Jonathan Iilahti (born 27 April 1992) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and coach, currently serving as the goaltending coach of Vaasan Sport Naiset in the Naisten Liiga and as the Vaasan Sportin Juniorit director of coaching for the under-15 to under-19 age group.[1]
Career
He belonged to the same Espoo Blues junior ice hockey program as Mikko Koskinen.[2] Iliahti would be selected 175th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and then selected 39th overall by the Vancouver Giants in the 2011 CHL Import Draft.[3] However, he chose to remain in Finland.[4]
He made his SM-liiga debut for Blues during the 2011–12 SM-liiga season. After a spell in the second-tier Mestis with Sport, Iilahti moved to Sweden in 2013, joining Timrå IK of the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan. After two seasons, he dropped down to the third-tier Hockeyettan with spells at Tranås AIF and Södertälje SK. He then had a brief spell back at HockeyAllsvenskan for Modo Hockey before returning to Finland with Mestis team Jokipojat.
Iilahti made a return to Finland's top-tier league, now known as Liiga, during the 2017–18 Liiga season with Sport, playing 16 games. He spent the 2018–19 season with KalPa of Liiga and IPK of Mestis.
Career statistics
| Season | Team | League | GP | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Blues | SM-liiga | 4 | 160 | 9 | 0 | 3.38 | .889 | |
| 2011–12 | Sport | Mestis | 12 | 733 | 22 | 2 | 1.80 | .934 | |
| 2012–13 | Sport | Mestis | 24 | 1362 | 61 | 0 | 2.69 | .898 | |
| 2013–14 | Timrå IK | HockeyAllsvenskan | 21 | 1222 | 42 | 4 | 2.06 | .918 | |
| 2014–15 | Timrå IK | HockeyAllsvenskan | 2 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 1.80 | .937 | |
| 2015–16 | Tranås AIF | Hockeyettan | 2 | - | - | - | 3.04 | .897 | |
| 2015–16 | Södertälje SK | Hockeyettan | 3 | - | - | - | 3.34 | .907 | |
| 2016-17 | Jokipojat | Mestis | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
References
- ^ "Iilahden ajatuksia uudesta pestistä". JuniorSport.fi (in Finnish). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Iilhati at Hockey's Future
- ^ Jonathan Iilahti at Elite Prospects
- ^ New Backstop In Vancouver: Giants’ Acquire Philadelphia Flyers Draft Pick Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine at HockeyNow.ca
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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