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Mika Ahtinen

Inside linebacker who played one season, 1997–98, and was named BCAFL Defensive Player of the Year. The only player to make the club Hall of Fame (2002) after a single season.

Mika Ahtinen: feature

BCAFL Defensive Player of the Year
1997–98[1][2][3][4]
All-College First Team
1997–98[1][2][3]
linebacker
Hurricanes Defensive Player of the Year
1997–98[5][1][6]
shared with Sylvain Guegan
Hurricanes Hall of Fame
Founding class, 2002[7][8][9]
the only inductee to qualify after one season

Career with the Hurricanes

  1. 1997–98 · 9 November 1997

    Defensive MVP in the 16–0 win at Derby, the Hurricanes’ second game of the season.[5][10]

  2. 1997–98

    Started at inside linebacker under linebackers coach Matt Coppinger as the Hurricanes went 8–0. In ten games he made 54 tackles, seven of them for loss, recovered two fumbles and forced three. He shared the club’s Defensive Player of the Year award with Sylvain Guegan.[7][11][5][12]

  3. 1997–98 · 15 March 1998

    Part of the defence that held Leeds Celtics, the league’s leading offence, in the second half of College Bowl XII as the Hurricanes won 16–7 for their first national title.[7][10][4]

  4. 1997–98

    Named BCAFL Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the All-College First Team at linebacker.[1][2][3][4]

  5. November 2002

    Inducted into the Hurricanes Hall of Fame in its founding class, the only player to qualify after a single season, and named at inside linebacker in the club’s 10th-anniversary All-Time Team.[7][8][13][14][15]

Beyond the Hurricanes

  • Southern Conference Wildcats (BCAFL all-star team), linebacker · 1997–98[1][2][3]

Sources for this feature

  1. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  2. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  3. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  4. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): History (2005)
  5. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/Awards.htm
  6. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1997–98 awards
  7. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  8. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)
  9. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  10. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/season.htm
  11. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/SeasonStats.htm
  12. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/Retired.htm
  13. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): "Rookies and Legends" alumni event (2002)
  14. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  15. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All Time Team (2002)

Honours

Hurricanes Hall of Fame

  • 2002–03 — Hurricanes Hall of Fame, founding class of 2002

Hurricanes All-Time Team

  • ILB

All-Star

Club award

  • 1997–98 — Hurricanes Defensive Player of the Year

Other honours

  • 1997–98 — BCAFL Defensive Player of the Year
Sources (11)
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/1997Roster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeRoster.htm
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), hof.htm: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee list
  • Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), roster.txt: all-time roster to c. 1998 (surname, first name, position, years)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  • Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)

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