Ari Ahonen (born February 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL entry draft. Ahonen is the only goaltender in SM-liiga history to have represented all three teams in the greater Helsinki area: HIFK, Jokerit and Blues.

Playing career

After playing three seasons in Finland's SM-liiga, representing JYP and HIFK, Ahonen joined the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. After five seasons with the River Rats, Ahonen returned to Finland in 2006 to represent Blues, but when he found himself serving as backup to Bernd Brückler, Ahonen signed with Jokerit when no less than three of their goaltenders were injured. With Jokerit Ahonen have won silver medals in 2007.

During the 2011–12 season Ahonen signed a two-year deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Ahonen later continued in the KHL, joining Kazakhstan based, Barys Astana, for the 2013–14 season.

Career statistics

Regular season Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1998–99 JYP SM-l 5 1999–00 HIFK SM-l 38 2000–01 HIFK SM-l 37 18 13 4 2101 97 2 2.77 .920 2001–02 Albany River Rats AHL 36 6 22 6 2106 106 0 3.02 .914 2002–03 Albany River Rats AHL 38 13 20 3 2171 110 1 3.04 .898 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 50 13 30 6 3012 150 2 2.99 .902 2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 38 16 20 1 2195 114 4 3.12 .910 2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 16 3 13 0 949 63 0 3.98 .892 2006–07 Espoo Blues SM-l 5 1 2 2 308.17 13 0 2.53 .922 2006–07 Jokerit SM-l 20 9 6 5 1152.17 51 1 2.67.914 2007–08 Frölunda HC SHL 47 20 18 9 2737:27 116 4 2.47 .896 2008–09 Frölunda HC SEL 14440 503 24 1 2.86 .885 2009–10 KalPa SM-l 43 21 10 9 2479:04 94 6 2.28 .903 2010–11 KalPa SM-l 51 23 15 11 2986 106 5 2.13 .916 2011–12 KalPa SM-l 18 13 2 3 1092:09 27 2 1.48 .945 2011–12 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 28 19 8 1 1581 57 3 2.16 .9292012–13Metallurg MagnitogorskKHL402013623868142.04.9242013–14Barys AstanaKHL361912520858822.53.9142014–15Admiral VladivostokKHL51402542104.96.8382015–16ÄssätSM-I2188311234912.62.9062016–17ÄssätSM-I1888010054112.45.9102017–18Herning Blue FoxMetal3218312.33.911

Awards and honours Award Year IIHF World U18 Championships All-Star Team 1999

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