Career
He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. His 93 goals are the second best in Finnish ice hockey history (Lasse Oksanen 101). Esa Peltonen repsesented the Finnish national team in four Olympic tournaments (1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980).
He played in 11 World Championships (1967-1978).
He was also on the Finnish team at the inaugural Canada Cup in 1976. 13 World Championships, 4 Olympic tournaments, 2 World Cups.
In those aforementioned tournaments he has scored 108 points (46+62), which is by far the best in Finland. As is his 13 medals in those 19 tournaments.
Peltonen has so far played 252 games for Finland (79G/100A - 179pts).