Tom Koivisto

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Tom Koivisto
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Born (1974-06-04) 4 June 1974 (age 47)
Turku, FIN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
SM-liiga team
Former teams		 Jokerit
TPS
HPK
St. Louis Blues
Frölunda HC
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 253rd overall, 2002
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1993–2010

Tom Koivisto (born 4 June 1974 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as their eighth-round pick, 253rd overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He played parts of ten seasons in the SM-liiga before coming to North America in 2002. Koivisto spent most of two seasons in the American Hockey League but appeared in 22 National Hockey League games with the Blues in 2002–03. He returned to Europe in 2004, spending two seasons with Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and then two more with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss National League A before returning to Finland and Jokerit in 2008.[1]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 TPS FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1991–92 TPS FIN U20 36 4 9 13 40 8 1 3 4 12
1992–93 TPS FIN U20 21 10 8 18 30 5 1 1 2 6
1992–93 TPS SM-l 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 16 0 4 4 4 — — — — —
1993–94 TPS FIN U20 10 4 5 9 16 7 0 5 5 8
1993–94 TPS SM-l 18 2 5 7 4 1 0 1 1 2
1993–94 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 16 4 12 16 2 — — — — —
1994–95 TPS FIN U20 5 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
1994–95 Kiekko–67 FIN.2 14 7 3 10 6 — — — — —
1994–95 TPS SM-l 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1994–95 HPK SM-l 25 3 3 6 16 — — — — —
1995–96 HPK SM-l 50 8 11 19 52 9 1 2 3 6
1996–97 HPK SM-l 46 18 17 35 50 10 4 2 6 6
1997–98 HPK SM-l 23 6 6 12 28 — — — — —
1998–99 HPK SM-l 52 13 26 39 91 8 5 1 6 14
1999–2000 Jokerit SM-l 43 8 20 28 58 11 2 1 3 2
2000–01 Jokerit SM-l 47 8 15 23 36 5 0 0 0 2
2001–02 Jokerit SM-l 43 8 14 22 30 12 3 8 11 2
2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 22 2 4 6 10 — — — — —
2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 47 4 13 17 32 3 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 28 4 13 17 16 — — — — —
2003–04 Springfield Falcons AHL 17 0 8 8 12 — — — — —
2004–05 Frölunda HC SEL 50 9 19 28 66 14 1 1 2 14
2005–06 Frölunda HC SEL 40 6 16 22 76 17 5 2 7 30
2006–07 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 36 7 17 24 91 6 0 4 4 8
2007–08 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 47 7 10 17 46 4 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Jokerit SM-l 43 5 17 22 56 5 1 0 1 2
2009–10 Jokerit SM-l 40 6 13 19 40 3 0 3 3 2
2010–11 Tingsryds AIF SWE.2 52 13 15 28 86 — — — — —
2011–12 Tingsryds AIF SWE.2 46 6 20 26 52 — — — — —
SM-l totals 435 85 147 232 463 65 16 18 34 38

International[]

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1992 Finland EJC 5 0 2 2 2
1993 Finland WJC 7 0 1 1 0
1994 Finland WJC 7 1 0 1 6
2002 Finland WC 9 2 1 3 4
Junior totals 19 1 3 4 8

Achievements[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tom Koivisto player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-04-29.

External links[]

Preceded by Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy
2001–02 		Succeeded by


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