Ari Lähteenmäki
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Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
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5 ' 9" (176 cm) | 174 lb (79 kg)
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Forward, shoots left
5 ' 9" (176 cm) | 174 lb (79 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18 | 1980 | Team Finland | U20 World Championship | Helsinki, Finland |
 | 18 | 1980 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Ässät Pori 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. |
| 19 | 1981 | Team Finland | U20 World Championship | Füssen, West Germany |
 | 20 | 1982 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Ässät Pori 2‑1 in a best of three bronze medal series. |
| 21 | 1983 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series. |
| 24 | 1986 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Tappara Tampere defeated HIFK Helsinki 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series. |
| 25 | 1987 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 5‑1 in the bronze medal game. |
| 26 | 1988 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 6‑2 in the bronze medal game. |
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | | ||||
| Finnish Championship Medals | | ||||
| Stripe: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 1978‑79 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 17 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1979‑80 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1979‑80 | Team Finland U20 |  | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| 1980‑81 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 19 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1980‑81 | Team Finland U20 | | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |||||
| 1981‑82 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 34 | -5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1982‑83 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983‑84 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 22 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1984‑85 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 23 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1985‑86 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986‑87 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987‑88 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 26 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liiga Totals | 268 | 59 | 44 | 103 | 216 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978‑79 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979‑80 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1980‑81 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1981‑82 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982‑83 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983‑84 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1985‑86 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987‑88 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liiga Totals | 47 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 84 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1980 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1981 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |||||
| U20 World Championship Totals | 10 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 22 |