Jorma Juhani Valtonen (born 22 December 1946) is a Finnish former professional

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who played in the

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. He played on the

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at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and was inducted into the

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in 1989, and into the

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in 1999. He later coached the

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, and was a goaltending coach in the

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Career

Valtonen was born in

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, Finland, and played for

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, RU-38 and

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. In Italy Valtonen played for

HC Gherdëina Hockey Club Gherdëina, also known as HC Gardena, currently named HC Gherdeina valgardena.it due to sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional ice hockey team, which plays in the Alps Hockey League, having formerly played in the top division ...

and

HC Alleghe HC Alleghe is a professional ice hockey team in Alleghe, Italy. The team plays in the country's second-tier Italian Hockey League and plays at Stadio Alvise De Toni in Alleghe. The team was the surprise winner of the 1992-93 Alpenliga. Curr ...

. Valtonen took part in the 1972 training camp for the NHLs Toronto Maple Leafs as well as for the Penguins 1974. In West Germany he played for EHC 70 München on season 1980–81. Valtonen was the goalie for the

at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Valtonen has been an Italian league champion and a three-time Finnish league champion. After retiring, Valtonen became a coach. He was head coach of the

and the TPS women's team before becoming the goaltending coach of the

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (, ), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a professional ice hockey club based in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The name of the team is derived from its ...

. He was not aboard the flight of the

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, when all players from the main roster, four players from the youth team, and eleven staff members perished in that crash, except for main roster player Maxim Zyuzyakin, who was also not aboard the plane. Valtonen was asked to stay behind to work with the junior team. In 2015, Valtonen returned to Italy to become goaltending coach of his former team HC Gherdëina. He currently serves as goaltending coach of

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Honors

He was inducted into the

in 1989, and into the

in 1999.

References

External links

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame page
* 1946 births Living people Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HC TPS players Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Jokerit players Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Serie A (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Turku HC Gardena players HC Alleghe players Finnish ice hockey coaches Finnish expatriate ice hockey coaches Finnish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub