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Ville Peltonen

1973 - Today

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Ville Sakari Peltonen (born 24 May 1973) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey forward. Peltonen was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. During his professional career, he has played 382 NHL games for Sharks, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers. Internationally, he represented the Finland men's national ice hockey team, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ville Peltonen is the 160th most popular hockey player (up from 170th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Finland (up from 532nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Ville Peltonen ranks 160 out of 676. Before him are Andres Ambühl, Tomas Sandström, Oleg Znarok, Robert Lang, Jere Lehtinen, and Sergei Zubov. After him are Sandis Ozoliņš, Patrik Eliáš, Teppo Numminen, Evgeni Nabokov, Sami Kapanen, and Rechelle Hawkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ville Peltonen ranks 567. Before him are Ben Falcone, Aurélie Filippetti, John LeCompt, Eisuke Nakanishi, Rimi Natsukawa, and Saulius Štombergas. After him are Ânderson Lima, Jakob Piil, Jenny Thompson, Shinichi Fujita, Michael Weston, and Eurelijus Žukauskas.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ville Peltonen ranks 506 out of 751. Before him are Joonas Kolkka (1974), Kaija Kärkinen (1962), Tomas Sandström (1964), Tanja Poutiainen (1980), Jere Lehtinen (1973), and Elina Valtonen (1981). After him are Jani Liimatainen (1980), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Teppo Numminen (1968), Sami Kapanen (1973), Ari Hjelm (1962), and Hannu Tihinen (1976).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Ville Peltonen ranks 10. Before him are Esa Tikkanen (1965), Raimo Helminen (1964), Petteri Nummelin (1972), Olli Jokinen (1978), Tomas Sandström (1964), and Jere Lehtinen (1973). After him are Teppo Numminen (1968), Sami Kapanen (1973), Kimmo Timonen (1975), Valtteri Filppula (1984), Pekka Rinne (1982), and Fredrik Norrena (1973).

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