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Esa Peltonen

International Outstanding international career ... Participated at four Olympics, 11 World and European Championships and the 1976 Canada Cup ... In these tournaments, he saw action in 109 games and scored 35 goals ... In total, he played in 277 games for the Finnish National Team (trailing only Lasse Oksanen in team history) and collected 93 goals and 49 assists for 142 points.

Career Started his career at 18 with Karpat Oulu in 1965-66 ... Played the next three seasons with Upon Pallo Lahti ... Was invited to join HJK Helsinki in 1969 and played there for three seasons ... Spent the next 11 seasons with HIFK Helsinki ... His last season, 1983-84, played with Liekkoreipas Lahti ... Played on national title-winning teams three times: 1973-74, 1979-80 and 1982-83 ... In the Finnish League, he played in 488 games and recorded 317 goals and 210 assists for 527 points.

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Career International Tournament Statistics
Year Tournament No. GP G A TP PIM
1981 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 4 2 0 2 4
1980 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 12 7 2 4 6 2
1978 World & European Championships -- Pool A 12 10 5 0 5 2
1977 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 4 2 2 4 0
1977 World & European Championships -- Pool A 12 7 5 2 7 4
1976 Canada Cup 12 5 0 1 1 0
1976 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 12 6 1 4 5 0
1976 World & European Championships -- Pool A 12 10 3 5 8 2
1975 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 3 1 0 1 2
1974 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 - - - - -
1974 World & European Championships -- Pool A 12 10 4 4 8 0
1973 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 4 0 0 0 2
1973 World & European Championships -- Pool A 12 10 4 0 4 10
1972 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 16 6 3 0 3 6
1972 World & European Championships -- Pool A 16 8 4 1 5 0
1971 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 3 0 0 0 0
1971 World & European Championships -- Pool A 15 4 1 1 2 0
1970 World & European Championships -- Pool A 16 5 0 2 2 0
1969 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 14 5 0 - - -
1969 World & European Championships -- Pool A 11 10 3 1 4 6
1968 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 11 3 0 0 0 2
1968 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 13 7 0 0 0 0
1967 World & European Championships -- Pool A 10 7 0 1 1 2
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