The Toronto Marlies captured the Calder Cup.
Juuso Välimäki has played 271 games in the NHL regular season in his career. Last season he represented Utah, but this season was spent on the AHL side. PDO
The Toronto Marlies won the AHL championship for the second time in the club’s history, when they beat the Chicago Wolves 4–3 the night before Saturday, Finnish time.
With the victory, the Torontonians won the final series 4–1.
Toronto’s Russian goalkeeper was chosen as the most valuable player of the playoffs Artur Akhtyamov24, who blocked pucks with 92.3 percent accuracy in the playoffs. He averaged 2.22 goals per game.
Toronto won the point exchange for the AHL playoffs Vinni Lettieriwho scored 11+15=26 in 23 playoff matches.
Championship for Toivos
No Finns played in Toronto’s shirt this season, but the team’s goalkeeper coach has been a former NHL goalkeeper for the past five years. Hannu Toivonen.
Instead, two Finns played in the ranks of the Chicago Wolves this season: Aleksi Heimosalmi and Juuso Välimäki. Välimäki was one of the key players in his team. The defender, who was also selected for the Lions’ 4 Nations team last winter, played all 21 playoff games with 5+9=14. He was the fifth most effective player on his team.
Heimosalmi was not involved in the final series, but he played seven games in the playoffs with the power of 1+1=2.
The Wolves organization also includes Juha Jääskäbut the striker suffered from injuries and was unable to play a single match this season. Last season, Jääskä was Wolves’ Vice-Captain and scored 33 (12+21) power points in 53 regular season games.