Tuomas Pihlman

{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = Pihlman Tuomas Suomi.jpg | image_size = 230px | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 210 | played_for = JYP Jyväskylä<br/>New Jersey Devils<br/>Jokerit<br/>Ässät | ntl_team = FIN | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Espoo, Finland | draft = 48th overall | draft_year = 2001 | draft_team = New Jersey Devils | career_start = 1999 | career_end = 2017 }}

'''Tuomas Pihlman''' (born 13 November 1982) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey Left wing who played in the Finnish Liiga with JYP Jyväskylä.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.jypliiga.fi/uutiset/tuomas-pihlman-palaa-jypiin | title = Tuomas Pihlman returns to JYP | publisher = JYP | date = 2014-01-08 | access-date = 2014-04-01 | language = Finnish | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143329/http://www.jypliiga.fi/uutiset/tuomas-pihlman-palaa-jypiin | archive-date = 2014-04-13 }}</ref> He also played in 15 games for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL).

==Playing career== Pihlman was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round, 48th overall, in the 2001 NHL entry draft. He played a total of 15 NHL games over three seasons, 2003–04, 2005–06 and 2006–07.

He was not offered a new contract after the 2016–17 season and officially announced his retirement in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.jypliiga.fi/2017/10/tuomas-pihlman-lopettaa-upean-uransa/ | title = Tuomas Pihlman lopettaa upean uransa | publisher = JYP | date = 2017-10-06 | accessdate = 2017-10-07 | language = Finnish | archive-date = 2017-10-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171006161805/http://www.jypliiga.fi/2017/10/tuomas-pihlman-lopettaa-upean-uransa/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1997–98 | JYP | FIN U18 | 30||2||5||7||18 | 4||1||3||4||6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | JYP | FIN U18 | 35||21||20||41||64 | 6||1||1||2||12 |- | 1999–2000 | JYP | FIN U20 | 20||4||4||8||54 | 4||0||0||0||8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–2000 | JYP | SM-l | 17||0||0||0||18 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2000–01 | JYP | FIN U20 | 1||1||0||1||2 | 6||2||4||6||4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | JYP | SM-l | 47||3||6||9||59 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2001–02 | JYP | FIN U20 | 3||1||1||2||4 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | JYP | SM-l | 44||9||2||11||93 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2002–03 | JYP | SM-l | 53||19||15||34||58 | 1||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 73||10||19||29||59 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2003–04 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 2||0||0||0||2 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 68||9||13||22||48 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2005–06 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 63||12||15||27||64 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 11||1||1||2||10 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2006–07 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 67||8||18||26||34 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 2||0||0||0||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2007–08 | JYP | SM-l | 56||20||29||49||58 | 6||4||0||4||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | JYP | SM-l | 58||24||32||56||54 | 15||6||5||11||16 |- | 2009–10 | JYP | SM-l | 36||17||24||41||30 | 2||0||0||0||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Jokerit | SM-l | 41||7||10||17||32 | 7||0||0||0||0 |- | 2011–12 | JYP | SM-l | 44||6||8||14||22 | 14||2||4||6||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | JYP–Akatemia | Mestis | 3||2||2||4||2 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2012–13 | Ässät | SM-l | 53||3||7||10||43 | 16||2||1||3||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Ässät | Liiga | 35||6||4||10||24 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2013–14 | JYP | Liiga | 22||1||3||4||20 | 7||1||2||3||4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | JYP | Liiga | 58||21||12||33||32 | 12||6||2||8||8 |- | 2015–16 | JYP | Liiga | 25||5||4||9||14 | 13||3||2||5||8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | JYP | Liiga | 44||7||5||12||35 | 11||1||2||3||8 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | Liiga totals ! 633!!148!!161!!309!!592 ! 104!!24!!19!!43!!76 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 271!!39!!65!!104!!205 ! —!!—!!—!!—!!— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 15!!1!!1!!2!!12 ! —!!—!!—!!—!!— |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2000 | Finland | WJC18 | {{gold1}} | 7||3||2||5||8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001 | Finland | WJC | {{silver2}} | 7||0||0||0||6 |- | 2002 | Finland | WJC | {{bronze3}} | 7||2||2||4||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Finland | WC | 5th | 6||2||1||3||4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 21!!5!!4!!9!!16 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 6!!2!!1!!3!!4 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}

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