Finnish AHL Power Rankings (Month 2)

This is how the Finns faired in the American Hockey League in the month of November....Along with my own rankings for them....

1.Antero Niittymaki GP-10 9-1-0-0 GAA-1.70 SV%-.927

2.Sean Bergenheim GP-10 G-7 A-2 +/- +2 Shots-40 PIM-16

3.Kari Lehtonen GP-9 5-2-1-1 SO-2 GAA-1.77 SV%-.948

4.Mikko Koivu GP-9 G-3 A-5 +/- -3 Shots-20 PIM-22 SOG-1

5.Hannu Toivonen GP-13 7-5-1-0 SO-1 GAA-2.00 SV%-.940

6.Joni Pitkanen GP-14 G-0 A-7 +/- +5 Shots-32 PIM-45 SOG-1

7.Toni Salmelainen GP-12 G-4 A-3 +/- +9 Shots-37 PIM-8

8.Tommi Santala GP-8 G-2 A-4 +/- +7 Shots-20 PIM-18

9.Ikka Pikkarainen GP-11 G-2 A-1 +/- -5 Shots-29 PIM-16

10.Erkki Rajamaki GP-12 G-2 A-1 +/- -3 Shots-14 PIM-13

11.Teemu Kesa GP-11 G-1 A-2 +/- -5 Shots-16 PIM-27

12.Tuomas Pihlman GP-11 G-0 A-1 +/- -6 Shots-21 PIM-8 SOG-1

13.Mikko Viitanen GP-14 G-0 A-0 +/- E Shots-9 PIM-4

14.Jesse Niinimaki GP-3 G-0 A-0 +/- -1 Shots-0 PIM-0 SOG-1

15.Ari Ahonen GP-6 1-5-0-0 GAA-3.30 SV%-.897

16.Tuomo Ruutu - Did not play.

17.Antti Miettinen - Did not play. (Where the heck is he?)

*Note- SOG= Shoot out goal. Also the GAA isnt 100% accurate because I never included the overtime minuites played by the goalie.

Last Months Rankings:
1.Tony Salmelainen
2.Antero Niittymaki
3.Joni Pitkanen
4.HannuToivonen
5.Sean Bergenheim
6.Tommi Santala
7.KariLehtonen
8.Tuomas Pihlman
9.Ari Ahonen
10.Ikka Pikkarainen
11.Mikko Viitanen
12.Teemu Kesa
13.Erkki Rajamaki
14.Mikko Koivu
15.Antti Miettinen (Did not play)
16.Tuomo Ruutu (Did not play)
17.Jesse Niinimaki (Did not play)

If you guys don't want me posting this I wont do it again, but if some are interested I will allways post my monthly power rankings on the HFboards Finland forum.

17.Antti Miettinen - Did not play. (Where the heck is he?)

Injured...he separated/dislocated the same shoulder he hurt last year and is out for a few more months still...otherwise he'd be playing in Hamilton.

Hey I like hearing these power rankings!! I think Niinimaki is gonna make a jump in the ranking pretty quick once he gets some more icetime.

Niittymaki is awsome!


Hopefully he is the finally the guy who will put all goaltending issues to rest. He knows how to win games.

If you guys don't want me posting this I wont do it again, but if some are interested I will allways post my monthly power rankings on the HFboards Finland forum.
Nice work. I think we're all interested in the new wave of elite Finnish players to North America, so it's definitely something I'm interested at looking over. Not to mention that everyone has to be fascinated with the Finnish netminders here in NA and the ones still in Finland. In a couple years Finnish goalies are going to rule this league.

Thanks flyers guy.
Finnish goaltenders will tear up the NHL, but I think it'll be about 4 years untill they do.

Thanks flyers guy.
Finnish goaltenders will tear up the NHL, but I think it'll be about 4 years untill they do.


lead by the next great finn, teemu lassila ;)

Niittymaki is awsome!


Hopefully he is the finally the guy who will put all goaltending issues to rest. He knows how to win games.

I agree that Niittymaki is an excellent goalie, and will be one in the NHL as well, but I'd have to say that Robert Esche put the goaltending issues to rest last spring.

nice to see Toni Salmelainen getting noticed

Thanks flyers guy.
Finnish goaltenders will tear up the NHL, but I think it'll be about 4 years untill they do.
I think that's a reasonable expectation.

I've just learned that Mikko Viitanen was loaned to some UHL team.
Ohh well....he wasnt doing anything anyway.

If you guys don't want me posting this I wont do it again, but if some are interested I will allways post my monthly power rankings on the HFboards Finland forum.
Its the 1st time i've checked it out but i can't see any reason anyone should have a problem with it.Well done.

Okay, thanks.

If you guys don't want me posting this I wont do it again, but if some are interested I will allways post my monthly power rankings on the HFboards Finland forum.
I like it, keep posting your rankings in the AHL forum. :) Hopefully Niinimaki starts to climb up the list once he gets a bit more ice time and starts to notch a few points...