Hannu Toivonen
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Hannu Pekka Toivonen (ˈhɑnːu ˈtoiʋonen; born May 18, 1984) is a Finnish
professional ice hockey
goaltender
currently playing for the Malmö Redhawks
in the HockeyAllsvenskan.
in the Finnish
SM-liiga
. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins
of the National Hockey League
(NHL) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft
, and moved to the Providence Bruins
of the American Hockey League
(AHL) in 2003.
With Andrew Raycroft
sitting out due to a contract dispute, Toivonen started the 2005–06 NHL season as the Bruins' backup goaltender. He made his NHL debut on October 8, 2005 against the Pittsburgh Penguins
, coming away with an overtime win. He holds the distinction of allowing the first goal of Sidney Crosby
's career in that game. On December 1, 2005, he recorded his first NHL shutout, blanking the Ottawa Senators
. Toivonen was 9–5–4 with a 2.63 GAA and a .914 SV% before suffering a high ankle sprain in January that effectively ended his season.
At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Toivonen and Tim Thomas
were competing for the starter spot. After a rough start at the beginning of the season, Toivonen was sent down to Providence and was replaced by Brian Finley
on November 7, 2006, officially making Thomas the starting goaltender for Boston. Over the course of the next couple months, he was repeatedly recalled to Boston and sent back down to Providence. On April 2, he was recalled to Boston for the last two away games, then sent back to Providence on April 6. On April 26, 2007, Toivonen signed a one-year contract extension with the Bruins.
On July 23, 2007, Toivonen was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Carl Söderberg
. Upon being traded to the Blues, Toivonen was reunited with former Bruins teammates Brad Boyes
, Ryan Glenn, Yan Stastny
and Derek Gustafson
. In the 2007–08 season, Toivonen played in 23 games with the Blues before he was assigned to the Peoria Rivermen
, the Blues' AHL affiliate, on February 11, 2008.
Toivonen spent the 2008–09 season with Ilves
in Finland
, but re-signed with St. Louis on June 9, 2009. He was then assigned to the Blues' farm team in Peoria on September 21, 2009, for the beginning of the 2009–10
season. On March 1, 2010, Toivonen was traded from St. Louis to the Chicago Blackhawks
, along with Danny Richmond
, in exchange for goaltender Joe Fallon
. All players involved in the trade remained with their respective AHL affiliates.
Toivonen signed a two-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks
of the HockeyAllsvenskan on July 1, 2011.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
currently playing for the Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...
in the HockeyAllsvenskan.
Professional
Toivonen started his pro career with HPKHPK
HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight...
in the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
SM-liiga
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft
2002 NHL Entry Draft
The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was held June 22–23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. 291 players were drafted in total: 35 from the OHL; 23 from the QMJHL; 43 from the WHL; 41 from the NCAA; 6 from U.S high schools and 110 from outside North America....
, and moved to the Providence Bruins
Providence Bruins
The Providence Bruins are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.-History:...
of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
(AHL) in 2003.
With Andrew Raycroft
Andrew Raycroft
Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League . Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins 135th overall in 1998, he won the Calder Trophy with the club in 2004 as rookie of the year...
sitting out due to a contract dispute, Toivonen started the 2005–06 NHL season as the Bruins' backup goaltender. He made his NHL debut on October 8, 2005 against the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
, coming away with an overtime win. He holds the distinction of allowing the first goal of Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby ONS is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League . Crosby was drafted first overall by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League...
's career in that game. On December 1, 2005, he recorded his first NHL shutout, blanking the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. Toivonen was 9–5–4 with a 2.63 GAA and a .914 SV% before suffering a high ankle sprain in January that effectively ended his season.
At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Toivonen and Tim Thomas
Tim Thomas (ice hockey)
Timothy James Thomas, Jr. is an American professional ice hockey goaltender with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . Raised in Davison, MI, Thomas played college hockey for the University of Vermont for four years, from 1993–1997, during which he was drafted 217th overall by the...
were competing for the starter spot. After a rough start at the beginning of the season, Toivonen was sent down to Providence and was replaced by Brian Finley
Brian Finley
Brian Finley is a retired professional ice hockey goalie. He was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the first round, sixth overall of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
on November 7, 2006, officially making Thomas the starting goaltender for Boston. Over the course of the next couple months, he was repeatedly recalled to Boston and sent back down to Providence. On April 2, he was recalled to Boston for the last two away games, then sent back to Providence on April 6. On April 26, 2007, Toivonen signed a one-year contract extension with the Bruins.
