Eero Somervuori

Eero Somervuori (born February 7, 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted 170th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, but played mainly in the Finnish Liiga and Swedish Elitserien.

Eero Somervuori
Born (1979-02-07) February 7, 1979
Järvenpää, Finland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Jokerit
HPK
Hamilton Bulldogs
Kärpät
HC Ambrì-Piotta
Färjestad BK
Brynäs IF
HIFK
Blues
Lukko
NHL Draft 170th overall, 1997
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 1995–2018

Somervuori won the Finnish Championship twice, in 1996/97 with Jokerit and 2004/05 with Kärpät, and the Swedish championship once, in 2008/09 with Färjestad BK. He played 729 games in the Liiga, also appearing for HPK of Hämeenlinna, Helsinki IFK, Espoo Blues and Rauman Lukko.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Jokerit FIN U18 15 8 10 18 4 — — — — —
1994–95 Jokerit FIN U20 10 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
1995–96 Jokerit FIN U18 13 10 13 23 6 — — — — —
1995–96 Jokerit FIN U20 28 14 12 26 10 9 4 1 5 4
1995–96 Jokerit SM-l 6 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
1996–97 Jokerit FIN U18 1 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 3 4
1996–97 Jokerit FIN U20 28 20 19 39 30 — — — — —
1996–97 Jokerit SM-l 35 1 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Jokerit FIN U20 14 4 8 12 2 — — — — —
1997–98 Jokerit SM-l 42 3 7 10 12 8 2 1 3 6
1998–99 Jokerit FIN U20 4 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 3 2
1998–99 Jokerit SM-l 50 7 8 15 24 3 1 0 1 6
1999–2000 Jokerit SM-l 54 6 6 12 10 11 1 0 1 0
2000–01 HPK SM-l 56 14 6 20 35 — — — — —
2001–02 HPK SM-l 56 25 23 48 34 8 2 2 4 6
2002–03 HPK SM-l 56 21 24 45 42 13 2 3 5 0
2003–04 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 79 19 14 33 14 10 2 3 5 0
2004–05 Kärpät SM-l 56 16 26 42 14 12 2 1 3 4
2006–07 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 44 16 21 37 16 — — — — —
2006–07 EHC Biel–Bienne SUI.2 — — — — — 2 1 1 2 0
2007–08 Färjestad BK SEL 54 10 16 26 24 12 4 3 7 6
2008–09 Färjestad BK SEL 55 15 21 36 16 13 5 1 6 4
2009–10 Brynäs IF SEL 55 19 25 44 18 5 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Brynäs IF SEL 55 17 17 34 24 5 1 3 4 2
2011–12 HIFK SM-l 59 23 18 41 14 4 1 0 1 0
2012–13 HIFK SM-l 45 13 14 27 14 7 1 2 3 2
2013–14 HIFK Liiga 51 7 10 17 12 — — — — —
2014–15 HPK Liiga 60 14 21 35 55 — — — — —
2015–16 Blues Liiga 24 2 4 6 4 — — — — —
2015–16 HPK Liiga 24 4 9 13 2 — — — — —
2016–17 HPK Liiga 51 6 11 17 4 7 4 1 5 0
2017–18 Lukko Liiga 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
SM-l/Liiga totals 729 164 190 354 280 78 16 10 26 24
SEL totals 219 61 79 140 82 35 10 7 17 12

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1996 Finland EJC 5 2 3 5 6
1997 Finland WJC 6 1 2 3 2
1997 Finland EJC 6 3 4 7 2
1998 Finland WJC 7 3 6 9 2
1999 Finland WJC 6 4 4 8 2
Junior totals 30 13 19 32 14


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