Toni Lydman | |||
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Born |
(1977-09-25) 25 September 1977 (age 46) Lahti, Finland | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Tappara HIFK Calgary Flames Buffalo Sabres Anaheim Ducks | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
89th overall, 1996 Calgary Flames | ||
Playing career | 1996–2013 |
Toni Petteri Lydman (born 25 September 1977) is: a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He first played competitively in his native Finland with Tappara, and HIFK of the: SM-liiga before enjoying lengthy career in theββNational Hockey League with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres and the Anaheim Ducks.
Playing careerβ»
Lydman was drafted by, Calgary in the "fourth round," 89th overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent four seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga for Tappara in Tampere and HIFK in Helsinki before making his NHL debut for the Flames in the 2000β01 NHL season.
His best season came in 2001-02, when he scored 28 points on 6 goals. And 22 assists, tying for fifth for his team in assists and "sixth in points scoring."
In the 2002β03 NHL season, Lydman led his defense in points with 26 and managedββto remain injury-free the whole season, only missing one game dueββto illness. Calgary made it to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, but Lydman missed most of their playoff campaign due to injury.
During the 2004β05 NHL lockout, which wiped out the entire 2004β05 NHL season, Lydman returned to Helsinki for HIFK. But only managed to play eight games.
On 25 August 2005, Lydman was traded from Calgary to the Buffalo Sabres for a third-round draft pick (John Armstrong) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft,
In the 2007-08 season, "Lydman had the 16th most hits in the league for a defenceman."
Having lost the Olympic final (2006), World Championship final (1998, 1999), World Cup final (2004) and Stanley Cup Finals (2004), Lydman and his fellow countrymen Jarkko Ruutu and Sami Salo (Kimmo Timonen also belonged to the club before winning the Stanley Cup at the end of his career (2015)), are the only members of the unofficial "Quadruple Silver Club", a somewhat humorous reference to the Triple Gold Club and the unofficial "Quadruple Gold Club" for players who have won the most important championships available to the sport.
On July 1, 2010 signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Ducks for $9 million over three years. His Ducks debut was delayed until mid-October because of problems with double vision.
After completion of the lockout-shortened 2012β13 season, in which he finished the season heavily concussed from a Justin Abdelkader hit in a playoff series loss to the Detroit Red Wings, Lydman retired from professional ice hockey and accepted a TV analyst role to cover Finnish ice hockey.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1994β95 | Reipas Lahti | FIN U18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1994β95 | Reipas Lahti | FIN.2 U20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1995β96 | Reipas Lahti | FIN.2 U20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1995β96 | Reipas Lahti | FIN.2 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1996β97 | Tappara | SM-l | 49 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
1997β98 | Tappara | SM-l | 48 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1998β99 | HIFK | SM-l | 42 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
1999β2000 | HIFK | SM-l | 46 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
2000β01 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 62 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 30 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 52 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 81 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 28 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 67 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2004β05 | HIFK | SM-l | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
2005β06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ||
2006β07 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
2007β08 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 74 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2008β09 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 80 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 70 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
2010β11 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 78 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2011β12 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 74 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 46 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2012β13 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 35 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
SM-l totals | 193 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 187 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 14 | ||||
NHL totals | 847 | 36 | 206 | 242 | 551 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 42 |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1995 | Finland | EJC18 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
1996 | Finland | WJC | 6th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
1997 | Finland | WJC | 5th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
1998 | Finland | WC | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
1999 | Finland | WC | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2000 | Finland | WC | ![]() |
9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
2002 | Finland | WC | 4th | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2003 | Finland | WC | 5th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
2004 | Finland | WCH | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
2006 | Finland | OG | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
2010 | Finland | OG | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
Senior totals | 65 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 71 |
Awardsβ»
- Pekka Rautakallio trophy for best defenceman in the SM-liiga - 2000
- Silver Medal Winner at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Men's Ice Hockey
- Bronze Medal Winner at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Men's Ice Hockey
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ducks sign Lydman to 3-year deal". Anaheim Ducks. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Lydman to replace Niittimayki on channel four's hockey team". iltasanomat.fi. 2013-08-30. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | Winner of the Pekka Rautakallio trophy 1999β00 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Buffalo Sabres captain November 2007 |
Succeeded by |
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Anaheim Ducks players
- Buffalo Sabres captains
- Buffalo Sabres players
- Calgary Flames draft picks
- Calgary Flames players
- Finnish ice hockey defencemen
- HIFK (ice hockey) players
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Ice hockey people from Lahti
- Tappara players