Antti Sakari Pihlström (born 22 October 1984) is a Finnish professional

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who is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish

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Playing career

Pihlström played in Finland's

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for the

Espoo Blues Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 Liiga season, 20 ...

, HPK, and

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. On 1 June 2007, Pihlström was signed by the

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to a two-year contract. In the 2007–08 season, his first in North America, Pihlström played primarily for the Predators affiliate the

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of the

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(AHL). He also made his NHL debut playing in one game for the Predators. He then played at Färjestads BK of the

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and at JYP in his native Finland, before heading to Russia. After four seasons with

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of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Pihlström made a return to North America as free agent in agreeing to attend the

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training camp for the 2015–16 season on a professional try-out contract on 6 September 2015. After being waived, the spent the 2015–16 season with KHL side

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. On 5 September 2016, he signed a one-month contract with Fribourg-Gotteron of the

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(NLA), before moving on to Jokerit Helsinki of the Kontinental Hockey League the following month.

International play

Pihlström debuted for Finland national team in the 2008 World Championships with five goals, which lead the Finnish team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1984 births Living people HC CSKA Moscow players Espoo Blues players Finnish ice hockey left wingers HC Fribourg-Gottéron players HPK players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Jokerit players JYP Jyväskylä players Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Milwaukee Admirals players Nashville Predators players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Vantaa SaiPa players Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Undrafted National Hockey League players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub