Tommi Santala

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Tommi Santala
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Santala with the Chicago Wolves in 2005
Born (1979-06-27) 27 June 1979 (age 44)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 HIFK
EHC Kloten
Jokerit
HPK
Atlanta Thrashers
Vancouver Canucks
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
NHL Draft 245th overall, 1999
Atlanta Thrashers
Playing career 1998–present

Tommi Santala (born 27 June 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HIFK of the Liiga.

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Playing career

Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1998–99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the 2003–04 NHL season. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the AHL Chicago Wolves and 33 NHL games. [1] He spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout with the Wolves registering 40 assists and 48 points in 67 games. During the post-season he helped Chicago win the Robert W. Clarke Trophy, for AHL Western Conference Champions, [2] by adding 11 points in 18 games. [3] However, the Wolves were swept in the Calder Cup finals by the Philadelphia Phantoms. [4]

After the lockout, Santala was assigned to Jokerit by the Thrashers. He played one year with Jokerit before Atlanta traded him to the Vancouver Canucks. Santala played 30 games for the Canucks during the 2006–07 season, but he suffered a knee injury on 8 December 2006 in a game vs. the Carolina Hurricanes that forced him to miss the majority of the season. [1] On 5 September 2007 he signed as a free agent with Jokerit. [3]

After one season back with Jokerit, Santala opted to leave and sign with Swiss club, the Kloten Flyers from the 2008–09 season. He parted company with the team in December 2016 to join the KHL. [5] On 23 December 2016 he inked a deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Unhappy with his KHL experience, Santala returned to EHC Kloten on a one-year deal for the 2017-18 season.

International play

Santala played for Team Finland in the 1999 World Junior Championship registering two points through six games. He represented Finland at the World Championships in, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2010. However, he only played one game for the 2006 Finnish team that won the Bronze medal. Santala had a much larger role for Finland during the 2002 Karlja Cup. Finland won the Gold and Santala was named a Second Team All-Star. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99 Jokerit SM-l 300001430000
1999–00 JokeritSM-l140112—————
1999–00 HPK SM-l388192763834710
2000–01 HPKSM-l5616244090—————
2001–02 HPKSM-l176162214—————
2002–03 HPKSM-l501338519213661218
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3312322—————
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 50152237341016731
2004–05 Chicago WolvesAHL67840488318561142
2005–06 JokeritSM-l439233280—————
2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL60338—————
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks NHL301562410000
2007–08 JokeritSM-l5628305882134121618
2008–09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50133548961545918
2009–10 Kloten FlyersNLA47173249591045920
2010–11 Kloten FlyersNLA491036467816471132
2011–12 Kloten FlyersNLA47935444651234
2012–13 Kloten FlyersNLA4511273862—————
2013–14 Kloten FlyersNLA391425394416591422
2014–15 Kloten FlyersNLA399152442—————
2015–16 Kloten FlyersNLA481326395040226
NHL totals632794610000

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1999 Finland WJC 5th61126
2003 Finland WC 5th70116
2006 FinlandWCBronze medal icon.svg10002
2009 FinlandWC5th70004
2010 FinlandWC6th60004
Junior totals61126
Senior totals2101116

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tommi Santala's player profile". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. ↑ "Wolves team Awards and Honors". Chicago Wolves.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tommi Santala's bio". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  4. ↑ "Trophy Case: Calder Cup". AHL Hall of Fame.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  5. ↑ "MM_Santala - EHC Kloten". EHC Kloten (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
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