420 33 2 6 8 45 NHL totals 24 0 0 0 18 — — — — —