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]

Jonathan Iilahti
Born (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 31)
Vaasa, Finland
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Played for Blues
Timrå IK
Sport
KalPa
NHL Draft 175th overall, 2010
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 2011–present

Career edit

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 edit

     
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 - - - - - -
Jonathan Iilahti
Medal record
Representing   Finland
Ice hockey
IIHF World U18 Championships
  2010 Belarus

References edit

  1. ^ "Iilahden ajatuksia uudesta pestistä". JuniorSport.fi (in Finnish). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jonathan Iilhati at Hockey's Future
  3. ^ Jonathan Iilahti at Elite Prospects
  4. ^ New Backstop In Vancouver: Giants’ Acquire Philadelphia Flyers Draft Pick Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine at HockeyNow.ca

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