Antero Lehtonen (born April 12, 1954, in Tampere, Finland) is a former Finnish ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1979-80 NHL season.
He otherwise played in Finland from 1971 to 1987.
Lehtonen played in the 1974 World Junior Championship and the 1979 and 1981 World Championships.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1970–71 | Tappara U20 | Jr. A SM-sarja | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Tappara U20 | Jr. A SM-sarja | 14 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Tappara | SM-sarja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Tappara U20 | Jr. A SM-sarja | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Tappara | SM-sarja | 36 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Tappara | SM-sarja | 36 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Tappara | SM-sarja | 36 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 36 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1976–77 | HC TPS | SM-liiga | 36 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1977–78 | HC TPS | SM-liiga | 35 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1978–79 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 36 | 35 | 19 | 54 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 65 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 27 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 1981–82 | HC TPS | SM-liiga | 36 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1982–83 | HC TPS | SM-liiga | 36 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | HC TPS | SM-liiga | 30 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1984–85 | Jyp HT | I-Divisioona | 35 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Jyp HT | SM-liiga | 36 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Jyp HT | SM-liiga | 39 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 65 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SM-liiga totals | 347 | 182 | 113 | 295 | 237 | 57 | 29 | 18 | 47 | 38 | ||||