Career
He previously played with the Boston Bruins and the Saint Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Professional
Toivonen started his pro career with HPK in the Finnish Master of Science-liiga. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft, and moved to the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2003.
With Andrew Raycroft sitting out due to a contract dispute, Toivonen started the 2005-2006 National Hockey League season as the Bruins" backup goaltender.
He holds the distinction of allowing the first goal of Sidney Crosby"s career in that game. On December 1, 2005, he recorded his first National Hockey League shutout, blanking the Ottawa Senators.
Toivonen was 9–5–4 with a 2.63 Gaelic Athletic Association and a.914 SV% before suffering a high ankle sprain in January that effectively ended his season. At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, Toivonen and Tim Thomas were competing for the starter spot.
After a rough start at the beginning of the season, Toivonen was sent down to Providence and was replaced by Brian Finley on November 7, 2006, officially making Thomas the starting goaltender for Boston.
Over the course of the next couple months, he was repeatedly recalled to Boston and sent back down to Providence. On April 2, he was recalled to Boston for the last two away games, then sent back to Providence on April 6. On April 26, 2007, Toivonen signed a one-year contract extension with the Bruins.
On July 23, 2007, Toivonen was traded to the Saint Louis Blues in exchange for Carl Söderberg.
Upon being traded to the Blues, Toivonen was reunited with former Bruins teammates Brad Boyes, Ryan Glenn, Yan Stastny and Derek Gustafson. In the 2007-2008 season, Toivonen played in 23 games with the Blues before he was assigned to the Peoria Rivermen, the Blues" AHL affiliate, on February 11, 2008.
Toivonen spent the 2008-2009 season with Ilves in Finland, but re-signed with Saint Louis on June 9, 2009. He was then assigned to the Blues" farm team in Peoria on September 21, 2009, for the beginning of the 2009-2010 season.
On March 1, 2010, Toivonen was traded from Saint Louis to the Chicago Blackhawks, along with Danny Richmond, in exchange for goaltender Joe Fallon.
All players involved in the trade remained with their respective AHL affiliates. Toivonen signed a two-year contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the HockeyAllsvenskan on July 1, 2011. In the 2011-2012 season he played in 19 games, averaging a.895 save percentage (SVS) and 3.30 goals against average (Gaelic Athletic Association).
However, due to economical crisis in the Redhawks club, Toivonen was forced to leave the club after the 2011-2012 season.
His contract is being paid out by the Redhawks. With the commencement of the 2013-2014 season under-way, Toivonen joined the Toledo walleye of the North American ECHL on November 11, 2013.
On April 11, 2014, Toivonen returned to Finland to sign a contract with newly promoted Liiga club, Vaasan Sport.