Ville Vahalahti

Ville Vahalahti (born 7 November 1977 in Pargas, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga.

Playing career Vahalahti started his professional career in the second highest division of hockey in Finland. There he played for the team Kiekko-67 Turku. After two seasons, he advanced to the SM-liiga team TPS.

He spent the 2007–08 season with Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien, but upon completion of the year returned to TPS signing a two-year contract. After a strong return with TPS, Vahalahti was named to represent Finland at the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland.

During the 2009–10 season on 19 March 2010, Vahalahti signed a two-year contract extension to remain with TPS.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Kiekko-67 FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 TPS FIN U20 33 12 8 20 37 — — — — — 1995–96 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1996–97 TPS FIN U20 33 14 10 24 14 — — — — — 1996–97 Kiekko-67 FIN.2 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1997–98 TPS FIN U20 36 18 14 32 4 7 5 4 9 4 1998–99 TUTO Hockey FIN.2 21 15 18 33 8 — — — — — 1998–99 TPS SM-l 31 8 5 13 4 10 2 2 4 4 1999–2000 TPS SM-l 53 15 15 30 22 10 3 1 4 0 2000–01 TPS SM-l 53 12 15 27 8 10 3 4 7 4 2001–02 TPS SM-l 56 11 24 35 12 8 1 3 4 2 2002–03 TPS SM-l 54 15 24 39 34 7 1 2 3 0 2003–04 TPS SM-l 50 18 22 40 10 4 0 0 0 0 2004–05 TPS SM-l 46 11 19 30 10 6 1 0 1 2 2005–06 TPS SM-l 56 15 10 25 28 2 0 1 1 6 2006–07 TPS SM-l 54 21 23 44 14 2 0 0 0 0 2007–08 Linköpings HC SEL 53 4 8 12 8 16 0 0 0 2 2008–09 TPS SM-l 58 15 19 34 20 8 3 3 6 12 2009–10 TPS SM-l 57 21 26 47 24 15 4 8 12 6 2010–11 TPS SM-l 27 5 19 24 10 — — — — — 2011–12 TPS SM-l 59 21 28 49 8 2 0 0 0 0 2012–13 TPS SM-l 52 8 24 32 18 — — — — — 2013–14 Lukko Liiga 59 20 32 52 20 15 6 7 13 6 2014–15 Lukko Liiga 57 10 38 48 22 3 2 1 3 0 2015–16 Lukko Liiga 55 14 33 47 16 5 2 1 3 0 2016–17 Lukko Liiga 60 14 33 47 14 — — — — — 2017–18 Lukko Liiga 40 6 17 23 8 — — — — — Liiga totals 977 260 427 687 300 107 27 34 61 42

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2009 Finland WC 4 0 0 0 2