Toni Porkka
| Toni Porkka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 4, 1970 Rauma, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Lukko Hershey Bears Frankfurt Lions Kölner Haie | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| NHL Draft |
172nd overall, 1990 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 1988–2006 | ||
Toni Porkka (born February 4, 1970) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the Finnish SM-liiga, German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), and the American Hockey League (AHL).[1] He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers and played three seasons with the Flyers top minor league affiliate at the time, the AHL's Hershey Bears.[1][2] He spent most of his professional career in Europe, playing nine seasons in the SM-liiga with Rauman Lukko and six seasons in the DEL with the Frankfurt Lions and Kölner Haie.[1][2] He is currently the Hockey Director for the Valley Forge Minutemen of the Atlantic Youth Hockey League.[3]
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1988–89 | Lukko | Liiga | 44 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Lukko | Liiga | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Lukko | Liiga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 63 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 49 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 51 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1994–95 | Lukko | Liiga | 47 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Lukko | Liiga | 50 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 48 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1998–99 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 44 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 51 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 55 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 60 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 55 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 99 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 2002–03 | Lukko | Liiga | 44 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Lukko | Liiga | 48 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Lukko | Liiga | 52 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 107 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lukko | Liiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 163 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| DEL totals | 313 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 453 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 48 | ||||
| Liiga totals | 363 | 31 | 62 | 93 | 454 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | ||||
References[]
- ^ a b c Toni Porkka career statistics at EliteProspects.com, retrieved July 31, 2015
- ^ a b Toni Porkka career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database, retrieved July 31, 2015
- ^ "Toni Porkka named Minutemen Hockey Director". Valley Forge Minutemen. February 10, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Finnish ice hockey defencemen
- Frankfurt Lions players
- Hershey Bears players
- Kölner Haie players
- Lukko players
- People from Rauma, Finland
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
- Finnish ice hockey defenceman stubs