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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Ville Peltonen is the 167th most popular hockey player (up from 172nd in 2024), the 512th most popular biography from Finland (up from 531st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Ville Peltonen ranks 167 out of 676. Before him are Oleg Znarok, Leonardo Genoni, Robert Lang, Jere Lehtinen, Mariusz Czerkawski, and Sergei Zubov. After him are Sandis Ozoliņš, Patrik Eliáš, Teppo Numminen, Evgeni Nabokov, Sami Kapanen, and Sergei Yashin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ville Peltonen ranks 593. 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 512 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), Teemu Keisteri (1985), Sami Kapanen (1973), and Samu Haber (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), Jarmo Myllys (1965), Kimmo Timonen (1975), Valtteri Filppula (1984), and Pekka Rinne (1982).

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