On July 23, 2007, Toivonen was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Carl Söderberg
Carl Söderberg
Carl Söderberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Linköpings HC in the Swedish Elitserien. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 2nd round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft....
. Upon being traded to the Blues, Toivonen was reunited with former Bruins teammates Brad Boyes
Brad Boyes
Bradley Keith Boyes is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ....
, Ryan Glenn, Yan Stastny
Yan Stastny
Yan Stastny is an American-Canadian born professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Yan comes from a notable hockey family, and is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Šťastný...
and Derek Gustafson
Derek Gustafson
Derek Gustafson is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender.-Playing career:Prior to beginning his professional career, Gustafson was a goaltender for the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints during the 1999-2000 season...
. In the 2007–08 season, Toivonen played in 23 games with the Blues before he was assigned to the Peoria Rivermen
Peoria Rivermen
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.-History:...
, the Blues' AHL affiliate, on February 11, 2008.
Toivonen spent the 2008–09 season with Ilves
Ilves
Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, but re-signed with St. Louis on June 9, 2009. He was then assigned to the Blues' farm team in Peoria on September 21, 2009, for the beginning of the 2009–10
2009–10 AHL season
The 2009–10 AHL season was the 74th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 regular-season games each from October 2 to April 11...
season. On March 1, 2010, Toivonen was traded from St. Louis to the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
, along with Danny Richmond
Danny Richmond
Danny Richmond is a professional ice hockey defenseman for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. He is the son of retired NHL defenseman, Steve Richmond.-Amateur career:...
, in exchange for goaltender Joe Fallon
Joe Fallon
Joe Fallon is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL...
. All players involved in the trade remained with their respective AHL affiliates.
Toivonen signed a two-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...
of the HockeyAllsvenskan on July 1, 2011.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops... |
GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2001–02 | HPK-Jr HPK HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight... |
Fin-Jr SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1878 | 103 | 2 | 3.29 | .903 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 440 | 31 | 0 | 4.23 | |||
| 2002–03 | HPK HPK HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight... |
SM-l SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1432 | 54 | 2 | 2.26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 3 | 1 | 1.53 | ||||
| 2003–04 2003–04 AHL season The 2003–04 AHL season was the 68th season of the American Hockey League. The league introduces the Willie Marshall Award in honour the career points leader in the AHL, and awards it to the annual top goal scorer.... |
Providence Bruins Providence Bruins The Providence Bruins are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
36 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2162 | 83 | 2 | 2.30 | .921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 2004–05 AHL season The 2004–05 AHL season was the 69th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season... |
Providence Bruins | AHL | 54 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3017 | 103 | 7 | 2.05 | .932 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1038 | 42 | 0 | 2.43 | .923 | ||
| 2005–06 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1163 | 51 | 1 | 2.63 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006–07 AHL season The 2006–07 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.... |
Providence Bruins | AHL | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1618 | 64 | 2 | 2.37 | .909 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 742 | 36 | 0 | 2.91 | .897 | ||
| 2006–07 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 18 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 893 | 63 | 0 | 4.23 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 23 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1202 | 69 | 0 | 3.44 | .878 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 2007–08 AHL season The 2007–08 AHL season is the 72nd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Chicago Wolves won their second Calder Cup, defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final.-Team changes:... |
Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.-History:... |
AHL | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 627 | 33 | 0 | 3.16 | .883 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Ilves Ilves Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä... |
SM-l | 56 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 2913 | 130 | 3 | 2.68 | .910 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 6 | 1 | 1.82 | .939 | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 AHL season The 2009–10 AHL season was the 74th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 regular-season games each from October 2 to April 11... |
Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 26 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1516 | 69 | 0 | 2.73 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Rockford IceHogs Rockford IceHogs This article is about the former UHL franchise. For the current American Hockey League franchise, see Rockford IceHogs.The Rockford IceHogs were a professional ice hockey team in Rockford, Illinois USA. They were a member of the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2007. The IceHogs played their home... |
AHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 17 | 0 | 3.44 | .883 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | .800 | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 AHL season The 2010–11 AHL season is the 75th season of the American Hockey League. An all-time high of thirty teams will play 80 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on October 8, 2010 and ended on April 10, 2011... |
Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 49 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2463 | 119 | 3 | 2.90 | .907 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 61 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3258 | 183 | 1 | 3.37 | .890 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links
- Hannu Toivonen on nhlfinns.com